Posted January 11th, 2007 in News

By Tim Gray
January 11, 2007 9:35AM

The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) group unveiled its final laptop prototype, dubbed the XO, this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The XO was developed to be a low-cost, durable, and easy-to-use PC that will appeal to children with its bright green body and white trim, reminiscent of a toy.

The nonprofit group that hopes to bring inexpensive laptops to poor kids around the world is now considering the possibility of allowing the $100 machines to be purchased by the general public.

The backers of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project haven’t suddenly been bitten by the capitalist bug, but rather have come up with a way to offer the computers to the general public while increasing their availability to school children in developing nations.

According to one plan being considered, the computers would be offered to customers who would have to purchase a minimum of two laptops at a time — with the second going to the developing world. [Source: NewsFactor]

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