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According to the Associated Press “leaders of the nonprofit One Laptop Per Child that was spun out of MIT acknowledged Friday that the devices are now slated to cost $188 when mass production begins this fall. The last price the nonprofit announced was $176; it described $100 as a long-term goal.”
“Spokesman George Snell blamed the increase on a variety of factors, including currency fluctuations and rising costs of such components as nickel and silicon. He said the project was committed to keeping the price from rising above $190.”
This price is a far cry from the initial $ 100 which was greeted with much fanfare around the globe, raising hopes of seeing underprivileged children in poor countries running around with their very own laptops.
On OLPCNews, an independent source for news, information, commentary, and discussion of One Laptop Per Child’s “$100 laptop” computer, one commentator writes:
“$205 per laptop per child?! That’s no where near the original, and now fanciful, “$100 laptop” marketing campaign. In fact, that’s almost the Libyan MOU price of $208 per laptop. And remember, one $208 laptop per child would be 73% of Nigeria’s entire government income.”
Another says: “With Nicholas Negroponte’s “only government buyers” sales plan unable to generate any real orders yet, the “$100 laptop” price increasing to $205 per laptop, and yet another production delay for Quanta, I say its time for XO laptop retail sales in the USA.”
“Spokesman George Snell blamed the increase on a variety of factors, including currency fluctuations and rising costs of such components as nickel and silicon. He said the project was committed to keeping the price from rising above $190.”
This price is a far cry from the initial $ 100 which was greeted with much fanfare around the globe, raising hopes of seeing underprivileged children in poor countries running around with their very own laptops.
On OLPCNews, an independent source for news, information, commentary, and discussion of One Laptop Per Child’s “$100 laptop” computer, one commentator writes:
“$205 per laptop per child?! That’s no where near the original, and now fanciful, “$100 laptop” marketing campaign. In fact, that’s almost the Libyan MOU price of $208 per laptop. And remember, one $208 laptop per child would be 73% of Nigeria’s entire government income.”
Another says: “With Nicholas Negroponte’s “only government buyers” sales plan unable to generate any real orders yet, the “$100 laptop” price increasing to $205 per laptop, and yet another production delay for Quanta, I say its time for XO laptop retail sales in the USA.”