$100 laptop

[Andrew]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/01/02/hundred.dollarlaptop.ap/index.html

This was pretty cool. I's a basic little computer, and it is so cheap. It's going to give a lot of children opportunities that they never had before. If they start making laptops even cheaper, pretty soon even more students across the globe will have computers. I think it's cool.

 

[Gimmi]

Forget windows, folders and boxes that pop up with text. When students in Thailand, Libya and other developing countries get their $150 computers from the One Laptop Per Child project in 2007, their experience will be unlike anything on standard PCs.

Looks like it's a $150 laptop to me.

 

[ST]

(XO has been known as the $100 laptop because of the ultra-low cost its creators eventually hope to achieve through mass production.)

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[Arkillo]

YAH BECAUSE ALL WE NEED IS THE ****ING IRAQUI AND ETHOPEAN KIDS POSTING ON THEIR LIVEJOURNAL CRYING ABOUT HOW THEY DONT HAVE ANY FOOD OR DRINK

 

[TroiK-]

YAH BECAUSE ALL WE NEED IS THE ****ING IRAQUI AND ETHOPEAN KIDS POSTING ON THEIR LIVEJOURNAL CRYING ABOUT HOW THEY DONT HAVE ANY FOOD OR DRINK

Calm down plx.

 

[Arkillo]

Stop trolling plx.

 

[Brandon]

YAH BECAUSE ALL WE NEED IS THE ****ING IRAQUI AND ETHOPEAN KIDS POSTING ON THEIR LIVEJOURNAL CRYING ABOUT HOW THEY DONT HAVE ANY FOOD OR DRINK

ROFL that just made my day...

 

[x42bn6]

There are computers in Malaysia that sell for the equivalent of US$28.33.*

 

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YAH BECAUSE ALL WE NEED IS THE ****ING IRAQUI AND ETHOPEAN KIDS POSTING ON THEIR LIVEJOURNAL CRYING ABOUT HOW THEY DONT HAVE ANY FOOD OR DRINK

They don't have food or water but they have cell phones and computers with internet AND a blog? lol

 

[Krovvy]

They've been trying to make on of these for a long while now. Definitely a good thing for low income families.

By the way, should this be in "Talk Geek"?

 

[Andrew]

I don't think these computers would be able to blog and stuff like that. They are meant for school.

 

[x42bn6]

Shame it's not really the most recyclable product that might cause future problems.

Low-cost PCs are rather lucrative; however, I would prefer to see old monitors and computers being reused instead. There is an awful lot of waste going into Africa and these could well be big.*

 

[Andrew]

That's true. People aren't really thinking about recycling. That can post as a problem in the future. Meh.