Update from Low-Cost Laptop Project Intel's Trickle-Up Laptops

Intel's Trickle-Up Laptops. Brian Caulfield. Forbes. Online March 2008. … Intel confirmed Thursday that it plans to bring to the U.S. a second generation of the cheap laptop computers it originally designed for kids in poor countries. … Intel said laptops based on the updated Classmate design will cost between $250 and $350 to build, giving PC makers the ability to slot in a new class of laptops below their cheapest offerings, which typically start at $499. …