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$10 Laptop Downgraded By Reality; Now Fancy Storage Device

Posted by timothy on from the not-that-there's-anything-wrong-with-that dept.

Ian Lamont writes "The news last week that the Indian government was working on a $10 laptop was too good to be true. It turns out that the project is actually a wireless-enabled storage device, not a laptop." Update: 02/04 21:36 GMT by T : Always-illuminating Liliputing has a short article with a picture of the device.

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  1. Re:Shocking/still not seeing the point. by enos · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It also doesn't make much sense to have a storage device without a computer to actually make use of it.

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    boldly going forward, 'cause we can't find reverse
  2. Re:Shocking/still not seeing the point. by gad_zuki! · · Score: 5, Insightful

    >So, who else is shocked that Team $10 laptop didn't actually have the magic bullet? No hands? Hmm.

    The morons in the previous thread who argued that "DUDE, CORPORATIONS PAY LIKE 5% OF RETAIL TO MAKE COMPUTERS, 10 DOLLAR LAPTOP IS POSSIBL!!!" These people were modded +5 insightful. My replies were either modded down or ignored by the mods. So much for the "wisdom of crowds" eh?

    Obviously, these people dont understand the margin on computers is razor-thin and life isnt just one big conspiracy to get you. A $150-200 dollar laptop thats usable? Yes. A ten dollar laptop? No.