The One Laptop Per Child project is close to making computer users out of a million children in developing nations. The company building the inexpensive laptops for OLPC, Quanta Computer, has received an order for a million of the lime green notebooks, according to published reports. The Taiwan company is the world’s largest manufacturer of notebook PCs. A pioneer in the use of mass production to cut costs, it is building the innovative OLPC units for about $140 each.
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OLPC Orders Reach One Million Milestone
Posted by: Fred J. Aun February 16, 2007 01:47 PMThe One Laptop Per Child project is close to making computer users out of a million children in developing nations. The company building the inexpensive laptops for OLPC, Quanta Computer, has received an order for a million of the lime green notebooks, according to published reports. The Taiwan company is the world’s largest manufacturer of notebook PCs. A pioneer in the use of mass production to cut costs, it is building the innovative OLPC units for about $140 each.