Comments on: OLPC Targets 3 Million Laptops In 365 Days; In Talks With 9 State Govts http://www.medianama.com/2008/11/223-olpc-india-xo-launch-g1g1-government/ Telecom, Digital Media, Applications, Services, Analysis Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:43:13 +0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: GoaGoing http://www.medianama.com/2008/11/223-olpc-india-xo-launch-g1g1-government/comment-page-1/#comment-7438 GoaGoing Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:59:45 +0000 http://www.medianama.com/?p=1002#comment-7438 The OLPC project is currently having great success with Uruguayan teachers and students. When this vision started to garner mainstream media attention back in 2005 a typical laptop was between $600-1000 dollars. So Negroponte's $100 vision was astounding and some thought it was impossible. Fast forward to 2009 and today <a href="http://www.cheaperlaptop.com" target="_blank">cheap laptops</a> can now be purchased for under $300, with 160GB hard drives and impressive specs. Hopefully Negronte can bring down the cost of the OLPC laptop from $180 to $100 so that more kids around the world can benefit from these machines. they will definitely receive more orders at $100 than $210 per unit. The OLPC project is currently having great success with Uruguayan teachers and students. When this vision started to garner mainstream media attention back in 2005 a typical laptop was between $600-1000 dollars. So Negroponte's $100 vision was astounding and some thought it was impossible. Fast forward to 2009 and today cheap laptops can now be purchased for under $300, with 160GB hard drives and impressive specs.

Hopefully Negronte can bring down the cost of the OLPC laptop from $180 to $100 so that more kids around the world can benefit from these machines. they will definitely receive more orders at $100 than $210 per unit.

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