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Production of $100 laptop begins

By jason - up to 2007 (archived) • Jul 23rd, 2007 • Category: News for Creatives (archives)

TGDaily reports:

“After a couple bumps in the road, the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Initiative has begun it’s path to helping children in impoverished nations. 

The OLPC foundation aims to put inexpensive laptop computers in the hands of children in third-world countries. It has received orders from multiple countries, some of which would need hundreds of thousands to make the plan viable.

Originally dubbed the “$100 laptop”, the OLPC group said earlier this year it would need to up the price to around $170 per unit. The laptop has very basic software on it and comes in a green-and-white casing. It has been named the XO laptop.”

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