14 DAY TRIAL // It appears that the IT & C leaders are trying to conquer a new target - the low budget customers. If you remember, the 100$ PC produced by a non-profit organization OLPC (One Laptop per Child) has spurred big scandals in every corner of the world, as it is considered a toy? not even close to a computer.
The idea is to sell this orange little workstation in the developing countries. More precisely, the workstations should be produced in an amount of 1 million units and then delivered to the governments of these countries which will in turn distribute them to the families in need.
" If you are going to go have people share the computer, get a broadband connection, and have somebody there who can help support the user, geez, get a decent computer where you can actually read the text and you're not sitting there cranking the thing while you're trying to type," commented Bill Gates during the Microsoft Government Leaders Forum.
On the other hand, eSys has launched Singapore's lowest-priced PC during its first trade show, which gathered the manufacturer's global business partners and top customers for a one-day private show. It is somehow weird that the company has chosen Asia, as this is the second biggest high-tech dedicated retail market after the US.
"Held in conjunction with the eSys Annual Conference, the eSys Trade Show agglomerated product displays from the renowned names in the industry such as ABIT, Microsoft, Intel, Seagate, Maxtor and Tally, alongside eSys' very own products. Prior to it being held in Singapore, the tradeshow was brought to the U.S in 2004," reported Hardware Zone.
eSys was the manufacturer that launched some time ago the world's cheapest PC coming at only $199, and has now released another innovative solution priced $399 - the ePC, unveiled at the Trade Show.