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Story: Why every child deserves a laptop

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reality check

I think the $100 laptop is a great technical challenge and is probably a lot of fun for all the people involved in the project. I also think that it will solve a lot of the challenges involved in creating a piece of kit at the smallest possible cost.
The problem with it is that the people you intend it for as it says in the article may not even have running water. If someone is not even prepared to give $20 per child for the basic neccessities of life ie running water, inoculation against disease, etc then this laptop idea is never going to happen.
I know education is very important and a key part of the growth of any the 3rd world countries, but I think the $100 laptop would be a much better proposition if it had a shovel attachment at one end.

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