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Second Generation Intel Classmate PC ‘NetBooks’

Intel showed off its second-generation Classmate PC at the Intel Developer Forum in Shanghai, China. Intel’s ‘netbooks’ are low-cost and will presumably bridge the digital divide, just like the OLPC’s XO Laptop.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on April 3, 2008  | 

First One Laptop Per Child PCs Coming This Year

It seems like Negorponte and co. have been working forever on the One Laptop Per Child project forever, but their hard work is about to pay off. The first $100-ish laptops will roll off the assembly line late this year, with production getting into full swing early in 2007. Quanta, a Taiwanese manufacturer, will […]

Continue Reading  |  Posted on November 1, 2006  | 

The Classmate PC Notebook

The Classmate PC is a $250 to $400 notebook for students in emerging countries, and Intel’s answer to the OLPC project.  The Classmate PC runs Windows XP and is powered by an Intel Celeron M processor, 256MB of memory and feature at least 1GB of flash memory in lieu of a hard disk. The machine […]

Continue Reading  |  Posted on October 27, 2006  |