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6th May 2007

$10 Laptop by Engineers in India!

posted in Hardware, India |

Around a year ago, India pulled out its support from the ‘One Laptop Per Child’ (OLPC) initiative. Now Human Resources Development ministry in India is seeking ways to develop a laptop that would cost an unbelievable $10.

 

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The Indian government has two options. The first design is from a student at Vellore Institute of Technology and another from the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, according to the Times of India.

At present, none of the two devices has managed to get the price to $10; in fact $47 is the lowest they could reach. Till now, the Indian government has not got any company to agree to produce the device, since building it for merely $10 would most probably mean that the manufacturer would have to take a significant loss.

Don't you think its crap ?? or is it really possible to make a $10 laptop ?? I think we lack practical thinking !! anyway ..lets see what happens..put in your comments ! 

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