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» ASUS and Intel slaughters OLPC with Eee-ase | George Ou | ZDNet.com:

ASUS and Intel have actually created an alternative for Nicholas Negroponte’s OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) called the “Eee PC”. The difference here is that the ASUS Eee PC is actually something that looks usable and perhaps even desirable for everyday use as a super cheap UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC). The ASUS Eee computer will cost a mere $199 for the 7″ LCD model whereas the so-called $100 OLPC costs $175. Given the fact that Eee can run Linux or Windows XP and it can boot off NAND flash memory in a mere 15 seconds, the Eee slaughters the OLPC with ease.