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The World's First $99 Laptop
Sun, 2009-12-20 17:03 — sciencestaff
Can a $99 laptop help save the world?For years now we've been hearing about the "$100 laptop" - a standard, low-power portable that meets the educational needs of children in developing nations. But until now, the most affordable has been from the non-profit One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative, where benefactors can purchase $199 OLPC portables, which the OLPC then ships to students in developing nations.Cherrypal has recently launched a $99 portable (cutting the competition in half) the Cherrypal Africa, a "mini-netbook" built to bring Internet access everywhere in the world. A great price for a great cause but can this laptop stand up to the challenge?read more.
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