Forget the $100 laptop … China brings the $98 laptop!

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From the Tech Video Blog:

HiVision makes the worlds cheapest Linux laptop at $98 using a new cheaper MIPS based processor (perhaps the Longsoon or the Ingenic), WiFi, 1GB flash storage, it runs Linux, has 3 USB ports, Ethernet, SDHC card reader, audio in and out, voice-chat, skype, multi-tabbed Firefox browser support and Abiword for word processing. Automatic and secure online software updates. Their current model is running a smooth and pretty snappy Linux user interface. In this video, I got to borrow a review sample of the laptop overnight, and I try to show you all the browser and other software interfaces in this extended video review of this cheap MIPS based laptop. Embedded is the way that I hope that most cheap laptops are going to be based on in the near future, Google will hopefully make a great Chrome browser for this kind of Laptop and hopefully that OLPC soon will announce that they will work to improve Embedded Linux based laptops in the upcoming XO-1.5 and XO-2 designs.

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Dr. John Moravec is a faculty member in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development and the Innovation Studies/Master of Liberal Studies graduate programs at the University of Minnesota. He is the principal of Education Futures LLC; a co-founder of the Horizon Forum, a roundtable on the future of education at all levels; and is the editor of Education Futures. He can be emailed at john@educationfutures.com.

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5 Responses to Forget the $100 laptop … China brings the $98 laptop!

  1. moravec (John Moravec) on 9/10/2008 at 13:19

    Forget the $100 laptop … China brings the $98 laptop! http://tinyurl.com/6hdsan

  2. julio80 on 9/10/2008 at 13:22

    Es una propuesta que le da una patada a las demagogicas propuestas de la OLPC.

  3. Charbax on 9/10/2008 at 14:44

    OLPC started this whole thing. The Chinese are simply trying to commercialize the idea of using embedded platforms in laptop form factors. This does enable to cheaper and lower power laptops. Which will hopefully be used by OLPC in their next models so that they also can cut price and power consumption. And especially so OLPC can bring better software for ARM based embedded laptop form factors.

  4. naz on 9/30/2008 at 14:26

    where can i buy this laptops

  5. John Moravec on 9/30/2008 at 14:50

    In China, it seems…!

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