Quanta begins OLPC XO production ramp-up

by Thomas Ricker posted Jul 23rd 2007 at 5:05AM

Quanta Computer has finally received the green light to ramp up production of Negroponte's OLPC XO. The not-quite $100, open-source laptop should start shipping in quantity by October at a current cost of $176-per with the option of solar, foot-pump, and pull-string chargers presumably at additional cost. For those keeping track, that's about 4-months later than NickNeg's original estimate. Of course, as Nick likes to remind everyone, it's not about the laptop at all, it's about education. Former Secretary General of the UN, Kofi Annan, effusively described it as "an expression of global solidarity." Good, 'cause even humanitarian efforts will need a logo in Mr. Lee's Greater Hong Kong.

Filed under: Laptops

Tags: negroponte, nickneg, olpc, quanta, xo

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Scooter @ Jul 23rd 2007 7:24AM

Kofi Annan was "Secretary General" of the UN, not a "General".

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lettcco @ Jul 23rd 2007 7:51AM

more Pr0n FTW!!

http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/20/reuters-shocked-that-olpc-testers-using-xo-for-xxx/

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wayan @ Jul 23rd 2007 1:12PM

Funny that OLPC announced this today. On July 9th, Digitimes reported that Quanta was putting in orders with upstream suppliers, though in less volume than anticipated: http://www.digitimes.com/systems/a20070709PB207.html

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ben @ Jul 23rd 2007 6:46PM

They better go retail soon. That is all I'm hoping.

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Scotto @ Jul 24th 2007 5:07PM

Mr. Lee's Greater Hong Kong. Watch out for the robodogs. Awesome.

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