1 Million OLPCs Already On Order

alphadogg writes "Quanta Computer has confirmed orders for 1 million notebook PCs for the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project. The article goes into some background on the project, and lays out the enthusiastic adoption that the project is seeing overseas. The company estimates they'll ship somewhere between 5 and 10 Million units this year, with 7 countries already signed up to receive units. The machines currently cost $130, but with that kind of volume the original goal of $100 a machine may be viable. Even with the low cost, Quanta expects to make a small profit on each machine, making charity work that much easier."

Comments

million? million to one

[JCOTTON]

million to one that I get to see a slashdot article that hasnt had any comments yet.....Like winning the lottery

Re:I don't get it.

[vic5]

I agree, in some countries 130 usd is equivalent to 4 months living cost.
If given to someone under these conditions, it will get traded for something they deem more useful.
Dare I suggest yellow fever or hep vaccinations would be more helpful.