[TriLUG] Anyone catch 60minutes last night concerning the OLPC?

[Chris Calloway]

Tim Jowers wrote:
>    How much are the OLPC's now? $287?

$175 according to Ivan Krstic. But there are four models with different 
specs. The retail price (mid-2008) will be double, as each retail 
purchase will need to subsidize the donation of one laptop for a child.

The hand crank generator feature has been dumped, too. Too much 
mechanical stress over the required lifetime. So powering it will cost 
extra.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4285568518538296189

(The same basic talk was delivered at PyCon a couple of months earlier.)

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Sincerely,

Chris Calloway
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