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$100 Laptop Repriced at $175

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the bait-and-switch dept.

prostoalex writes "The $100 laptop introduced by Nicholas Negroponte as part of the One Laptop Per Child program will end up costing $175, Associated Press says. The demand for the program is apparent as 'seven nations have expressed interest in being in the initial wave to buy the little green-and-white "XO" computers — Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Pakistan, Thailand, Nigeria and Libya — but it remains unclear which ones will be first to pony up the cash.'"

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  1. Re:Governments? by QuantumG · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Wow, you should get some kind of "biggest Slashdot retard" award for that comment.

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  2. Re:Needs a new name by El_Isma · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You meant "One Laptop per 1.75 Child".