{"id":1736,"date":"2006-12-20T20:05:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-20T20:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/12\/150-laptop.html"},"modified":"2006-12-20T20:05:00","modified_gmt":"2006-12-20T20:05:00","slug":"150-laptop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/12\/150-laptop.html","title":{"rendered":"$150 Laptop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There will be a $150 laptop on the market by 2007 but it will have limited capablities.  It will not have a Microsoft operating system or a name-brand processing chip but it can be used to surf the net and send and receive photos:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>An Atlanta company is cobbling together diverse software and hardware building blocks to create a $150 laptop computer that promises its users a common computing experience and avoids Microsoft software and name-brand PC processors like Intel and AMD.<br \/>\nCalled the &#8220;LiteComputer&#8221; by Lite Appliances, most of the pieces of the laptop have been developed and the firm hopes user models can be ready by mid-2007.<br \/>\n&#8220;We are developing a device with a complete computing experience without all the overhead,&#8221; said Jack Knocke, senior VP of business development, in an interview Tuesday. &#8220;It comes with all the hardware and software that you need. You can surf the Web, send and receive photos. Also, there&#8217;s word processing and spreadsheet capability.&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I could see getting one for Samantha (of course Sarah would freak out if Samantha got a laptop four years earlier than she did).<br \/>\n(<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wired.com\/gadgets\/2006\/12\/150_laptop_stif.html\">via<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There will be a $150 laptop on the market by 2007 but it will have limited capablities. 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