$10 Laptop Downgraded By Reality; Now Fancy Storage Device 143
Ian Lamont writes "The news last week that the Indian government was working on a $10 laptop was too good to be true. It turns out that the project is actually a wireless-enabled storage device, not a laptop." Update: 02/04 21:36 GMT by T : Always-illuminating Liliputing has a short article with a picture of the device.
Re:And by wireless-enabled (Score:3, Insightful)
You have never looked in an Etch-a-Sketch they are wires. well strings/cables
Re:Shocking/still not seeing the point. (Score:5, Insightful)
It also doesn't make much sense to have a storage device without a computer to actually make use of it.
Re:Two Gigbytes? (Score:3, Insightful)
Two possible words: power consumption.
Besides, throwing a "real" fixed disk drive in the thing, even just having to add the electronics and space for one, would probably make the cost of it skyrocket even further. Your suggestion might qualify as feature creep.
Re:Shocking/still not seeing the point. (Score:5, Insightful)
>So, who else is shocked that Team $10 laptop didn't actually have the magic bullet? No hands? Hmm.
The morons in the previous thread who argued that "DUDE, CORPORATIONS PAY LIKE 5% OF RETAIL TO MAKE COMPUTERS, 10 DOLLAR LAPTOP IS POSSIBL!!!" These people were modded +5 insightful. [slashdot.org] My replies were either modded down or ignored by the mods. So much for the "wisdom of crowds" eh?
Obviously, these people dont understand the margin on computers is razor-thin and life isnt just one big conspiracy to get you. A $150-200 dollar laptop thats usable? Yes. A ten dollar laptop? No.