$100 MIT Laptop to be released this November

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief September 30, 2005 · 1 min read

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The MIT Media Laboratory expects to launch a prototype of its US$100 laptop in November. The lab expects to unveil a prototype of the $100 laptop at the World Summit on the Information Society on November17.

The 500 MHz laptop will run a “light” version of the open-source Linux operating system. It will have a two-mode screen, so it can be viewed in color and then by pushing a button or activating software switch to a black-and-white display, which can be viewed in bright sunlight at four times normal resolution.

The laptops will have four USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports, be WiFi-enabled with cellphone support and will come with 1GB of RAM. Yes, you read it right — 1GB or memory.

A sub Php6,000 laptop? This is really something. The government could now afford to equip elementary and high schools across the country with these.

I hope I could get my hands on one of those too. :D

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35 Comments

Jaguar2008 · 18 years ago

a 500Mhz Processor is not fast enough, balanced with 1G of memory… wow thats nice… this laptop can suft the net, play songs and movies, run OS in levels to Win98SE or XP home.. not bad.. but for $100 with wifi, its great… i can hook a cam on it and start yahoo messenger or something.. place a printer on in hand work some paper.. over all its nice… lovely… hope they send me a free sample..

Richy · 21 years ago

I THINK I’M GUNNA GO POO.

elliot ward spencely · 21 years ago

im just curious about what it tastes like

derek · 21 years ago

i totally agree, but wont the laptops be like out of date n poo n that, cos like i only have windown 200 but like what like will it have like?i completely dont get it like, i mean err like how do i do it like :S

Jonny · 21 years ago

sarahs moods broke my laptop :(

Richy · 21 years ago

SERIOUSLY RIGHT I THINK ITS ABOUT TIME WE TOOK THIS SERIOUSLY. I MEAN COME ON GUYS PEOPLE WOULD DIE FOR ONE OF THESE LITTLE THINGS. I MEAN THEY’LL SAVE LIVES. TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO MAKE FOOD AND DO OPERATIONS AND STUFF LIKE.

I THINK SOME IMMATURE PEOPLE NEED TO GET A LIFE AND START CONSIDERING THE FACTORS OF LIFE AND DEATH IN LIKE YOU KNOW THOSE COUNTRIES WHERE THEY DONT HAVE XBOX’S N TAHT.

anyway laters chaps.

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derek · 21 years ago

i dont hate grace, my name is derek

john harris · 21 years ago

i love grace, but hate rochelle at present.

BEEN PUMPIN WEIGHTS ME LIKE.

derek · 21 years ago

i am old and dont have a laptop, i dont have a house of my own, and i have never had a girlfriend, will the government as in tony blair(i shook his hand once) be giving me one?

derek · 21 years ago

i love eddie gurerro, but donmt worry laptops will not bring him back:(

Jonny · 21 years ago

how much will this $100 laptop cost ?

jon · 21 years ago

well, scott, let’s think before we speak. $100 of food will give a child food for a month. a laptop will open them up to a world of opportunity that they didn’t dream possible.

If it wasn’t implied here, these laptops will be WiFi capable which is equivalent to about 100 million text books. USB ports out the wazoo? Who cares how may it has? That just makes it more compatible for whatever may be necessary in the future. Laptops are much more valuable than food in the long run.

You can catch a fish for a man and he’ll eat for a day. You can teach a man to fish and he’ll eat for a lifetime.

Scott · 21 years ago

Why don’t they just give each child a US$100 worth of food, clean water, medicine and textsbook each year?

That might be a better idea than laptops with Wi-Fi and “USB port up the wazoo”.

I’m sorry, but those lab rats working on this with the NGOs might be smart, but that in way translates into intellegence.

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mr nice ash · 21 years ago

if in case it’ll be available locally and for all, i’ll probably get one. for sure! ;)

rain · 21 years ago

sylver, if you’ve been to their site, they explicitly said it will not be in production for consumers. However, being an ‘open’ project, I suppose they’ll be sharing how they were able to build one eventually.