If i could get one for 150 say I would think about it. That way when my 4 year old trashed his laptop I wouldnt be out that much money. 400 is more than I am will to spend on a toy I know is going to get broken though.

I have a better idea. Rather than giving kids in third world countries computers, We should rather try to fix some of the more pressing concerns; war, basic sanitation, and basic education. This whole idea is stupid.

So many other better ways to spend money on developing countries.

And all Market relevance goes Kaput...

Yes, this looks like the normal bait and switch of all people who claim to help those who are poor, discriminated against and plain out to steal everything you work for and give it to the druggie down the street.

I LOL'd.

You can get a real, no-kidding laptop with novel things like a hard disk drive and a *gasp* optical drive for about that much. Only the philanthropic and/or idiotic need purchase one of these toys at retail.

I'm sure there's someone out there looking for a large tax-write off that would love to donate money for those laptops.

Then you could charge 1/2 the price to consumers and open the doors to many others who would still have a hard time coming up with $400.