Quanta computer made $100 laptop quarter of next year.

Local time on Tuesday, the Taiwan Quanta Computer Corp said that the $100 laptop computer production line before the end of this year will be the beginning of the operation, will start a large-scale manufacturing products of the first quarter of next year. This timetable exceeded the company's expectations, it is estimated that in the second quarter of next year, the large-scale production of $100 laptop.

Quanta Computer Corp is the world's largest notebook OEM manufacturer, it now expects $100 notebook computer shipments next year will reach 5 million to 10 million, and that from Argentina, Brazil, Libya, Nigeria and Thailand have confirmed the expected orders.

The goal of each child's Notebook (OLPC) program is to ensure that children in developing countries are able to keep up with the same children in developed countries. Enable them to connect to the Internet via a laptop wireless. The founder of the OLPC program wants people in poor countries not to be abandoned in the digital age. The idea of a $100 laptop computer also inspired many companies, such as Intel, which began to make low-cost laptops for developing countries.

Many colleges and industry groups have been involved in the design of a $100 laptop computer, the OLPC program sponsor Nicholas - Negroponte is the co-founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab. The OLPC Institute plans to provide low-cost laptops to governments and organizations in poor countries as a tool for children's education.

Quanta computer, notebook computer for $100 will run Linux operating system, with wireless Internet capabilities, equipped with a AMD made 500MHz microprocessor, 128MB memory and 500MB flash memory and hard drive.