Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> $100 laptop coming next year
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> | The $100 laptop at the heart of the OLPC (One Laptop
> | Per Child) initiative aimed at school children in
> | developing countries will start rolling off
> | production lines in the second quarter of next year.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | Although the final numbers will depend on how many
> | orders come in for the $100 laptops, Quanta expects
> | to produce 10 million of the devices in the first
> | year of production, a company representative said today.
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> http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=7403
>
> The target is to produce 300-500 million of these within years.
> This would also lower the production costs.
AT $100 each, that's some $30B to $50B worth, royboy! I don't think
that you rubes have that much coin! LOL!!! The article says that they
won't even get out bed until the orders get to 10 million units, which
is a $1B nut. I think this is something that you shouldn't hold your
breath for.
I particularly liked:
"The only major component missing will be a big hard disk, according to
the group." With a scanty half gig of storage, there won't be too many
of these aborigines holding onto all the tripe you post, royboy!
You're pushing about that much per day it seems!
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