Cherrypal Offers Laptop for Under $100
PC maker Cherrypal has done something Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child couldn't do: make a laptop that breaks the US$100 price barrier.
Cherrypal on Tuesday announced a no-frills laptop called Cherrypal Africa, which includes hardware usually found in smartphones. It can run the Linux or Windows CE operating systems, which are also found on cell phones.
Priced at $99, the laptop is targeted at those looking for an inexpensive PC to surf the Internet, said Max Seybold, founder of Cherrypal. It is a "no-thrills" laptop that could find an audience in developing countries and low-income groups in the Western world, he said.
The laptop is well-equipped for Internet access with integrated wireless and wired networking, though the CPU is underwhelming compared to other small-sized netbooks designed to surf the Web. The hardware runs on a 400MHz CPU, much slower than Intel's Atom processors.
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I think I will pass. The cpu it too slow and the company is to iffy.
re: Cherrypal
Yeah, I'd hate to "waste" a whopping $99 on a "iffy" company.
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99.00 buys a lot of doggie biscuits man.