OLPC Launches Buy One, Give One Free Program

Tha_Big_Guy23 writes "For the first time, and for a limited period only, people in North America will be able to get their hands on the XO, MIT professor Nicholas Negroponte's rugged little laptop that's designed specifically for children. And for each cutting-edge XO purchased in the West, another will be given to a child in a developing country. For $399, customers can order a laptop for themselves; bundled into the price is the cost of delivering a second XO to a child a poor country."

In other news...

[Wiseman1024]

"The number of nigerian presidents wanting to use your bank account to transfer money in a rush has recently doubled"

XO black market

[sakdoctor]

Can't I just buy one for myself and let the volume productions reduce the price for everyone?
I bet if they tried the freemarket approach they could get the retail price down to, oh I don't know, maybe 100USD. They could name it "the $100 laptop"

No? Oh ok, I'll just have to buy two Eee PCs for the same amount.

Forget the North Americans - sell to Europe!

[clickety6]

With the worth of the US dollar dropping so rapidly, most Europeans could afford to buy a couple of these with the loose change in their pockets. $399 is about 3.99 Euro these days. Maybe a slight exaggeration there, but we're not so far off the 100 Euro laptop :-)

Re:Ordered!

[Portfolio]

Got one for my inner child! How can I resist a laptop from the folks who first thought up the DynaBook?

OK, when I get tired of it, it will probably go to my nephew (whose second birthday happens to be today).

Re:Too late

[porcupine8]

Considering I've been hearing about the OLPC constantly for years so it's permanently etched in my brain, and this post is the first I've heard of the Asus one, I don't think the upstaging has gone very well.