i got one too, and for years if was my primary portable work device as a programmer only to be later replaced by a the 1.5 model which i used until 2 years ago!
sure, the webbrowser on the first model couldn't open more than a handful tabs before getting bogged down due to lack of ram (the 1.5 model could open a few dozen tabs or so), but other than that it was a capable and usable device.
the keyboard was made for kids, not for touch-typists. i am not a touch typist myself, and so for me the keyboard worked perfectly fine.
the screen was actually awesome. the dual mode where you can turn of the color and get a high resolution black-and-white screen made working outside a blast. the famous dream of working by the beach, i did that with an OLPC because on any other laptop i would not have been able to see anything because the sunlight was to strong.
sure, the webbrowser on the first model couldn't open more than a handful tabs before getting bogged down due to lack of ram (the 1.5 model could open a few dozen tabs or so), but other than that it was a capable and usable device.
the keyboard was made for kids, not for touch-typists. i am not a touch typist myself, and so for me the keyboard worked perfectly fine.
the screen was actually awesome. the dual mode where you can turn of the color and get a high resolution black-and-white screen made working outside a blast. the famous dream of working by the beach, i did that with an OLPC because on any other laptop i would not have been able to see anything because the sunlight was to strong.