Sub-100 dollar laptops? Amazing.
The link I gave shows the 500 MHz laptop, with flash NAND flash memory storage devices, rugged design, and hand crank. I love the hand crank idea. Then I can stay outside without having to come in to charge the batteries. The storage device sounds good.
A separate news link (http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?NewsID=4491&Page=1&pagePos=11&inkc=0) says that the laptop will come with 1GB of memory. Pretty nice for a sub-$100 laptop, especially since memory is like 50 bucks for 512 MB.
Screen? Ability to be turned black-and-white? 35 bucks each? How come LCD monitors are like 300 bucks a pop? Why is this only 35 bucks?
Made of rubber? Good idea. Let’s drop it just to see what happens.
But best thing of all, it’s linux. They’re going to market it to developing countries like Brazil, China, and India. It’s funny they think children with no previous knowledge of even the existence of technology will be able to effectively use linux.
But a good start indeed, and for that I commend them.