India Unveils World’s Cheapest $10 Laptop

By On February 4, 2009 · 9 Comments

The ‘world’s cheapest laptop’, developed in India, was unveiled by Union Minister for Human Resources Development Arjun Singh at the Tirupati temple on Tuesday evening.

The laptop, jointly developed by several organisations, such as the University Grants Commission, the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, will be priced at around $10 to $20 (about Rs 500 to Rs 1,000), officials said. This laptop is expected to reach the market in about six months.

The project has already created a buzz in the laptop industry across the world.

The laptop has 2 GB onboard memory with wireless Internet connectivity. To make it useful for the students, especially in the rural areas, the scientists have made it low power consuming gadget.

The $10 laptop is being seen as India’s reply to One Laptop per Child‘s XO and Classmate of Intel. The XO, created by scientist Nicholas Negroponte and MIT Media Lab was originally targeted to cost only $100 but by the time it was ready to enter the market its cost went up to $188. The Classmate notebook PC from Intel was priced at $ 300 a piece.

In contrast, the Indian government’s effort to market lap top at only $10 has caused a flutter in the international laptop market and many players are curious to know the details of the costing and how Indians managed to keep the cost so low.

 
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9 Responses to India Unveils World’s Cheapest $10 Laptop

  1. Shabbir says:
    April 4, 2009 at 7:31 am

    sounds very very interesting. where can i get more information on this such as the progress?

  2. Aravind says:
    April 8, 2009 at 8:57 am

    This was a hoax. there was no 10$ laptop. It started from a hoax email ..

  3. neeta says:
    June 15, 2009 at 12:33 pm

    ohhh i want to buy this cheapest laptop..where can i get it????please …i would be glad if you people sell it in new delhi very soon…i will buy 10 laptops for 10 $:-)

  4. Suman says:
    December 24, 2009 at 5:14 pm

    is it real or just a joke 10$ laptop

  5. sami says:
    March 4, 2010 at 12:35 pm

    i need more information.

  6. kshitij says:
    March 5, 2010 at 2:59 am

    this is sick, you can’t get a laptop for 10$, i m sure
    this is not true

  7. it was on Redff says:
    March 5, 2010 at 7:24 am

    This news is real.. searched on net…

    http://www.rediff.com/money/2009/feb/03india-unveils-10-dollar-laptop.htm

  8. MT53191 says:
    January 23, 2011 at 9:45 pm

    $10 for a laptop? If this went on the market with that price I dont think many people would buy it. You usually get what you pay for so what do u think youll get when u pay 10 bucks for a computer?

  9. joe brains says:
    September 13, 2011 at 10:12 am

    is this for real,if it is…can it get to nigeria…ineed it as much as oxygen is needed..hehehe

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