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Quanta Computer is building the XO laptops at its factory in Changshu
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OLPC laptops go into production

XO computers roll off the assembly line in China

Matt Chapman, vnunet.com 08 Nov 2007
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The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) foundation has announced that production has begun on its low-cost computers aimed at the developing world.

Taiwanese firm Quanta Computer is building the XO laptops at its factory in Changshu, China.

The project was started in 2005 to create a laptop that cost only $100 to manufacture, although the cost has almost doubled since then.

The devices keep their costs low using the open source Linux operating system.

OLPC has received orders from Uruguay and Mongolia, but also plans to sell the machines in America and Canada.

US and Canadian buyers will pay $399 for their computers, funding the cost of another machine that will be donated to an overseas child.

The Nigerian government recently shunned the OLPC machines in favour of Intel's Classmate PCs, putting in an order for 17,000 of the budget PCs.

The OLPC project was started by Professor Nicholas Negroponte from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

See also:

Google and Cisco develop site to raise awareness of socio-economic problems  05 Nov 2007
'Low-cost' Eee PC notebook costs $350  17 Oct 2007
Forty per cent growth in emerging regions, predicts Gartner  03 Oct 2007
One Laptop Per ChildUS purchasers must buy two, and give one away  24 Sep 2007

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