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5 Comments
samarajiva
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/?
poojitha
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
samarajiva
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/
Million Dollar Question
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?
Chinthaka Panditharatne
A second hand PC (PII or PIII) in Sri Lanka is less than $ 100. So we do not need this gadget.