Ten Dollar Laptops?
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As I stumbled upon this article, I honestly beleived I must be misreading it. Ten dollar notebooks? Come on, what is the catch? With the immense challenge of producing a hundred dollar notebook, the very idea of a seemed to be completely ridiculous as far as I was concerned. One thing I can comment on however is that some of the plans being put forth by the Indian Government such as Internet for al and super-cheap computing could transform the region very quickly.
Then comes the truth of the matter on the notebooks - it’s $100, not $10. Yes, one translation error was swept up by every news agency you can think of and as luck would have it, this small typo/miscommunication ended up landing the news press time that it likely would not have otherwise had.
So what do you think? Is yet another $100 notebook worth pursuing? Hit the comments, share your thoughts.
2 Comments
Mick
August 1st, 2008
at 10:50am
dont think a hundred dollar laptop is likely in the near future, maybe from obsolete technology or subsidising. Companies like http://www.ndc.co.uk sell refurbished laptops cheap but they’re still way off the hundred dollar mark
notsoanimatelife
August 2nd, 2008
at 10:13pm
Even before I read your post, “10 Dollar Laptops” brought to mind the saying, “If its sounds to good to be true, it probably is.” Seems to me if the Indian Government wants to provide newer laptops 100$ would be doable if they find willing computer makers and subsidize it, which may prove to be hard if there is rampant corruption in the Indian Gov.
JDB