India Comes Up With $35 Laptop

The world's cheapest laptop has been unveiled in India, a touch screen device that costs just $35.

India's Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal revealed that it had been in talks with manufacturers around the globe to create the device.

"We have reached a developmental stage that today, the motherboard, its chip, the processing, connectivity, all of them cumulatively cost around $35, including memory, display, everything," he told a news conference.

Dubbed, the 'Sakshat' laptop, it is aimed at students and Sibal expects it to be their hands from 2011. Despite the price, users will get a touch-screen, a PDF reader and a webcam for video conferencing. There has been no confirmation of its specifications but reports suggest 2GB of memory, Wi-Fi and Ethernet and power consumption at just 2W. Naturally, the device will run Linux.

There was no talk how it performed running Crysis – not even at low settings.Trusted Reviews

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I must admit that I am interested. How about you?

is $35 the cost, the price or both?smc91352

Sakshat? sounds like sack of shat

Sakshat? sounds like sack of shatGuster730

is $35 the cost, the price or both?smc91352

that appears to be the cost so in actuality meybe 50 bucks.. certainly would pwn the netbook almost :P

[QUOTE="smc91352"]is $35 the cost, the price or both?ionusX

[QUOTE="smc91352"]is $35 the cost, the price or both?ionusX

that appears to be the cost so in actuality meybe 50 bucks.. certainly would pwn the netbook almost :P

I wouldn't buy it just because of the name. My friends would ask what it is, i'd be like "oh it's the......sakshat"

I wouldn't buy it just because of the name. My friends would ask what it is, i'd be like "oh it's the......sakshat"

Guster730

don't worry. i hear they'll rename the US version to $hitsack to prevent misunderstandings.

Now seriously, wasn't there supposed to be $10 laptop called Sakshat?

i am indian and even i dont know the correct meaning of the word lol.we have like 20 official languages.i think it means "true capability"