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$100 Laptop to use Mesh Networking

$ 100 Laptop
The One Laptop Per Child project is one step closer to releasing the completed machine to millions of schoolchildren in the developing world. But what makes the computer so unique?

Find out:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6679431.stm

5 Comments to $100 Laptop to use Mesh Networking

  1. July 25, 2007 at 2:03 pm | Permalink

    And the USD 100 laptop is likely to cost USD 175!

    Shouldn’t we look closer to home: http://www.lirneasia.net/2007/05/indias-usd-100-computer/?

  2. July 25, 2007 at 9:29 pm | Permalink

    Lets reduce Ministers of parliament by 50% and invest that money to give laptops to all the schools in Sri Lanaka……………..this one is a very cheap alternative for books since all the text books could be stored as e-books inside the laptop,very good for poor people

  3. July 25, 2007 at 10:54 pm | Permalink

    What makes you think laptops can solve any problem? Especially in an exam driven system:

    http://www.lirneasia.net/2007/05/negropontes-one-laptop-per-child-thesis-challenged/

  4. Million Dollar Question's Gravatar Million Dollar Question
    July 26, 2007 at 8:47 am | Permalink

    Is there any condition from the manufacturers of 100USD laptops to order minimum one million units to a country if a country wants to purchase these low cost laptops? Can someone enlighten us on this?

  5. Chinthaka Panditharatne's Gravatar Chinthaka Panditharatne
    July 26, 2007 at 9:06 am | Permalink

    A second hand PC (PII or PIII) in Sri Lanka is less than $ 100. So we do not need this gadget.

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