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$100 Laptop Price Hits $188

Posted Sep 15, 07 9:01 PM CDT in World,  US,  Technology 

(Newser) – The famous but increasingly misnamed “$100 laptop” will actually cost $188—the fourth price increase for the innovative device designed for nonprofit group One Laptop Per Child, reports the AP. While still a bargain, the bump could scare off developing governments fixed on the “fanciful $100-per-child figure,” observers fear.

One Laptop Per Child blamed the hike on a host of factors, including fluctuating exchange rates and rising costs for nickel and silicon. The group said it still had commitments for 3 million of the hand-powered, wireless-enabled machines. Brazil, Libya, Thailand and Uruguay are among the countries hoping to distribute the rugged machines to their children.

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A student learns how to use a "hundred-dollar" laptop computer given to her days earlier by the One Laptop Per Child project at a public elementary school in Villa Cardal, Uruguay, Wednesday, May 16,...   (Associated Press)
Yves Behar's "One Laptop Per Child" project is displayed at the exhibition Design Miami Basel 2007, the global forum for collecting, exhibiting, discussing and creating design in Basel Switzerland, Wednesday,...   (Associated Press)
Brothers Franco and Lucas Scalabrino, right, show to their mother, Maria Fojo, their new "hundred-dollar" laptop computers given them days earlier by the One Laptop Per Child project in Villa Cardal,...   (Associated Press)
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