Thread: Asus Eee Pc and Nokia N800
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2007-08-17 , 16:57
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Originally Posted by Texrat View Post
I'll quibble with that, too. Nokia has paid keen attention to the One Laptop Per Child initiative since its inception, and $100 US was the original target price. Granted there are technical constraints, but if we're just talking price...
The hardware specs for one laptop per child is not even close to the Eee PC,

Eee PC 900Mhz processor
OLPC 433Mhz

Eee PC 4GBFlash
OLPC 1GB

Eee PC 512BM RAM
OLPC 256

The Display seems really bad on the OLPC, it does do 1200x900 on a 7.5inch screen though, and Eee PC only does 800x480 on 7inch screen, seems more reasonable

Also now I believe the 100$ is looking at about 170$ at last glance.

While the OLPC is a neat idea, and with very low power consumption, makes it great for, say poor kids in Africa, it does not do much for me.

Looking at the specs on the Eee PC makes me want to run out and buy 4 of them for my kids. I wonder what the actual retail price will be this fall, and how many they will have available?

I don't think this is in direct competition with IT because of IT size. But if I can get a whole laptop for $200, its makes buying an IT for $450 seem a bit expensive.
Last edited by penguinbait; 2007-08-17 at 17:57.