OLPC Cost Rises To $188 Per Laptop

I'm saddened by this news.... the poor thing will be nearly twice as expensive as anticipated... still, the price may go down in the future, as it gets more support...

OLPC Cost Rises To $188 Per Laptop[1] Arathon writes "The amazing '$100 laptop' designed by the 'One Laptop Per Child' program isn't going to make it out the door for that price. CNN reports that the laptops are now expected to cost $188 apiece when they come out later this fall. This is expected to make the program's appeal potentially much smaller, since the developers were relying on the mind-bogglingly low-price to hook governments into the concept of buying laptops for their people. OLPC's spokesman guarantees that the price won't rise further, to 'above $190'. The price differential is being blamed on raw materials costs and currency fluctuation. Is this the end of the OLPC's newsworthiness, or should we continue to hope that it will make the difference that so many have said it will?"Read more of this story[2] at Slashdot.

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