On Sun, 2 Oct 2005, Brian Wall wrote: > On 9/29/05, Harv Nelson <harv.nelson at gmail.com> wrote: >> Not just for kids! I need one of these in the shack. So do you >> >> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050929/ap_on_hi_te/hundred_dollar_laptop > > The hand crank adds a nice touch. In theory, infinite power for remote > computing. I'm skeptical of the price tag. Even if produced by the > millions, I don't see how you can find all the parts and still make a > profit at $100 each. I don't know that it will be possible to get the cost down to $100 per laptop, but I think the idea is not to make a profit. It's a charity. They will get about $100 million and make about 1 million laptops and they will give them away to poor children. Mike