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  1. Comment - Indian Engineers Aiming for $10 Laptop

    (May 5, 2007 - 7:21 PM)

    I was curious because I remembered that laptops used to cost $6000+, so I looked in wikipedia I found this, under "calculator"

    "In 1954, IBM, in the U.S.A., demonstrated a large all-transistor calculator and, in 1957, the company released the first commercial all-transistor calculator, the IBM 608, though it was housed in several cabinets and cost about $80,000."

    Now calculators cost $1.00. $20 for a decent childrens calculator. you can get speak and spell for $30. That's with 30% profit. After all they are talking about laptops for children.