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 $100PHP 5,869INR 8,475EUR 95CNY 728 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 Php6,000USD 102INR 8,668EUR 97CNY 745 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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sylver says:
will it be available locally?
rain says:
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.
mr nice ash says:
if in case it’ll be available locally and for all, i’ll probably get one. for sure! ;)
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Scott says:
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.
jon says:
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.
Jonny says:
how much will this $100 laptop cost ?
derek says:
i love eddie gurerro, but donmt worry laptops will not bring him back:(
derek says:
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?
john harris says:
i love grace, but hate rochelle at present.
BEEN PUMPIN WEIGHTS ME LIKE.
derek says:
i dont hate grace, my name is derek
Richy says:
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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Jonny says:
sarahs moods broke my laptop :(
derek says:
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
elliot ward spencely says:
im just curious about what it tastes like
Richy says:
I THINK I’M GUNNA GO POO.
Jaguar2008 says:
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..