Comments on: XO Laptop to be sold in Europe (for a lot more than $100) http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/11/14/xo-laptop-to-be-sold-in-europe-for-a-lot-more-than-100/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:14:31 -0500 hourly 1 By: Charbax http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/11/14/xo-laptop-to-be-sold-in-europe-for-a-lot-more-than-100/comment-page-1/#comment-948436 Charbax Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:05:53 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=53840#comment-948436 Asus Eee PC was supposed to be $199 and it was released at $399 wh aren't you complaining about Asus instead? OLPC XO is still and remains the cheapest laptop in the world. And it has man features that makes it much better then any Asus or any other commercial Intel powered netbooks. Asus Eee PC was supposed to be $199 and it was released at $399 wh aren’t you complaining about Asus instead?

OLPC XO is still and remains the cheapest laptop in the world. And it has man features that makes it much better then any Asus or any other commercial Intel powered netbooks.

]]> By: Todd B Norris http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/11/14/xo-laptop-to-be-sold-in-europe-for-a-lot-more-than-100/comment-page-1/#comment-948431 Todd B Norris Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:53:54 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=53840#comment-948431 ok, first off. you are buying TWO, as in not just one laptop. The price is ~$390 for one laptop for yourself and one for a child elsewhere in the world... So the price works out to be only ~$200 and the second one is, in the USA at least, a Tax Deductible gift and yes this was supposed to be the $100 laptop, but the problem is with the economy of scale. IF they got the orders that where originally slated then the price could have been reduced a lot. They also made a lot of choices that made the hardware a lot more expensive then originally planned. Like the feature that the screen's backlight can be turned off and used as a gray scale ebook-like screen it is VERY crisp and makes for VERY long battery life. Also, the screen is very usable in full sun, unlike my $1500 laptop which is just UNUSABLE in the sun. They had to develop that screen in house, and that cost more, but made a LOT better end product, but they could not just buy the second quality already being made glass that was in the original idea. It was quite a few concessions that made the OLPC XO-1 cost a lot more, but the one thing that upsets me most is when someone is comparing this $200 laptop to a $400-$600 laptop, because they are giving it an unfair write up. -t ok, first off. you are buying TWO, as in not just one laptop. The price is ~$390 for one laptop for yourself and one for a child elsewhere in the world… So the price works out to be only ~$200 and the second one is, in the USA at least, a Tax Deductible gift and yes this was supposed to be the $100 laptop, but the problem is with the economy of scale. IF they got the orders that where originally slated then the price could have been reduced a lot. They also made a lot of choices that made the hardware a lot more expensive then originally planned. Like the feature that the screen’s backlight can be turned off and used as a gray scale ebook-like screen it is VERY crisp and makes for VERY long battery life. Also, the screen is very usable in full sun, unlike my $1500 laptop which is just UNUSABLE in the sun. They had to develop that screen in house, and that cost more, but made a LOT better end product, but they could not just buy the second quality already being made glass that was in the original idea. It was quite a few concessions that made the OLPC XO-1 cost a lot more, but the one thing that upsets me most is when someone is comparing this $200 laptop to a $400-$600 laptop, because they are giving it an unfair write up.
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]]> By: Ciula http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/11/14/xo-laptop-to-be-sold-in-europe-for-a-lot-more-than-100/comment-page-1/#comment-948423 Ciula Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:42:36 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=53840#comment-948423 There is no Amazon in Europe, only national Amazon in UK, France and Germany. There is no Amazon in Europe, only national Amazon in UK, France and Germany.

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