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MIC: laptop Shipments to Exceed 8 Million This Year

MIC: laptop Shipments to Exceed 8 Million This Year

Classmate computers was developed by Intel as a low-cost computers, primarily for school children in developing countries although the machines are also available in developed countries. The Portuguese deal is the first large-scale project Intel has signed for the rugged little laptops. Current deployments of the machines are on a smaller scale, primarily as pilot projects to test how the computerss (from: http://www.office-products-suppliers.com/buy-computer/ )can be integrated into lessons.

 

Classmate computers is available in several versions, with different designs and specifications. Intel did not say which version Portugal planned to offer through the Magellan Initiative. Financial terms of the deal were also not disclosed.

 

The distribution of Classmate computers to Portuguese elementary school children, called the Magellan Initiative after the famous Portuguese explorer, was announced Wednesday during a meeting between Intel Chairman Craig Barrett and Portuguese Prime Minister José Sócrates.

 

Portugal plans to buy 500,000 Classmate computers computerss during the ucomputersoming school year as part of a program to expand computers and Internet usage among schoolchildren. The deal is the biggest yet announced for the low-cost laptops.(from: http://www.office-products-suppliers.com/buy-laptop/

  

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India Developing US$10 Laptop

India Developing US$10 Laptop India did not sign up for the One Laptop Per Child program after officials in the education ministry decided that giving a computer (from: http://www.office-products-suppliers.com/buy-_computer/)to every child is "pedagogically suspect", and may actually be detrimental to the growth of the creative and analytical abilities of the child. An Indian telecommunications service provider, Reliance Communications, has however been doing pilots of the OLPC in India since last year. Research on the new low-cost laptop is being carried out at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore and the Indian Institute of Technology in Chennai, said D. Purandeswari, Minister of State for Higher Education, at a conference in Delhi. This measure will help raise the quality of higher education in India, she added. The Minister did not however give the specifications of the $10 laptop, (from: http://www.office-products-suppliers.com/buy-laptop/)nor is it clear if the rock-bottom price will be achieved with the help of a government subsidy. The Indian government is planning to use information and communications technology (ICT) to strengthen its current programs for distance learning by making them accessible online, Purandeswari said. As part of this new "National Mission in Education through ICT", the government is also working on developing a very low-cost and low-power-consuming access device, according to Purandeswari. The government also plans to make available free bandwidth for education purposes to every Indian. It plans to use this bandwidth to build a "knowledge network" between and within institutions of higher learning in the country. India's Internet penetration is currently very low. The country had 4.38 million broadband subscribers at the end of June for a population of over 1.13 billion. A number of local and multinational companies (from: http://www.office-products-suppliers.com/Companies/)like Microsoft and Intel, and NGOs (nongovernmental organizations) have been working on technology for education.

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