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The Sub-$100 Laptop?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the no-extras-like-disk-drives-and-batteries dept.

Vollernurd writes "The BBC is carrying this article detailing Nick Negroponte's plans to deveop and distribute a sub-$100 notebook computer. It would be very basic and stripped down and be used in developing countries as a way of distributing school books and such. Interesting to see how they will cut costs. Yes, it does run Linux." You can read another slashdot story about this machine when it was discussed on Red Herring awhile ago.

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  1. But....but by christurkel · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Does it run Solaris? :)

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  2. Sub 100 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    post

  3. Re:Hmmm. by servognome · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I already have a laptop like that, it's called an abacus.

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  4. Not again by Doc+Ruby · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is a dupe. Not just a duplicate of another Slashdot frontpage story, but the subject of a trick or a swindle. Not that Every single statement is wrong, usually ludicrous, not just in hindsight, but evident at the time. Proof of his power to co-opt is his new project appearing twice on the Slashdot homepage. He's a zeitgeistnapper!

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  5. [ot] comp sci question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Given a sorted (ascending) array of integers, how can you find out whether a given integer is in that array (in the most efficient way)? The loop shouldn't run longer than necessary and can't use break or return... Thanks for any help.

  6. This is an _intentional_ and valuable dupe by brian.glanz · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hey Coward, CmdrTaco says himself! in his post, that this is an intentional dupe.

    Don't pretend it is never worth revisiting a topic of discussion, and don't be too proud of your "Informative" mods. Especially when it's about possibly bringing huge, additional numbers online, it is well worth an occasional, intentional duping.

    BG

    1. Re:This is an _intentional_ and valuable dupe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      In fairness to the OP, CmdrTaco had not silently added the "this is a dupe" line until after he posted.

  7. Please pay attention by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Taco EDITED IT AFTER THE FACT to make mention that it was a dupe. When it was first posted, there was no mention of the previous story.

  8. Re:Run's Linux? by josh2112 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    There are two identical anonymous coward posts. One says "Does it run Linux", and has a score of 1. The other says "Does it run Windows", and has a score of -1, troll.

    So let me work up some mod points: Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux

  9. Re:Old news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    it's a feature, not a bug.

  10. Re:Not just developing countries by colmore · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ok, I've never understood this exactly.

    Let's suppose I'm near broke, have little in the way of morals, and my laptop falls down a flight of stairs, how would I go about locating a five-finger discount retailer?

    I've asked a few vendors in recreational pharmaceuticals, but they don't know.

    I'm not going to do this of course, I've got a decent job and a computer that is working fine, but I wonder about all those laptops that vanish from school libraries. Do they go straight to ebay and pawn shops, or is there a way of locating small-scale college town black markets that I don't know about?

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