$100 Laptop gets hit by Inflation

By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews

We already knew it wasn’t going to be a “$100 laptop,” but it’s rapidly approaching a $200 laptop. The One Laptop per Child program’s XO-1 is now priced at $188.

“Where does it end? It started out at $130, then it was $148, then it was $176, now it’s $188 — what’s next? $200?” said Wayan Vota, the former director of the Geekcorps international tech-development organization and current editor of the OLPCNews blog. “You have these governments who were looking at this original, fanciful $100-per-child figure, now we’re going up towards or maybe past $200.”

One Laptop Per Child says it has commitments for at least 3 million of its rugged “XO” computers, though it won’t disclose which countries are first in line. Among the nations that have shown interest are Brazil, Libya, Thailand and Uruguay. Source: CNN

We Say: As the price goes up, though, the XO-1 may become less attractive for porn use (remember that older story?).