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[News] Work on OLPC Leads to Commercial Linux PCs That Cost ~$200

Quanta launches ultra-low-cost PCs

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| Quanta Computer, the world?s largest manufacturer of notebook
| computers, will start making ultra-low-cost computers that could
| be sold in developed markets for as little as $200 this year or 
| the next, according to its president.
| 
| [...]
| 
| He said the cheapest models were likely to be sold without hard
| disks, have small screens and run on open-source software, like
| the OLPC version.
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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/6d086a62-dcb3-11db-a21d-000b5df10621,_i_rssPage=81cea682-52a8-11da-8d05-0000779e2340.html
http://tinyurl.com/2rfun3


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Intel's 'Classmate' Mobile PC Ships to South America

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| Intel has said that Intel-powered classmate PCs are shipping in
| volume to emerging markets. These affordable yet fully functional
| PC based on the Intel Celeron M processor is the first
| education-oriented mobile computer to ship in volume to Brazil and
| Mexico.  The mini laptops are designed to run Mandriva Linux,
|                                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| Discovery 2007 edition.
| 
| [...]
|
| At an event in Austin, Texas last year, Intel's Otellini gave the first 
| public demonstration of the low-cost notebook and announced a plan with the 
| Mexican government to provide PCs to 300,000 teachers. 
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/mobile/intels-classmate-mobile-pc-ships-south-america
http://tinyurl.com/yrcyp2


Tech innovations fuel low-cost laptop

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| OLPC plans to start distributing 5 million XOs in July. As production
|                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| ramps up, the price should approach the original $100 target, OLPC says.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/032207-tech-innovations-fuel-low-cost.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
http://tinyurl.com/2bkxu5

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