Design revamp for '$100 laptop' (BBC) {XO2 --> $75}

[eppur_se_muova]

The wraps have been taken off the new version of the XO laptop designed for schoolchildren in developing countries.

The revamped machine created by the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project looks like an e-book and has had its price slashed to $75 per device.

OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte gave a glimpse of the "book like" device at an unveiling event at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The first XO2 machines should be ready to deliver to children in 2010.

Mr Negroponte said he hoped the design would also be used by other manufacturers.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7411904.stm

[madeline_con]

1. Sweet! these have been years in the making.

I hope they can get the cost down a little more. This is a great cause.

[Juche]

2. pretty good

If it gets wifi access I'd probably buy one.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/TOIonline/India/HRD_hopes_to_make_10_laptops_a_reality/articleshow/1999849.cms

India claims to be making a $10 laptop, but I'll believe it when I see it.