OLPC to sell for $399 - buy one give one

Date September 24, 2007

This actually sounds like quite an interesting development. Starting November 12, you’ll be able to buy an OLPC laptop which includes one donated to someone else. The price is $399 and they start selling next month.

Cybernet News is reporting the specs are as follows…

  • 433MHz Processor
  • 256MB RAM
  • 1GB Flash storage (serves as your hard drive)
  • 7.5” display (1200 x 900 resolution)
  • Dual touchpad supports written-input mode
  • Integrated 802.11b/g (2.4GHz) interface; 802.11s (Mesh) networking supported
  • Integrated color vision camera (640×480 resolution at 30FPS)
  • Three USB 2.0 ports
  • About 3.5lbs

For more see the Cybernet article, the original source of Engadget, or the OLPC homepage.

3 Responses to “OLPC to sell for $399 - buy one give one”

  1. Aaron Smith said:

    This is so cool.

    I want one. (Or should I say “two?”)

  2. Yianni said:

    I’m not an educator by any means but I do believe knowledge can give any individual the power to reshape their community and better their condition. I’ve thought a lot about Nicholas Negroponte’s vision behind OLPC and found that providing children with access to unlimited knowledge seems to be a logical step towards ending poverty and the negative effects of the digital divide.

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