Wednesday, January 10th 2007

$100 laptop will be available to public


Most techPowerUp! readers will already know about the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, but if you are unaware what it does it is a project aiming to build basic laptops which can be produced for $100 in order to encourage IT development in poorer countries. The machine is set to go on sale next week and when it was first announced many people were interested to know whether the laptop would be available to richer countries, and the answer is yes. But is does have a catch: you need to buy two. This isn't the manufacturer trying to be greedy though - you will only get one laptop but you are essentially paying for one of the machines to be sent to the developing world. The main aim of the project is still to help poorer countries, but this should allow it to provide a few extra laptops. To learn more about the project visit this site.
Source: neowin.net
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32 Comments on $100 laptop will be available to public

#26
RickyG512
i mean for us people who are thinking of getting it
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#27
WarEagleAU
Bird of Prey
This is awesome. Id get it for my wife and my mother because all they play are simple easy games and surf the net. In the end, 2 others get one. I love it. Karma man, its great!
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#28
magibeg
Well one of the things about this that people are forgetting is that in many 3rd world countries they dont have books and such for school. It would actually be cheaper for them to get these laptops and just have the students look at online textbooks than to buy all the text books for the students. As for a modern market such as for the US or something, this laptop is a lot more durable than something like a PSP plus has a slightly larger screen and can be powered by crank. Its just a very good cheap laptop solution for a child regardless of country.
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#29
qwo
but i dont like it's appearence
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#30
XooM
casemod time! :)
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#31
newbielives
To surf the internet anywhere and not worry about battery life because you can just wind it up is amazing.

Definately on the list of gadgets to watch out for
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#32
Wile E
Power User
I wonder if you can set it to boot from a usb drive. It'd be a great internet/office machine then.
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