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    The 3G OLPC Laptop

    September 26, 2008 less than 1 minute read

    That's three grand, not third generation. A (possibly biased) report by Vital Wave pegs the 5 year TCO of the OLPC at $2,700. That's even more than my estimate of $972/laptop from back in 2006, which got me in NewsForge and called a racist child-hater in Slashdot.

    More discussion over at OLPCNews.com

    Categories: ict4d, olpc

    Updated: September 26, 2008

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