$10 Indian laptop to actually cost $100, anyone surprised?
By Nilay Patel 
posted July 30th 2008 5:10PM
posted July 30th 2008 5:10PM
Come on, you didn't really believe that a $10 laptop was even remotely possible, did you? Yeah, didn't think so -- and unsurprisingly, that project sponsored by the Indian government to develop a low-cost laptop actually has a price target of $100, not $10. Chalk another one up to bad transcription, we suppose, although getting the price of a reasonable machine down to $100 won't be all that easy, either -- any bets on where the final price of this thing ends up?
This is a total miscommunication. The state government of Tamilnadu, India launched a Student Laptop Scheme for Rs.20,000 Roughly $50 at todays conversion rate. They had to negotiate with Lenova, Gateway and Dell to offer this proce with a configuration of 2.0GHz Dual Core, 2GB Ram, 256 MB GPU, 160GB Hard Drive, Wireless G, Dual Layer DVD RW Drive. A month after the announcement they couldnt get to $50, but they were able to get the same configuration for about $80 or Rs.31,000. There is no mention on who manufactures and supplies the laptop at the end. Please note, this is only available for students studying in India.
urlingo - Rs. 31000 is not equal to $80. It is $800