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$100 Laptop - NetSquared 2006
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carolineb
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Posted: 08.11.06, 07:49 PM
The idea of providing developing countries with $100 laptops certainly makes us all dream! There are a lot of questions that I would have loved to ask the speaker. For example: If I understand correctly, the $100 price just includes the cost of the materials. Since the development costs, I imagine, are very high, then the actual cost may be comparable to a low-end laptop already on the market once you include these development costs? At the very least, it would be comparable to the price of a used laptop. If this is the case, I wonder why develop especially a no-frills laptop when you can buy new ones or use old donated ones for a similar price? Perhaps they would consume too much electricity. Still, it seems like it would be more cost-effective to adapt existing computers to run on an alternative power source rather than to create entirely new computers?
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