A laptop under $100

[Swordfish]

quoted from : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4243733.stm

Nicholas Negroponte, chairman and founder of MIT's Media Labs, says he is developing a laptop PC that will go on sale for less than $100 (£53).

He told the BBC World Service programme Go Digital he hoped it would become an education tool in developing countries.

He said one laptop per child could be " very important to the development of not just that child but now the whole family, village and neighbourhood".

He said the child could use the laptop like a text book.

He described the device as a stripped down laptop, which would run a Linux-based operating system,

"We have to get the display down to below $20, to do this we need to rear project the image rather than using an ordinary flat panel.

i may finally think of buyin one now...

[AllGamer]

if it becomes reality, then i think Palm and all other PocketPC are going to be out of business very fast

[Johnny Fist]

The kids in developing countries will only end up using the laptop to beat other kids without laptops in the head.

Its kind of like how they use bags of rice for machine gun nests.

[bob05]

I only hope it works out for the kids, I think it's a great idea if executed properly.

[Sterling_Aug]

Kids in under-developed countries such as the back woods of West Virginia and Southeast Asia do NOT need $100 laptops. They need medical attention, good supplies of healthy food and clean water, and they need a good education so they can move away from the poverty and live a long, healthy life.

If the parents can't even afford electricity, then why would they need a laptop? The farmers in Southeast Asia still use oxen and wooden plows. Do they have wireless access points located around the rice fields?

Lets get real here people.

[mireland]

Originally posted by Sterling_Aug
Kids in under-developed countries such as the back woods of West Virginia and Southeast Asia do NOT need $100 laptops. They need medical attention, good supplies of healthy food and clean water, and they need a good education so they can move away from the poverty and live a long, healthy life.

If the parents can't even afford electricity, then why would they need a laptop? The farmers in Southeast Asia still use oxen and wooden plows. Do they have wireless access points located around the rice fields?

Lets get real here people.

ahhh good point.....kinda hard to use a laptop when you're too weak from lack of food...

[r8500]

Originally posted by Sterling_Aug
Kids in under-developed countries such as the back woods of West Virginia

LOL

[bob05]

I think the underlying motive for making these laptops is to educate the youth so that they can better themselves (and their people) with the knowledge gained. Granted medical drugs and even electricity are desperately needed, but I think with a sound education the people could solve these problems by becoming chemists to make those drugs and engineers to build those power plants.

Just a thought.

[mireland]

Originally posted by Johnny Fist
The kids in developing countries will only end up using the laptop to beat other kids without laptops in the head.

Its kind of like how they use bags of rice for machine gun nests.

forever the optimist...