Friday, November 25, 2005
"Prices of computers have been falling like crazy, but are you ready for a laptop computer that costs just $100? Well, it's here, although you may not be able to buy it unless you're part of the government of a third world country. A prototype of the machine was shown at the World Summit mentioned above. It looks a little like a toy, but it's a functional PC - although not a very powerful one by today's standards. It runs on a 500 MHz AMD processor and uses flash memory instead of a hard disk. But it includes wi-fi and does basic word processing, email and Internet tasks. Perhaps the coolest thing about it is the hand crank that you can use to power it if you don't have electricity available. Read about it and see a photo at
