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:Reuters/MSNBC: Intel Blasts '$100 Laptop' as Mere 'Gadget'
Reuters/MSNBC: Intel Blasts '$100 Laptop' as Mere 'Gadget'
Dec 12, 2005, 13 :45 UTC (14 Talkback[s]) (9295 reads)

"Potential computer users in the developing world will not want a basic $100 hand-cranked laptop that is due to be rolled out to millions, chip-maker Intel Corp. Chairman Craig Barrett said Friday.

"Schoolchildren in Brazil, Thailand, Egypt and Nigeria will begin receiving the first few million textbook-style computers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) media lab run by Nicholas Negroponte from early 2006..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Gadget, n. -- An electronic device with ...   Dictionary of Sour Grapes   
Wendell Cochan
Dec 12, 2005, 14:40:54  
You would think that Intel would be a lo ...   Stay on target.   
kela
Dec 12, 2005, 14:52:34  
""The problem is that gadgets have not b ...   Go-Go Inspector Gadget   
Ken Jennings
Dec 12, 2005, 15:45:15  
Intel is hoping that the $100 laptop doe ...   Intel is nervous   
Joe Almeida
Dec 12, 2005, 15:51:55  
I'd love a laptop that actually trie ...   I might want one.   
Ian Rowan
Dec 12, 2005, 15:53:41  
I live in the old Europa, so basically s ...   Yup!   
Andrea
Dec 12, 2005, 15:58:35  
> You would think that Intel would be a ...   Re: Stay on target.   
Rufus Polson
Dec 12, 2005, 16:30:22  
yep, it is a gaget. one that teaches ki ...   yep   
stew
Dec 12, 2005, 16:57:26  
I'd be happy if it had a monochrome ...   I want one of these.   
Jimmy the Geek
Dec 12, 2005, 19:18:59  
> I'd love a laptop that actually tr ...   Re: I might want one.   
ac@foo.com
Dec 12, 2005, 19:22:55  
> I'd be happy if it had a monochrom ...   Re: I want one of these.   
Ken Jennings
Dec 12, 2005, 22:59:56  
Imagine having to crank to power up a Pr ...   Body Building   
Laxator2
Dec 13, 2005, 00:54:24  
> Intel is hoping that the $100 laptop d ...   Re: Intel is nervous   
Greg
Dec 13, 2005, 02:54:32  
what are all these Intel chips doing in ...   And Another thing....   
Joe Almeida
Dec 13, 2005, 04:58:44  
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