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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

The $100 laptop now the $188 laptop

The "$100 laptop" or OLPC keeps getting more expensive. According to AP:

Leaders of the nonprofit One Laptop Per Child that was spun out of MIT acknowledged Friday that the devices are now slated to cost $188 when mass production begins this fall. The last price the nonprofit announced was $176; it described $100 as a long-term goal.


What happens if they become as expensive as ordinary Windows laptops?

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