OLPC/eepc and FIRST

[Daniel Bathgate]

Remember the robot controller is going to change in 2009, and probably the build tools to go along with it. Something that would be fine for the c18 compiler may or may not be good for whatever FIRST throws at us in the future, so if you're looking for a long term investment for your programming team this might not be the time to do it. Just throwing that out there.

[neutrino15]

Originally Posted by Daniel Bathgate

if you're looking for a long term investment for your programming team this might not be the time to do it. Just throwing that out there.

Well, considering that the EE can run linux AND windows xp, I doubt first will throw anything at us that it can't do. You might have to change the software around, but I suspect that the EE itself would be quite alright.
On the topic of screen size, the 7" screen is a bit small for programming. However, you "could" use it should your main laptop break. I agree in that it is mainly an awesome scouting machine. With a machine like that, you can run firefox (google gears!), openoffice.. If you drop it, it's SSD so it's ok! It's perfect! It also has VGA out.