'US $100 laptop' could be a must have!

[barrettrs]

I am pleased to see that this project was not scrapped. Who knows I might by faith just get one.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7411904.stm

Design revamp for '$100 laptop'

The XO2 looks and acts like an electronic book
The wraps have been taken off the new version of the XO laptop designed for schoolchildren in developing countries.

The revamped machine created by the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project looks like an e-book and has had its price slashed to $75 per device.

OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte gave a glimpse of the "book like" device at an unveiling event at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The first XO2 machines should be ready to deliver to children in 2010.

[Technoboy]

I don't think this OLPC programme will directly benefit Jamaican children...

[[I.R.A]_FBi]

I don't think this OLPC programme will directly benefit Jamaican children...

damn right

cause the prie is more like 200 then fator in the jamaican hustlers tax it becomes 500 us

[barrettrs]

LOL. A true dat still. You know a business opportunity might exists somewhere for us techies. Hmmmm?

[WizzX]

prefer di asus eee still....

[techgangsta21]

explain what that is all about plz

[hv_thugg]

explain what that is all about plz

they were making some cheap laptops so that children in the primary and lower could get them, these are cheap laptops as you see the price and outside appearance, But it was said that they wernt gona bother with the programme but it semms like a change of mind or sponser so its back on track.

[NeGatiVe]

I have one of the ASUS EEE's... going for about $350 right now I think... far better than the OLPC in terms of value for money but not the best laptop in terms of resolution... they could have done better even with the low price tag

the one I have has;
7" screen (resolution 800*480)
4 GB solid state drive
1 GB ram
wifi / nic / 2 USB ports
dont remember the processor speed
running winXP... not the linux distro they included with it.

[Lanza]

100 hmm that seems like a phone deal where u got a contract

[mike876]

So when will these laptops be on the market and where will they be distributed ??