$100 laptop costs $200?
source: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/04/technology/circuits/04pogue.html?em&ex=1196053200&en=fd884...
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In November, youll be able to buy a new laptop thats spillproof, rainproof, dustproof and drop-proof. Its fanless, its silent and it weighs 3.2 pounds. One battery charge will power six hours of heavy activity, or 24 hours of reading. The laptop has a built-in video camera, microphone, memory-card slot, graphics tablet, game-pad controllers and a screen that rotates into a tablet configuration.
The laptop consumes an average of 2 watts, compared with 60 or more on a typical business laptop. Thats one reason it gets such great battery life. A small yo-yo-like pull-cord charger is available (one minute of pulling provides 10 minutes of power); so is a $12 solar panel that, although only one foot square, provides enough power to recharge or power the machine.
David Pogue(video):
http://video.on.nytimes.com/?fr_story=6ffd976ed
Google Tech Talks April 12, 2007(video):
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4285568518538296189
The laptop consumes an average of 2 watts, compared with 60 or more on a typical business laptop. Thats one reason it gets such great battery life. A small yo-yo-like pull-cord charger is available (one minute of pulling provides 10 minutes of power); so is a $12 solar panel that, although only one foot square, provides enough power to recharge or power the machine.
David Pogue(video):
http://video.on.nytimes.com/?fr_story=6ffd976ed
Google Tech Talks April 12, 2007(video):
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4285568518538296189
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From its inception, One Laptop Per Child posed a threat to the personal-computing dominance of software giant Microsoft and chip maker Intel.
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