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It's cute, green -- and may change world [the lime-green XO laptop]
boston globe ^ | 04-27-2007 | Carolyn Y. Johnson

Posted on 04/27/2007 7:26:58 AM PDT by bedolido

CAMBRIDGE -- With its cute bunny ears, its whimsical pull-string charger, and its big plastic handle, the lime-green XO laptop doesn't look like a technology that will change education and computing worldwide.


One Laptop Per Child unveiled its "$100 laptop."

(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Miscellaneous; Science
KEYWORDS: green; laptop; world; xo

1 posted on 04/27/2007 7:27:03 AM PDT by bedolido
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To: bedolido

Yeah, so it costs $175, with the goal of eventually costing $100. But if I recall they were fudging these numbers because they left out what the government contributes. So in reality they are not even close to $100 laptops.


2 posted on 04/27/2007 7:50:59 AM PDT by TOWER
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