With Sub-$200 Laptops, Intel To Rival OLPC Foundation 2,291 views
Posted 06 June 2007 by N. A. Hilal
Filed under: Laptops
Filed under: Laptops
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(Image: Intel Classmate Laptop; Credit: news.bbc.co.uk)
In collaboration with Asustek, Intel to rival One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) foundation (which has chosen AMD as its partner). The Intel cheap laptops program (known as Intel Classmate) also targeting the developing world as OLPC does. The laptop weighs 0.89kg only and will boast Intel Mobile CPU (instead of AMD), 7-inch display screen, flash memory hard drive, as well as wireless support. The pricing will set around $200 per unit. [via bbcnews]
OLPC Foundation Has New Competitor | LAPTOPGRAM on 15 Aug 2008 at 2:05 pm
[...] As reported by bbc.co.uk, the Intel/Asus move has been slammed by OLPC’s head, Professor Negroponte. He has accused Intel of trying to undermine his initiative. But Intel spokesman,George Alfs denied it, “We are going to need hundreds of millions of machines and that’s going to take a whole industry to provide. There is plenty of room for numerous vendors”. – Trendy Gadget Asus Laptop, Intel Laptop, New Laptop [...]