[SGVLUG] Today's news brings a wide grin

[Alex Roston]

There is considerable discussion on Slashdot about how this might be a scam.

Caveat Emptor!!

Alex



Michael Proctor-Smith wrote:
> On 7/25/07, Dustin Laurence <dustin at laurences.net> wrote:
>> On Mon, Jul 23, 2007 at 03:54:05PM -0700, Miguel Hernandez wrote:
>> >
>> >    But  they're  still  costing roughly $175 to make? I've been 
>> following
>> >    this  project since last Feb. & I recall reading that once they 
>> got to
>> >    this milestone in orders, it was actually going to cost closer 
>> to $100
>> >    per  laptop  (which would mean more kids w/laptops).
>>
>> I believe for a long time they have said that the first ones would cost
>> more--$100 was an ambitious goal that would require a lot of time to
>> achieve enough volume.  They may have initially hoped to hit $100 with
>> the first batch, but I think that turned out to be impossible.
>
> As Dustin said it is all about volume to get to the $100 price but
> http://www.medisoncelebrity.com/ is a $150 dollar laptop running linux
> that is available to the public now, or at least in 4-6 weeks from
> order.
>