__/ [ Stephen Fairchild ] on Saturday 03 June 2006 10:24 \__
> Ted Landry wrote:
>
>> In article <zd6dnWnMkKLuSh3ZRVn-og@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> John "Hannibal" Smith <linonut@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> >> The One Craptop per Child project will make Linux as popular
>>> >> as a root canal. According to Nicholas Mengele, head janitor
>>> >> at the MIT Media Laboratory.
>>> >> --------------
>>> >> End quote
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> > Ah pity the Fool that messes with those laptops.
>>>
>>> Ahhhh, I like it when a good plan comes together.
>>
>> especially a plan that is now 50% off target. ooooops! :)
>>
>> half the screen / half the performance / twice the price
>
> The costs are projected to fall. I think they may be having a problem
> sourcing a tiny screen off the shelf with their desired resolution, but
> that wouldn't be a problem if the screen manufacturers made one to spec.
It's just a matter of mass production. Once it's sliding rapidly atop the
production line (Negroponte predicts 300-500 million units in the first 2
years), manufacturing costs will fall. No R&D and less human intervenstion.
Time and aging will have this effect as well.
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| Nicholas Negroponte showed off the latest prototypes of the fabled $100
| PC. It's not longer a $100 PC, however. The ruggedized, two pound Linux
| desktop (Fedora) system, with mesh networking will sell for about $130
| to $140 (san shipping) to governments starting in April 2007.
| Negroponte expects to reach the $100 price point by the end of 2008.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=3124
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