500 Rupee/10 Dollar Laptop from India

xo pc of olpc project
Too good to be true? Well, after 100 thousand rupee (2000 usd) car Tata Nano, 800 rupee (15 usd) L10 mobile phone, apparently India managed to make a 10 dollar laptop, in spite of criticism by many experts.

The concept of cheap laptops which will abridge the big digital divide between rich and poor, is the dream child of Prof. Nicholas Negraponte of MIT with his OLPC, One Laptop Per Child Project. The OLPC's XO PC costs roughly 200 dollars and has been sort of a huge success in South American countries.

The Sakshat laptop PC, if true can really be a dream come true for many living in undeveloped countries.

Like in every wonderful story, there is a catch. I have seen some sources citing the price of Sakshat as 5000 rupees or 100 dollars. We shall see the actual price tomorrow at the press conference. Still, even a hundred dollar price tag is good enough.

Comments

  1. AnonymousFebruary 5, 2009 at 7:53 PM

    Nice. When it launch?

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  2. ArchiverFebruary 6, 2009 at 12:04 AM

    The conference was yesterday and the laptop turned out to be a bust. It is like a hard disk with some extra features, anything but a computer really. It can make some calculations, though.

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  3. ArchiverFebruary 6, 2009 at 12:29 AM

    Update: I have found a picture of the cheap laptop, Sakshat.

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  4. Gadgets AfricaDecember 26, 2022 at 7:33 AM

    Nice post! If you are planning to buy a new laptop then choose Gadgets Africa to read about the Best Laptops Kenya.

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