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$100 Laptop Repriced at $175
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.'"
It seems that OLPC designed to be used by people living in caves (no energy source at all, no communications at all) . Desktop isn't. Besides, the cheapest way to get a desktop is to get an outdated desktop from local source (You don't want to ship a pc that costs $50 over Atlantic)
not if the US dollar keeps spiraling out of control.
It's still less than 100 pounds or euros.
Just because our government has completely tanked out economy does not mean this project failed.
They still have the same costs, the US dollar is simply worth 1/2 as much as it was 2 years ago.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
Why do you bother teaching them math skills? Why don't you teach them language skills? Language skills are so much more important than math skills.
How does it feel?
How we know is more important than what we know.
They make a fuckton of demands on the public schools, but then they don't back it up with funding.
The kids are already there, the teacher's already there, the school's already there. What, exactly, is more money going to accomplish? Why can't they simply do their job?
Pardon my bluntness, but screw the whining teachers, and administrators and unions! MY demand is that they do their job, and every student better leave their classroom educated to the best of their abilities. The fact that the feds have to demand high standards is an absolutely shameful reflection of public schools.
Sometimes it's best to just let stupid people be stupid.
Yeah, we europeans shold be fucking worried for having actual _money to spend_ compared to USians. Well, what did _you_ think rising exchange rates really meant?
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