The One Laptop Per Child program was created to help disadvantaged children get access to computers and the Internet. The BBC reports that the backers of the program are considering selling the laptops to the public possibly in a two for one plan that would allow one of the laptops to go to a
child in the developing world.
One idea would be for customers to have to buy two laptops at once - with the second going to the developing world.
Five million of the laptops will be delivered to developing nations this summer, in one of the most ambitious educational exercises ever undertaken.
Michalis Bletsas, chief connectivity officer for the project, said eBay could be a partner to sell the laptop.
"If we started selling the laptop now, we would do very good business," Mr Bletsas, speaking at the Consumer Electronics Show, told BBC News.
Here are some specs about the laptops from the faq.
The proposed $100 machine will be a Linux-based, with a dual-mode display—both a full-color, transmissive DVD mode, and a second display option that is black and white reflective and sunlight-readable at 3× the resolution. The laptop will have a 500MHz processor and 128MB of DRAM, with 500MB of Flash memory; it will not have a hard disk, but it will have four USB ports. The laptops will have wireless broadband that, among other things, allows them to work as a mesh network; each laptop will be able to talk to its nearest neighbors, creating an ad hoc, local area network. The laptops will use innovative power (including wind-up) and will be able to do most everything except store huge amounts of data.
One would think that $100 laptops would sell like hotcakes even if people had to buy two to get one. The only turn off might be the green and white color. Black $100 laptops would be more popular with professionals.
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