Comments on: Waiting for That $100 Laptop? http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/2005/11/29/waiting-for-that-100-laptop/ "Being a good writer is 3% talent, 97% not being distracted by the Internet." Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:59:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: michael roloff http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/2005/11/29/waiting-for-that-100-laptop/#comment-167 michael roloff Thu, 01 Dec 2005 02:34:36 +0000 http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/?p=856#comment-167 My handcranked flashlight cost $ 24.00 at Bartell's drugstore. Actual manufacturing cost, of the electricity generating mechanism must be no more than $ 5.00. if that, in China. My handcranked flashlight cost $ 24.00 at Bartell’s drugstore. Actual manufacturing cost, of the electricity generating mechanism must be no more than $ 5.00. if that, in China.

]]> By: cfarivar http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/2005/11/29/waiting-for-that-100-laptop/#comment-166 cfarivar Wed, 30 Nov 2005 19:42:06 +0000 http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/?p=856#comment-166 Cool. Thanks for the tips. $99 in 1984 is worth $183 in 2005 dollars, btw. Cool. Thanks for the tips. $99 in 1984 is worth $183 in 2005 dollars, btw.

]]> By: PSD Blog - The World Bank Group - Private Sector Development http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/2005/11/29/waiting-for-that-100-laptop/#comment-165 PSD Blog - The World Bank Group - Private Sector Development Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:14:12 +0000 http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/?p=856#comment-165 <strong>Free computers want buyers</strong> Hong Kong company Asiatotal is set to releaseiT -- a computer intended to be given away for free to users in the up-and-coming parts of the developing world, starting this month with Brazil. Unlike the One Laptop Per Child project, it's not meant as a... Free computers want buyers

Hong Kong company Asiatotal is set to releaseiT — a computer intended to be given away for free to users in the up-and-coming parts of the developing world, starting this month with Brazil. Unlike the One Laptop Per Child project, it’s not meant as a…

]]> By: Pablo http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/2005/11/29/waiting-for-that-100-laptop/#comment-164 Pablo Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:01:46 +0000 http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/?p=856#comment-164 You might also be interested in the FREE "iT" from Asiatotal which is supposed to come out soon. Lots of caveats of course: http://psdblog.worldbank.org/psdblog/2005/11/free_computers_.html You might also be interested in the FREE “iT” from Asiatotal which is supposed to come out soon. Lots of caveats of course: http://psdblog.worldbank.org/psdblog/2005/11/free_computers_.html

]]> By: Steve Sailer http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/2005/11/29/waiting-for-that-100-laptop/#comment-163 Steve Sailer Wed, 30 Nov 2005 04:52:56 +0000 http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/?p=856#comment-163 Don't forget the Sinclair personal computer. My dad soldered one together from a kit that cost something like $99 or $199 in 1984. You connected it to your TV. Don’t forget the Sinclair personal computer. My dad soldered one together from a kit that cost something like $99 or $199 in 1984. You connected it to your TV.

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