OLPC nearly doubles in cost, runs Windows, avail in USA

[Ben Scott]

  (Hmmmm.  List's been quiet lately.)

  According to a Yahoo News story linked to from Slashdot, the OLPC
Laptop (http://www.laptop.org) is going to increase in price from $100
to $175, and will be able to run Microsoft Windows in addition to
Linux.  While the reason for the 75% price increase isn't fully
explained yet, the popular conspiracy theory is that Windows needed
more computrons.  It will also be made available in the USA.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070426/ap_on_hi_te/hundred_dollar_laptop

http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/28/0658206&mode=nocomment

  So I guess it's really going to be One Laptop Per Every 1.75 Children, eh?

-- Ben

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