It would seem that the shorties in developing res publica are a red-hot new market indeed . Last calendar month , we reported that Asustek , makers of the Asus - branded laptop computer , would be introducinga ostentation - free-base $ 199 laptop computer . Well , economics being how they are , the damage is now looking like $ 249 ( at the low - close , on up to $ 400 ) , and the models are confirm to be base on Intel ’s Classmate PC conception : a 7″ LCD at 800×480 , an Ultra - crushed Voltage ( ULV ) Celeron M 900 with no L2 cache , and 256 MB of DDR - II , presumably with a version of Windows embedded in memory .
https://gizmodo.com/asus-to-sell-199-flash-based-laptops-252892
accord to Ars Technica , Asus will first build up its own edition in July ; Asus will begin the official Intel Classmate PC yield in September . There ’s no citation of the amount of installed flash - memory , but Ars does say that the Classmate PC may give the OLPC XO a streak for its money :
Although the lower cost and specific design features make the XO laptop a good convulsion for poor nations , the Classmate PC acknowledgment figure will almost certainly outperform the XO in many scenarios .
I guess the good news is that , if salesmen do descend upon the youth of the Third World to incline their product , a price war could inevitably aim the prices even lower , in spite of the cost . ( Heck , they may even seek deal them to you , not that you ’d want one . )
Asustek to establish $ 249 Classmate PC excogitation in July[Ars Technica ]
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