The quest for a $100 laptop or below has been in the news for sometime It basically all started when the OLPC stated they would have a $100 laptop for developing countries. But unfortunately the little lappy continued to rise in price, eventually costing just about double the original estimate. But everyone knew, that someone, somewhere, would eventually come up with a dirt cheap laptop. But is this $98 laptop for real?

According to the article the mini-laptop will be:

According to the Techvideoblog story, the HiVision miniNote laptop offers 1GB of flash, expandable via an SD card slot. It has 128MB of RAM, built-in WiFi and Ethernet, three USB ports, and audio I/O. Software includes Abiword, and multi-tabbed Firefox browser support. HiVision offers “secure online software updates,” according to the report.

According to the Techvideoblog story, which offers a long video of a sample review model obtained for one night, the HiVision miniNote is available now, priced at $120. A new lower-cost model will be available for a volume wholesale price of $98 in October. 

But as with any rumor the proof is when we see it in the market place. Question for you.  Is a $98 laptop even possible?

What do you think?

Comments welcome.

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