Quanta Wants You to Buy Expensive OLPCs

Quanta Computer is the biggest notebook manufacturer in the world, they manufacture their products on given specifications from different notebook companies. You might be in doubt, thinking "I own a HP notebook, it's manufactured by HP!" Well you own a Dell or an Acer, they're all manufactured by Quanta Computer, why do you think they are the biggest in the world? Did that thought cross your mind, ever?

Since we are going to show all the cards, Intel motherboards are manufactured by Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd; there, I've said it! But there's a good chance you know them as Foxconn, and they also manufacture Apple's Mac mini, various orders for Dell and HP, the Xbox 360 for Microsoft, and more, but that's enough for now, if you didn't previously know this, you should take some time to take all of this information in.

So the biggest manufacturer of notebooks in the world now wants to take a piece of their own version of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative by introducing an upgraded version of these OLPCs and, of course, they will come at a higher price, what a surprise. They are also in charge of the manufacturing process for the initial version of OLPC as designed by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The reason for their "good will", according to Michael Wang, Quanta's president, the development of this project could create "commercially viable machines that are cheaper than anything on the market so far."

And the marketplace for this type of product isn't limited to emerging markets "there are a lot of poor people in developed countries, too" Mr. Wand added. There has also been another initiative from Dell regarding low cost computers, they've introduced a desktop computer in China for $336, that gives Quanta the benefit of having somebody take the lead and observing the public reaction to that product, then jump ahead with their cheap notebook into a market that has no other competing offers, yet. So, when you take a couple of steps back so that you don't get blindsided by the "smoke and mirrors" routine you look at the big picture and see that it all comes down to money.