The open-source education software developed for the “$100 laptop” can now be loaded onto a $5 USB stick to run aging PCs and Macs with a new interface and custom educational software.
\”What we are doing is taking a bunch of old machines that barely run Windows 2000, and turning them into something interesting and useful for essentially zero cost,\” says Walter Bender […] \”It becomes a whole new computer running off the USB key; we can breathe new life into millions of decrepit old machines.\”