Thursday, April 30, 2009
Laptops in India
Laptop news says "Remember that supposed $10 laptop for India, well up went the cost to $30 and then it wasn’t even a laptop after all. And although India lost out on that they are still bring computers to their kids by ordering a huge 250,000 OLPC XO lappys.
With a figure of 250,000 it means roughly 1,500 schools will benefit from the latest One Laptop per Child model which incorporates a VIA C7-M processor.
The word is India wants to place a total of 3 million laptops in their schools this year, and although that doesn’t mean all will be OLPC XO laptops, 250,000 is a good start."
OLPC update will boost system memory to 1GB and internal storage to 4GB. Prototype boards are expected to emerge in May. It's unclear if the order placed by India is for the current hardware or for the updated version. OLPC is also working on a more ambitious 2.0 model which is expected to land in 2010.
IMO: At least it is a start. The intentions were right with the $10 laptop.
With a figure of 250,000 it means roughly 1,500 schools will benefit from the latest One Laptop per Child model which incorporates a VIA C7-M processor.
The word is India wants to place a total of 3 million laptops in their schools this year, and although that doesn’t mean all will be OLPC XO laptops, 250,000 is a good start."
OLPC update will boost system memory to 1GB and internal storage to 4GB. Prototype boards are expected to emerge in May. It's unclear if the order placed by India is for the current hardware or for the updated version. OLPC is also working on a more ambitious 2.0 model which is expected to land in 2010.
IMO: At least it is a start. The intentions were right with the $10 laptop.
# posted by uv : 1:04 AM
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