Laptop not for playing.
by Zuzana Valkova
Give one, get one is a campaign of an american organization OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) based in Delaware. This organization was found to manufacture and distribute special cheap laptops for children in developing countries. People who have enough money can buy one laptop, for example for their child, and second one for child in developing country. The price is not so bad, it is $399 for two computers. The main intention is to get the price down to $100 per one laptop. It is a special laptop created for children with very easy controls, it has everything they need, LCD display, SD card slot, flash drive, USB ports, and power generator built in, or separated, to produce energy for the laptop. Laptops can be also ordered by governments, they can decide how many pieces do they need, how many children can get one. But what do the children need it for? They are usually very poor and live in bad conditions. The idea is to help these children, to be better in school, teach them new things, show them what they can do. Then they have better oportunity to be successful in their lives, to find good job and make some money. Maybe this is the way how to help them.
related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071123/ap_on_bi_ge/hundred_dollar_laptop;_ylt=Asc4gxXiuNwpgYBZhKz21yys0NUE
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