India closes in on $100 PC

Sidney · 29th June 2005, 12:55

In about three months, a little-known company called Novatium plans to offer a stripped-down home computer for about $70 or $75. That is about half the price of the standard "thin clients" of this kind now sold in India, made possible in part by some novel engineering choices. Adding a monitor doubles the price to $150, but the company will offer used displays to keep the cost down.

"If you want to reach the $100 to $120 price point, you need to use old monitors," said Novatium founder and board member Rajesh Jain, a local entrepreneur who sold the IndiaWorld portal for $115 million in cash in 2000 and has started a host of companies since. "Monitors have a lifetime of seven to eight years."

http://news.com.com/Indias+renaissan...?tag=nefd.lede

29th June 2005, 13:52

they could use all the old electronic parts and old software licences from the US and Europe since manual labor is so cheap there

RichBa5tard · 29th June 2005, 14:40

Salvaging old parts costs & shipping them halfway around the world costs WAY more than manufacturing a cheap substitute!

29th June 2005, 20:07

I'm not sure on that with the raising resource prices.

30th June 2005, 07:32

Hindu power baby!

I'd like to see what they'll be able to do in a few years when a few HUNDRED millions of Hindus have been connected to the internet and a few TENS of millions of them have become PC engineers and software developers.

It's all about the numbers baby!

29th June 2005, 12:55	#1
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	India closes in on $100 PC In about three months, a little-known company called Novatium plans to offer a stripped-down home computer for about $70 or $75. That is about half the price of the standard "thin clients" of this kind now sold in India, made possible in part by some novel engineering choices. Adding a monitor doubles the price to $150, but the company will offer used displays to keep the cost down. "If you want to reach the $100 to $120 price point, you need to use old monitors," said Novatium founder and board member Rajesh Jain, a local entrepreneur who sold the IndiaWorld portal for $115 million in cash in 2000 and has started a host of companies since. "Monitors have a lifetime of seven to eight years." http://news.com.com/Indias+renaissan...?tag=nefd.lede __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

29th June 2005, 14:40	#3
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29th June 2005, 13:52	#2
Rutar Posts: n/a	they could use all the old electronic parts and old software licences from the US and Europe since manual labor is so cheap there

29th June 2005, 20:07	#4
Rutar Posts: n/a	I'm not sure on that with the raising resource prices.

30th June 2005, 07:32	#5
Faiakes Posts: n/a	Hindu power baby! I'd like to see what they'll be able to do in a few years when a few HUNDRED millions of Hindus have been connected to the internet and a few TENS of millions of them have become PC engineers and software developers. It's all about the numbers baby!