The first $100 laptop PCs for the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) program will roll off production lines by the end of this year, and mass production will start in the first quarter of 2007, Quanta Computer said Tuesday. The Taiwanese company, the largest contract notebook PC manufacturer in the world, had previously estimated it would begin mass production of the low-cost laptops in the second quarter of next year.
The company expects to ship 5 million to 10 million of the laptops next year, and said orders to Argentina, Brazil, Libya, Nigeria, and Thailand have already been confirmed.
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News source: InfoWorld
The company expects to ship 5 million to 10 million of the laptops next year, and said orders to Argentina, Brazil, Libya, Nigeria, and Thailand have already been confirmed.
View: The full story News source: InfoWorld
Of course, the first batch will cost over $100. I think I read somewhere that the per-unit cost was expected to be $100 in 2008, and the price would be lower after that (due to production volume and initial capital expenses/investements).
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Source: Chris Blizzard's Blog
Oh, wait. It has 1200 x 900 (monochrome mode) resolution. In RGB mode, that would be 1/3 less, as the pixels are then colored, one each for the three colors that make up a standard color display.
So, I don't think that the 163-pixel tall image would be a problem.
But i also know a couple of kids who could use these. So if it really is for 100USD, then i suppose i will buy 3-4 of them.
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