laptops
Great news, America: Intel's ultra-cheap Classmate PC isn't
just for impoverished third-world schoolchildren anymore! The chipmaker today announced plans to sell the notebook domestically in the coming months. Intel insists its sub-notebook isn't designed to compete with the non-profit One Laptop Per Child project, which is powered by chips from Intel's rival, AMD, but they have aggressively moved to undercut OLPC wherever possible. The laptop will likely cost Americans less than $500.
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Spotted a real OLPC user on the subway this weekend.
An OLPC is that funky device that is supposed to be given to poor children in developing countries but the foundation did a "give one, get one" program which explains why this guy has one. Some people on the R train from Manhattan to Brooklyn gave him and his green and white contraption an odd look out the corner of their eye.
whoops
Tired of repeatedly hearing that his One Laptop Per Child was on the way, PC World's Harry McCracken called OLPC and was
surprised to discover that the charity didn't have his mailing address on file. Apparently, PayPal passed McCracken's payment to OLPC without providing his address.
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bargains
We've been covering One Laptop Per Child's "Buy One Get One" deal because it's a cheap way to get a very unique, kid-friendly laptop, and because at the end of the year a lot of people are looking for places to burn off some extra tax-deductible donations. But now that OLPC is rolling in one year of free T-Mobile access,
the deal just turned into a true bargain—
if you meet a couple of conditions.
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technology
If you're planning on taking part in the One Laptop Per Child "Buy 1 Give 1" sale next month, be warned that
there have been delays in starting production. Although everything is now up and running, the foundation is predicting a shortage of laptops and said that although
some U.S. and Canadian customers may see their personal laptops arrive before the end of 2007, orders would be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Early adopters, geeks, technology bargain hunters and idealists rejoice: One Laptop Per Child is opening its high tech stash to private consumers, at least temporarily, in an effort to help get their project off the ground now that production has begun.
For two weeks beginning November 12th, you can purchase one of their green and white, portable, solar powered, open source laptops with the super-bright screen, for yourself for a tax-deductible $399, and a second laptop will be given to a needy kid somewhere else.
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Consumerist
The "Give One, Get One" laptop sale from One Laptop Per Child has been extended through the end of December. OLPC says it's pulling in about $2 million per day in "donations." [Gizmodo]
