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19 Feb 2008
UK manufacturer Elonex is to unveil a £99 laptop aimed at school children.
The Linux-based 'One' laptop weighs less than 1kg and offers a claimed three-hour battery life, Wi-Fi, a Flash-based hard drive, a hard-wearing case and a wireless music server.
Sceptical industry watchers will wonder how many corners have been cut when the product is launched at the Education Show in Birmingham on 28 February. Elonex has declined to release hardware specifications for the device.
As the 'One' name suggests, Elonex is hoping to draw parallels with the much-hyped One Laptop Per Child project.
"The One laptop fits with the goal of the [Department for Children, Schools and Families] to close the gap between those from low-income and disadvantaged backgrounds and their peers," the firm said in a statement.
Elonex is pledging to donate a One laptop to underprivileged children for every 100 sold.
"One removes the cost barrier that has prevented the one-laptop-per-person, large-scale uptake of computers in the education system that has for so long been just a pipe dream," said Elonex marketing manager Sam Goult.
"Investment in digital technology is paramount to help the next generation achieve their full potential."
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ELONEX One sounds great for people like me who travel around city centres on a bike and are at risk from bikejackers so would not want to put a £1,000 or even a £500 machine in the saddlebags - and also for working in insecure locations where laptops have to be locked away behind secure doors and things still get stolen, If the machine costs just £100 and I can store my documents on a USB stick I would not be so neurotic about security. But these machines are not on the Elonex web site and I cannot find a web page that i can simply click on and wait for delivery which I understand will be (for non-academics) about May. or does anyone know better? Come back Sir Clive, I had no delay when I bought the ZX81.
Posted by: Paul Brenells 28 Feb 2008
stay well clear (for now atleast)
Elonex...is this the same elonex that went bust without warning and left all its customers with no access to support/drivers/software for their shameful foray into media centre pc's. I know business's that bought elonex pcs/tv's only for the company to disapear of the map, and for them to be left high and dry with no hope of finding components/parts etc..Well now their back trying to flog 100 quid laptops! you have been warned!
Posted by: smeagle of true wart 20 Feb 2008