The One Laptop Per Child project (OLPC) has announced plans for a notebook
computer that costs just $75.
Developed by Nicholas Negroponte and MIT Media Labs in 2005, the
OLPC project aims to provide inexpensive
notebooks for children in the developing world.
The project launched its first notebook, the XO, in 2007 with a target of
selling 100 million machines by 2008. Around 600,000 machines have been sold. In
mid-May it announced a deal with
Microsoft
to make Windows available on the XO notebook.
This week the the XO-2 notebook was announced, which will be available from
2010 for $75 per computer.
The XO-2 is said to be about half the size and much lighter than the
original XO, making it easier to carry to and from school. It has two
touch-screen displays, so it can be opened like a book or used with one screen
displaying a keyboard for typing.
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