There are a number of barebones/mass-market low-cost devices out there, many of them aimed at the huge developing world market, hoping to outfit people with basic PC functionality for as little cost as possible. The
OLPC is among the most famous, but perhaps the most luxurious: with a cutting-edge screen, built-in keyboard and networking, and so on, it has perhaps aimed too high, resulting in (as we've seen) increasing price and limited uptake.
India's "$35" tablet comes to mind as well. David Braben, perhaps best known for developing the revolutionary
Elite, is now leading a foundation called
Raspberry Pi to mass produce this ultra-minimal PC and distribute it where even an OLPC is too much. Their device is as bare-bones as it gets, and they're hoping to sell it for $25.
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