$100 laptop.

Free Thinker · Sep 30, 2005

this should kill some pc makers margins.

http://news.com.com/Images+MITs+100+laptop/2300-1044_3-5884639.html?tag=nefd.lede

A research project at the MIT Media Lab has a plan for getting $100 laptops in the hands of millions of people around the world. One notable feature is a hand crank for providing power in places where electricity is undependable or unavailable.

marketsurfer · Sep 30, 2005

add a free satellite hook up, and you will change the world.

surfer

just21 · Sep 30, 2005

Runs linux so IB tws will work!

ssternlight · Sep 30, 2005

I'd buy one if I could get a decent processor in it...

Free Thinker · Sep 30, 2005

Quote from ssternlight:

I'd buy one if I could get a decent processor in it...

i think the whole idea is you dont need much processor to just access the internet. cant be good for intc msft.

Lights · Sep 30, 2005

the last thing starving children in some remote village in africa need is a computer.

Quote from vhehn:

this should kill some pc makers margins.

http://news.com.com/Images+MITs+100+laptop/2300-1044_3-5884639.html?tag=nefd.lede

A research project at the MIT Media Lab has a plan for getting $100 laptops in the hands of millions of people around the world. One notable feature is a hand crank for providing power in places where electricity is undependable or unavailable.

ElectricSavant · Sep 30, 2005

Hey!!!!!

marketsurfer..weeeelllllcome backkkkkk

I was going to quit ET...or at least lay off from posting for a while...But now that your back, I am looking forward to reading again..

Michael B.

Quote from marketsurfer:

add a free satellite hook up, and you will change the world.

surfer

Free Thinker · Sep 30, 2005

Quote from Lights:

the last thing starving children in some remote village in africa need is a computer.

really? if a couple of them could read and get on the internet they might just learn some farming ideas that will help them grow food. information is king.

Free Thinker · Sep 30, 2005

Quote from ElectricSavant:

Hey!!!!!

marketsurfer..weeeelllllcome backkkkkk

I was going to quit ET...or at least lay off from posting for a while...But now that your back, I am looking forward to reading again..

Michael B.

yes welcome back. now all we need is a black monday thread. just kidding surfer.

late apex · Sep 30, 2005

The MIT Media Lab people just might have been inspired by a book by Po Bronson, published way back in 1997, about creating the $99 PC. It was made into a film by 20th Century Fox in 2002:

The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest

It's a fun flick, easily living up to the promise of its catchy title. Memorable quote from IMDB:

Andy: "How's things?"

Tiny: "Entropy is winning."

(the story of my life)