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India's "$10 Laptop" To Cost $100 After All

Posted by timothy on from the ain't-it-the-way-of-things dept.

narramissic writes "In case you missed it, India's Minister of State for Higher Education yesterday announced the development of a $10 laptop that will target higher education applications. There were no specifications given for the laptop and the rock-bottom price raised questions about government subsidies. Today, the figure was corrected: It's not a $10 laptop; it's a $100 laptop. Still no specs though."

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  1. Give it a day... by Greenmoon · · Score: 5, Funny

    They'll have it up to $1000.

    Pesky decimal points....

    1. Re:Give it a day... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      are they sourcing it from Zimbabwe?

    2. Re:Give it a day... by Enderandrew · · Score: 3, Funny

      Did they calculate their costs with a Pentium II?

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    3. Re:Give it a day... by Yvan256 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Nah, it was calculated by Verizon.

    4. Re:Give it a day... by Yvanhoe · · Score: 2, Funny

      And falling dollar...

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    5. Re:Give it a day... by homesnatch · · Score: 2, Funny

      In Zimbabwe, each laptop would cost 10 trillion.

    6. Re:Give it a day... by Enderandrew · · Score: 2, Funny

      Actually it was the Pentium Pro line from 60 to 100 MHz. I don't feel bad. You didn't remember correctly either.

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_FDIV_bug

      I did remember it being the 66 MHz FSB P6 core, which I mistakenly remembered as being early P2's. They were actually Pentium Pro's.

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    7. Re:Give it a day... by edittard · · Score: 2, Funny

      That was this morning, it'll be 20 trillion by lunchtime.

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  2. In before... by gparent · · Score: 5, Funny

    They must've added Windows to it?

  3. Sheesh... by religious+freak · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm getting tired of seeing people screw up on OLPC, I think I must've seen this type of stuff at least .01 times

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  4. It's only $99 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you're willing to use non-buggy CPU that sometimes moves the decimal.

  5. Common sense by dimethylxanthine · · Score: 2, Funny

    There were no specifications given for the laptop and the rock-bottom price raised questions about government subsidies.

    You don't need to read the label on a $0.35 chocolate bar to figure out it's made of 3% chocolate, 60% fat, 20% lecithin, and 27% wrapping.

    1. Re:Common sense by reverseengineer · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'd definitely pay more than 35 cents for a candy bar whose ingredients totalled 110% of its contents, just to find out how that was possible.

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    2. Re:Common sense by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Football coaches do that 110% math all the time. Can't be that hard.

    3. Re:Common sense by evilviper · · Score: 2, Funny

      Maybe it's just an overlap. ie. the 27% wrapping also happens to contain 10% of the over-all fat content... To get the full caloric values listed on the label, you have to eat the wrapper.

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  6. $10? $100? Both are shocking prices.. by Channard · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... I mean, how the hell am I supposed to sell people a $400 extended warranty on top of that?

  7. Ah, thats the ticket by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    OLPC started as $100 laptop, but now its double the price... so this $10 laptop is now $100! So, this is the real $100 Laptop

  8. With the way the US economy is going... by langelgjm · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just give it some time, the dollar will get there.

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    1. Re:With the way the US economy is going... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      hopefully the users of this laptop will have to call and talk to someone with a thick, indecipherable American accent to get tech support. Fair is fair.

  9. 100$ Laptop by geogob · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh I see where this is going...

    Optional accessories:
    - LCD screen : 150$
    - CPU : 100$
    - 512 Mb RAM : 50$
    - Battery : 100$
    - AC Power adapter : 80$
    etc.
    There are things money can't buy, but for laptops accessories, there's mastercard.

    But yeah... I guess the laptop could be 100$ itself.
    Back to the good ol' times where GM sold there cars with "wheels" and "Steering wheel" as an option.

    1. Re:100$ Laptop by maxume · · Score: 5, Funny

      Here cars are way better than there cars. In a here car, you get in and then somebody says "We're here". In a there car, you get in and then somebody says "Are we there?".

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  10. Re:Dollar vs. by Yvan256 · · Score: 3, Funny

    What do you mean? An african or an european rupee?

  11. I'm way past all of you on this by caywen · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm already talking about the $1 laptop. Respect my incredible vision.

  12. Specs leaked - it's the P-P-Powerbook by SuperKendall · · Score: 3, Funny

    I have it on good authority that India is in contact with the P-P-Powerbook designers right now for large-scale assembly.

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