Yeah, from what I recall reading, Thailand dropped out and no longer wishes
to purchase those laptops.  Are laptops REALLY what 3rd world children
need?  How about decent food/shelter/medicine/education...  $100 in a 3rd
world country goes a long ways.


On 11/8/06, Russell McMahon <apptech@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>
> The OLPC (One Laptop per Child) organisation has just announced a
> change in the delivery date for the first shipment of its
> intended-to-be-world-changing $US100 laptop computers. Changes of
> shipping date for a new (let alone a first) model are no great
> surprise in the computer industry where projected shipping date are
> always changing - but this date was moved from 2Q2007 to - NOW! -
> albeit in extremely limited quantities.
>
> That any at all are being shipped is significant as it almost
> transforms the product from vapourware to reality. Hopefully.
>
>
>
> http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/NL/704B43685F54E8CBCC25721F00351B05
>
>
> OLPC is an initiative aimed at putting $US100 (no typo) laptops in the
> hands of educators in "3rd world" countries worldwide
>
> At last.
>
> Innovative high resolution low low power LCD.
> Target 4 Watt system power running.
> Inbuilt 802.11b/g extended range low speed (2 Mbps) wireless mesh
> networking to allow distributed access to internet.
> Unit can relay radio messages with main cpu off.
> Fedora core.
> 512 kB Flash , 128 MB RAM, ...
> VGA colour camera (640x480, 30 Hz)
> Optional hand/foot cranked add on power generators.
>
> MUCH more detail in Wikipedia article.
>
> First "shipment" is a meagre 50 units as an introduction with 1000 to
> follow in January.
> Introductory price is $US146/unit (you may have to buy in multiples of
> 100,000 and be a government to get this deal).
>
> Target is 1.5 million units and $US100 price by 2008
>
> Excellent overview here
>
>         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Laptop_per_Child
>
> Notional orders:
>
>     Nigeria        1 million
>     Libya            1.2 million plus satellite internet and server
> per school
>     Massachusets
>     Maine
>     Thailand
>     Egypt
>     NOT India.
>
>
>
>
>
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