$10/Rs 500 Mini computers/Laptops launching in India – IIT & IISC
The least price of a computer/laptop going to be released – $10 i.e. INR 500.
It was a while ago when Massachusetts Institute of Technology were introducing the $100 laptops and that plan was not so successful as i see no one running those $100 laptops as they did not get one.
So, Indian top institutes – Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore are into the process of building the Mini computers which would cost just $10. And the prototype of this is going to be shown in Tirupathi on Feb 3rd, 2009.
This would surely be a gift for students and kids who always are on a low budget and dream of gadgets like these. But it would be a gift if the launch comes true.
And its expected to launch in the second half of the year, and development of these computers would be given away to the private firms. The price is of what a 4 GB USB drive usually costs, and computer for that price is something catchy for everyone who is short of having a computer/laptop.
The prototype would reveal on how it looks and how much it would be loved.
More news on this, on 3rd Feb when the prototype will be shown.
February 1st, 2009 at 7:35 pm
That would be amazing if it’s pulled off. It would really boost computer and internet usage.
February 2nd, 2009 at 10:03 am
wow so cheap … i guess its for teaching children in school …. maybe in 3nd or 4th std kids
February 23rd, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Can you told me when this computers will be in the market and how much will be and where I can buy it, can you let me know please, thank you, Teresa
March 17th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
March 21st, 2009 at 2:02 am
The guy that is making those green/white laptops is not very friendly with competitors. When Intel started making something similar but better and cheaper, he was like Intel’s worst enemy. The One Laptop Per Child program is not very successful because of him. He makes a bad business partner.
September 4th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
I really like the screens on the sony laptops but to be honest the price is the thing that shys me away from buying them. I tend to stick with Hewlet Packard now!