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In a positive step forward in the ongoing saga of the 100$ PC Nicholas Negroponte Venture capitalist and MIT Media Lab founder showed off the latest prototypes of his baby.The strange part is it’s not longer a $100 PC. The two pound Linux desktop (Fedora) system will sell for about $130 to $140 to governments starting in April 2007. Negroponte expects to reach the $100 price point by the end of 2008. Pricing depends on how much RAM, but key is the display, he added. “It has to be sunlight readable. That won’t be done until August/September.” Currently seven countries are evaluating the system. The most enthusiastic are Nigeria, Brazil, Thailand and Argentina. In addition, China, India and Egypt have shown interest, as well as Russia, Mexico and Indonesia. Negroponte said that manufacturing has to reach 5 to 6 million to get a scale on the pricing point he has aimed it at.
In a positive step forward in the ongoing saga of the 100$ PC Nicholas Negroponte Venture capitalist and MIT Media Lab founder showed off the latest p…
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