All are welcome.
About computers
Your XO is a laptop computer.
What is a computer?
A computer is a tool, a classroom, a toy, a way to communicate with others. A
computer can be whatever you want it to be. Many people use computers to write, to perform
mathematics, to create art, to play games, to record sound and images, to communicate with others, to
read, and to learn. The uses of the XO is only limited by your own imagination.
What can your XO do?
Your XO can store an entire library of written stories, videos, and pictures. It can
make and play music. It contains Activities that you can use to learn math, play games, create pictures,
and communicate with others. You interact with your XO using the touchpad, keyboard, microphone, or
camera.
How does it do it?
Computers are built of component parts that work together to carry out tasks that you
give to the computer by interacting with it. You can use your XO to figure out how computers work by
reading about computers and learning the basics, and then learning about hardware and software and
how it all works.
Opening the XO
Animation showing how to open the XO.
Line drawings showing how to open the XO.
Physically you can open, flip, and close the XO to position it in different ways.
To open it, position the handle away from you and lift both antennae up and toward you until the laptop
clicks open. Lift the screen up from the keyboard; you may have to hold the keyboard down as you lift the
display.
To open