India's "$10 laptop" plans: yeah, right

Iria · May 7, 2007, 04:06 AM

Source: Ars Technica
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An Indian government agency says it has $10 laptops in its scopes. The country sometimes credited with the discovery of "zero" needs to add another one to the end of its price estimates.

The_Neon_Cowboy · May 8, 2007, 12:48 AM

Rofl.... let me guess the screen says etch-o-sketch on the side

Erroneus · May 8, 2007, 11:56 AM

screen?

BlueMak · May 8, 2007, 12:11 PM

Shouldn't such a project at least give the kids some laptops that are not just barely above toys? I believe if they create any such laptop it should at least be able to run if not Windows OSes, Linux with a GUI. If not, they might have better luck if they organise a huge collection of old PCs to give to the children.

May 7, 2007, 04:06 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	India's "$10 laptop" plans: yeah, right Source: Ars Technica _______ An Indian government agency says it has $10 laptops in its scopes. The country sometimes credited with the discovery of "zero" needs to add another one to the end of its price estimates.

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The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	Rofl.... let me guess the screen says etch-o-sketch on the side __________________

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Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,419 Rep Power: 119 System Specs	screen? __________________

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BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,475 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	Shouldn't such a project at least give the kids some laptops that are not just barely above toys? I believe if they create any such laptop it should at least be able to run if not Windows OSes, Linux with a GUI. If not, they might have better luck if they organise a huge collection of old PCs to give to the children. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*