$100 Laptops on Test Run
Quanta Computer, which the One Laptop Per Child project has contracted to produce the low-cost notebook computers for students in developing countries, has started test production of their low-cost laptops. Initial runs of the computers, which OLPC intends to sell for $100 each in bulk, should be available by November.
DigiTimes Systems cites a source within Quanta Computer for the information:
Related Posts:Recent reports that Libya placed an order for 1.2 million US$100 notebooks has come as a confidence boost to the project, the sources said. The project has raised doubts about where demand for the notebooks will come from. But the order from the Mideast nation, which is not from one of the originally targeted markets, shows that demand will be coming not only from such emerging markets as Brazil, China, India, Russia, Africa or Eastern Europe, the sources remarked.
Quanta president Michael Wang stated in August that the company has set a shipment goal of 10 million units for the US$100 notebook project for a period of 12 months starting from the first quarter of 2007 when shipments actually start.