In addition, the partnership will have a practical pay off for software developers.
"Any software you build is going to run at least on our two platforms," said Mr Swope.
The $100 has already been tested in many countries
An application developed for the XO laptop should work on the Classmate and vice versa.
"That's the exciting thing for me," said Mr Bender.
Currently both laptops are being tested in schools around the world. In parallel, OLPC is finalising orders for the first batch of computers.
Participating countries are able to purchase the XO in lots of 250,000. They will initially cost $176 (£90) but the eventual aim is to sell the machine to governments of developing countries for $100 (£50).
Intel says it already has orders for "thousands" of Classmates, which currently cost over $200 (£100).
Like the OLPC machine, Intel expects the price to eventually fall.
"Any software you build is going to run at least on our two platforms," said Mr Swope.
The $100 has already been tested in many countries
An application developed for the XO laptop should work on the Classmate and vice versa.
"That's the exciting thing for me," said Mr Bender.
Currently both laptops are being tested in schools around the world. In parallel, OLPC is finalising orders for the first batch of computers.
Participating countries are able to purchase the XO in lots of 250,000. They will initially cost $176 (£90) but the eventual aim is to sell the machine to governments of developing countries for $100 (£50).
Intel says it already has orders for "thousands" of Classmates, which currently cost over $200 (£100).
Like the OLPC machine, Intel expects the price to eventually fall.
No comments:
Post a Comment