Here is the other view I was talking about. The $100 laptop will save the world! An excerpt from the article: [You need to register to read the full article. Registration is free btw]
So how can any worthwhile computer cost less than a pair of good headphones? Through a series of cost-cutting tricks. The laptops will run on free “open source” software, use cheaper “flash” memory instead of a hard disk and most likely employ new LCD technology to drop the monitor’s cost to just $35. Each laptop will also come with a hand crank, making it usable even in electricity-free rural areas.
The monitor seems to be the crucial link in the whole scheme of things. If they can create a breakthrough on that, then they are almost there. After that, it will be a series of small issues. The critical issue, as far as I know, will be the monitor. They get that down to below $40 in the LCD form, then they are through!
All the best Mr. Negroponte.
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The $100 laptop, finally! | Mysorean // Apr 18, 2007 at 1:22 am
[…] I had written about this laptop here, here and here. There were a host of issues that I thought were potentially unpenetrable forget solving. But these guys have done it. Please go to this link to see a video of the laptop acutally being used: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRpCmV5zHYo […]
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