olpc29 Apr 2007 07:29 am
‘$100 Laptop’ to Cost $175:
That’s partly because at least seven nations have expressed interest in being in the initial wave to buy the little green-and-white “XO” computers - Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Pakistan, Thailand, Nigeria and Libya - but it remains unclear which ones will be first to pony up the cash. The project needs orders for 3 million machines so its manufacturing and distribution effort can get rolling.
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hmmm, it just doesn’t roll off the tongue like $100….


May 31st, 2007 at 5:56 pm
actually, it is 1 million according to Negroponte….I saw him speak in April at MIT about it.