arstechnica.com— Former OLPC CTO Mary Lou Jepsen has founded a new company to commercialize the innovative multimode display technology she developed for the OLPC XO laptop... and to build a $75 laptop.
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Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day.Teach a man to fish, he'll eat for a lifetime.Give a man a computer, he'll teach himself to fish... as well as predict droughts, soil preparation, trade routes, animal husbandry methods...
Don't f**king read what I say then. What kind of a fool listens to crap they don't wish to hear? You are one of those Solar Panels are free to manufacture idiots."There is no market, proven by the fact that the prices are high." If this is some central dogma of economics? Watch me disprove it:Why is the price of oil high .. is there is no market for cheap energy? Ohhh.. OPEC ok whatever man. That proves that you can't use the price of something as proof of the lack of market. Hand me my economics Nobel. Your assertion that the cost of something has nothing to do with the cost of resources and energy involved to manufacture it is ridiculous. The price of energy is not set by the LCD manufacturers. Do you know how much energy is required to make an LCD? No. OK ? Good no go sit in a corner. And as for my mentioning the cost of the factory .. you are being pedantic. Anyway, I understand you didnt really understand the reality of economics .. so I will have to explain this. Do you know how much factory cost is per LCD panel ? That is to manufacture 1 LCD panel per hour how much factory space do you need? There is a minimum. Now, the costs MONEY? Cause cement and other crap needs to be made .. free energy not available for that. Now, you have to recover that cost within a specific period of time .. maybe the bank says 30 years .. but who knows .. maybe the factory and equipment itself physically breaks down. Do you know whether the parts of the machines wear down due to the laws of physics? No? Good now go sit ina corner with a thumb in your mouth.. The point is, you have to pay for it and since YOU know nothing about manufucturing LCD's (or economics) you can't tell me there that the cost of the factory can be considered near zero when the factory itself may have a limited number of LCD panels in TOTAL it can make. And the cost of that factory has to be split up amongst WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS. And the CONSUMER has to pay for it. Since you don't know how to manufacture a paper clip, let alone an LCD panel you have no idea if it's possible to reduce the cost of manufacture or not.
Well i guess someone had to build a Laptop for under a hundred dollars. As technology increases so does the competition which in effect will bring down prices. But to get a half decent Laptop you probably have to pay a bit more than this.<a class="user" href="http://simplylaptopsonline.com">http://simplylaptopsonline.com</a>
jalehoJan 12, 2008
Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day.Teach a man to fish, he'll eat for a lifetime.Give a man a computer, he'll teach himself to fish... as well as predict droughts, soil preparation, trade routes, animal husbandry methods...
dannydowneyJan 12, 2008
I wish my laptob only cost me 75 bucks, If i could buid one for 75 I would....
nullcodesJan 12, 2008
Don't f**king read what I say then. What kind of a fool listens to crap they don't wish to hear? You are one of those Solar Panels are free to manufacture idiots."There is no market, proven by the fact that the prices are high." If this is some central dogma of economics? Watch me disprove it:Why is the price of oil high .. is there is no market for cheap energy? Ohhh.. OPEC ok whatever man. That proves that you can't use the price of something as proof of the lack of market. Hand me my economics Nobel. Your assertion that the cost of something has nothing to do with the cost of resources and energy involved to manufacture it is ridiculous. The price of energy is not set by the LCD manufacturers. Do you know how much energy is required to make an LCD? No. OK ? Good no go sit in a corner. And as for my mentioning the cost of the factory .. you are being pedantic. Anyway, I understand you didnt really understand the reality of economics .. so I will have to explain this. Do you know how much factory cost is per LCD panel ? That is to manufacture 1 LCD panel per hour how much factory space do you need? There is a minimum. Now, the costs MONEY? Cause cement and other crap needs to be made .. free energy not available for that. Now, you have to recover that cost within a specific period of time .. maybe the bank says 30 years .. but who knows .. maybe the factory and equipment itself physically breaks down. Do you know whether the parts of the machines wear down due to the laws of physics? No? Good now go sit ina corner with a thumb in your mouth.. The point is, you have to pay for it and since YOU know nothing about manufucturing LCD's (or economics) you can't tell me there that the cost of the factory can be considered near zero when the factory itself may have a limited number of LCD panels in TOTAL it can make. And the cost of that factory has to be split up amongst WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS. And the CONSUMER has to pay for it. Since you don't know how to manufacture a paper clip, let alone an LCD panel you have no idea if it's possible to reduce the cost of manufacture or not.
diggalooJan 14, 2008
Ya but the hardware will only be able to run dos lol.... Man do I miss JI jane I love that there bringing crappy hardware back!
paul2123788Feb 9, 2008
Well i guess someone had to build a Laptop for under a hundred dollars. As technology increases so does the competition which in effect will bring down prices. But to get a half decent Laptop you probably have to pay a bit more than this.<a class="user" href="http://simplylaptopsonline.com">http://simplylaptopsonline.com</a>