Get ready, India's $10 laptop is set for its first unveiling on February 3rd. Ok, so it's not quite $10... $20 actually, but that's far better than the $100 some were estimating. It's also much better than the $200 per OLPC XO deal that Negroponte wanted to reportedly charge the Indian government more than two years ago -- an offer rejected by officials with a promise to young Indians to do it better and for less. According to some reports the laptop will feature 2GB of memory, Wi-Fi, fixed Ethernet, expandable memory, and consume just 2 watts of power. The Devil's in the details, they say, but with any luck, India will be swimming in cheap silicon within the next 6 months if the project can keep to schedule... that's a big IF. The laptop is aimed at Indian students, for now, but there's no word on whether it will be available any time soon to the wider public, either in India, or anywhere else.
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The picture shows a dry erase board and some chicklets for keys...come on a $10 laptop...
ReplyDeleteGood work, Sherlock.
ReplyDeleteWhat is this? Some sort of racist or xenophobic joke?
ReplyDeleteThe plain truth is that for every advanced engineering, science, or computer science degree granted in the USA, India grants 5 degrees and China grants 7 degrees, and those dozen guys are willing to work for a heck of a lot less than our guys expect to get paid. On top of it, their education system is now ahead of ours.
The future does not look good... and this is how we mock them?
I wonder how they will mock us?
@10:49
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, they already do mock us. They think we are fat and lazy.
Perhaps we are. These guys (girls) will work night and day to better the lives of themselves and families. Our country used to be this way, until we got used to having an excuse and bail out for every mistake we make.
In India, your family starves or dies when you make a mistake. What happens here?
12:13.. Well said, but we don't really want to emulate India, do we?
ReplyDeleteIn India, their "social security system" is basically having lots of kids who can help you in your old age. It's one of the prime factors that promotes a population that's just way too large.
Our social security system is much better. There's nothing wrong with having a social safety net that keeps old people off the street. Heck, that was one of the real reason social security was implemented in the first place (to reduce the blight of having too many old homeless beggers)...
Before throwing too many rocks at our financial system, look at what the "competition" has to offer... and then count your blessings.
Oh please, it was a joke!
ReplyDeleteAnd it was cute!
Get over yourselves.