Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 6th Dec 2006 19:39 UTC, submitted by Flatline
Intel said Tuesday its diminutive low-cost laptop will be evaluated in Brazil next year alongside a cheaper alternative from a nonprofit group seeking to bring computers to poor children worldwide. The company said it would donate 700 to 800 of the USD 400 (EUR 300) 'Classmate PC', to the government for a large-scale evaluation in schools. Intel has already tested the computers on a smaller scale with students and teachers in a poor neighbourhood of Campinas, near Sao Paulo.
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Intel lost out to AMD when they were bidding for CPUs. Now, they've come up with their own version. Intel certainly has the resources and knowledge base to do it. The difference I see is that Intel might be motivated to sell this type of device to anyone rather than just providing it for children in classrooms. I think it would be great. Ultra-portable computers have always had a pretty steep price difference just for their size. Imagine what will happen as volumes increase through these types of programs.
What kills me is that they are implying a $250 price difference was created almost entirely through shipping costs. How would they propose to ship their machines?