OLPC Still Promising a Sub-$100 Laptop

Posted 12/24/2009 at 6:22am | by Paul Lilly

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We've been hearing promises of a sub-$100 laptop from the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) organization since it began, but it has yet to deliver one. That won't change in 2010, or even 2011, but come 2012, OLPC feels confident it will finally reach that milestone, according to the company's roadmap.

Before getting to that point, OLPC plans to release the XO 1.5 in January 2010. OLPC says it will sport the same industrial design as the 1.0, but will come configured with a VIA processor instead of AMD. It will also have more memory. OLPC is targeting $200 as the price point, but says that could fluctuate with memory prices.

Then in 2011, the XO 1.75 will make its debut, and once again, it will feature the same overall design as previous models, but with a rubber bumper and an 8.9-inch touchscreen. OLPC plans to use an ARM processor for this one and is shooting for a price point of no more than $150.

Finally, 2012 will be the year OLPC says it will deliver a notebook "well below $100," the XO 3.0. This one will take a "totally different approach" and "feature a new design using a single sheet of flexible plastic." OLPC claims it will be unbreakable.

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