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Laptops for around $100 !!
"The $100 laptop, or more appropriately, the $135 laptop, isn't for the average American consumer, though there's no doubt certain domestic communities could benefit from such a bargain. The mission of the initiative, aptly named "One Laptop per Child," is to place a laptop computer in the hands of kids around the world. The non-profit association’s Web site describes its rationale: “Laptops are both a window and a tool: a window into the world and a tool with which to think. They are a wonderful way for all children to learn learning through independent interaction and exploration,” said Nicholas Negroponte, co-founder of the MIT Media Lab. The laptops will be purchased by governments around the world and distributed by their ministries of education. The immediate mission is to reach the children of developing and undeveloped nations, though a commercial equivalent to the inexpensive machine could be on the horizon. Negroponte and associates hope that the cost will gradually reduce over time, ending up somewhere around $50 by 2010. The laptop’s power supply is crank-operated, which requires users to turn the crank for six minutes for 1 hour of work time."
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