Monday, June 11, 2007 at 11:21 by Darren Chew
When you think of buying a laptop, you think of spending at least five or six hundred on one, right?
Well, think again!
Intel has very detailed plans to team up with Asustek Computers – who, if you don't know, is the world's largest maker of motherboards – to make a notebook PC that would cost as little as $240 or approximately £120. This uniquely cheap laptop will be mass marketed, and targeted to developing countries.
Intel has always had a gentle heart – even being the worlds largest chipmaker, they have given laptops to children in developing countries for years. However, they have yet to do the kind of mass production that is seen by the One Laptop Per Child Foundation.
Intel's notebook will be a low-end, fully fledged notebook, while the toy-like green and white plastic notebooks produced by One Laptop Per Child use a hand crank when electricity isn't available.
This could be the start of something big – if Intel and Asustek can do it, maybe we'll see other companies joining in. You never know; maybe there will be one laptop per child, someday after all.
Kent Florentino
IV-Tau
June 27, 2007
www.Itvibe.com
No comments:
Post a Comment