The india initiative was some combination of a mistranslation, and/or a deception, and/or grossly unrealistic expectations.
After XO wanted to be the first sub-$100 laptop, and clocked in around $180, Some Indian group decided they would make a $10-12 laptop. Then, they hemmed and hawed a few times, re-estimated the costs up, and changed the actual hardware specs.
What the ended up with is a small desktop box costing around $70-80 that is a lot like the Geode reference designs AMD made. You need to plug it in, and bring your own keyboard, mouse, and monitor. How this would be useful for students who can't afford a computer to start with is beyond me.
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Did India screw their uber-cheap laptop initiative and opt for the XO? I kinda lost track of that movement.
The india initiative was some combination of a mistranslation, and/or a deception, and/or grossly unrealistic expectations.
After XO wanted to be the first sub-$100 laptop, and clocked in around $180, Some Indian group decided they would make a $10-12 laptop. Then, they hemmed and hawed a few times, re-estimated the costs up, and changed the actual hardware specs.
What the ended up with is a small desktop box costing around $70-80 that is a lot like the Geode reference designs AMD made. You need to plug it in, and bring your own keyboard, mouse, and monitor. How this would be useful for students who can't afford a computer to start with is beyond me.
Well, that's just sad.
I hope the authorities there wise up and provide the kids with actual hardware like the XO.
Didn't that indian thing turn out to be a printer that could connect to the internet and print textbooks?