War-driving with the XO laptop - Honiara, Solomon Islands

Okay, seriously, we were testing the reception capabilities of the latest XO laptop prototype. One of the impromptu tests was to see how it worked while in motion. The idea here is to see whether a children could continue chatting together as they walk home from school.

The laptop gets approximately 6 Dbi gain from its twin antennas - significantly better than what you'd find on a typical laptop. On about 5 different occasions, I was able to connect to hotspots when others with normal laptops were not.

August, 2007

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