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Manufacturer Picked For $100 Laptop

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the intel-ticked dept.

IZ Reloaded writes "MIT has picked Taiwanese firm Quanta to manufacture its $100 laptop. From PCWorld: 'Under terms of an agreement with One Laptop Per Child, Quanta will devote engineering resources to develop the $100 notebook design during the first half of the year, according to a statement issued by the group. At the same time, Quanta and the non-profit organization will explore the production of a commercial version of the laptop.'" Apparently they don't think it's ineffectual either.

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  1. Bad title by DogDude · · Score: 5, Informative

    The manufacturer wasn't picked. A company to investigate how this thing could be manufactured was picked. No company has yet to say that this is even possible. This is still ivory tower, public reltations mumbo jumbo at this stage.

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  2. More informations by this+great+guy · · Score: 5, Informative

    I submitted the story 2 days ago, but it was rejected (damn I hate when that happens), so here is more information...

    Here is the official press release from the One Laptop per Child organization. OLPC Chairman Nicholas Negroponte said, "Any previous doubt that a very-low-cost laptop could be made for education in the developing world has just gone away."

    Also tech specs can be found on the FAQ page: 500 MHz processor, 128 MB RAM.