Remember that Give 1, Get 1 program that the One Laptop Per Child organization launched? It started on November 12th and was set to end on November 26th, however it’s been extended. Either the program was extremely successful so they decided to see how much longer they could take it, or not many people bought them and they still have lots of laptops that they’d like to sell. Now you have until December 31st to make the $400 purchase. You pay $200 for a laptop to keep, and another $200 for a laptop that’s sent to a developing country.
I don’t know about you, but I haven’t heard much around the web of people buying them. That of course doesn’t mean that people really aren’t buying them, I just haven’t heard anything. Here I thought there’d be a lot of hype surrounding this laptop but there really hasn’t been much. Maybe if they sold them at Best Buy the day after Thanksgiving and handed out tickets, more people would be interested? 
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Give 1 Get 1… kid?
I didn’t even hear about this deal. I also highly doubt that it was better than the $230 laptop deal with a printer deal. I actually waited 20.5 hours for that model.
Do you know what the specs are?
its so stupid based on the picture, that place has no electrical connections, and an internet connection is out of the question. I mean how is it charged, mechanically by turning a handle? In third world countries, electricity is a luxury for those who can pay for it.
I’m guessing it’s your latter possibility (didn’t sell enough). That’s a hilarious, great cartoon!
The specs aren’t amazing, but we have them listed here:
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You also have to remember that with the $230 computer from Best Buy that it was sold way below the cost to manufacture the thing.
I’m actually surprised you only had to wait 20 hours. I read about some people getting in line for it the day before Thanksgiving! Crazy!
Looks pretty nice, but can it be upgraded?
Surely it takes a normal stick of ram and a normal flash hard drive?
With the specs upped I can make a fortune on eBay…
If you take the time to upgrade the machine I’m sure it would do really well on eBay. I’m guessing that everything is pretty tightly packed though, so taking it apart could be tedious.