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This made me think, at what scale is this project happening? I'm guessing a lot of companies would be willing to give you discounts or perhaps even free machin
by sspiff 12y ago
This made me think, at what scale is this project happening?
I'm guessing a lot of companies would be willing to give you discounts or perhaps even free machines (buy one, get one free?) to get the positive PR by being associated with this kind of thing.
- html5web 12y agoI was also surprised by this price!
- mojombo 12y agoWe've currently funded 146 laptops over the last few months, but we'd love to be distributing thousands every year and are currently in conversations with a variety of companies to see if we can get sponsorships going. That would potentially allow us more flexibility around what machines we use.
- lukeschlather 12y agoAre the low-end Chromebooks subsidized by Google? I'm surprised there aren't Ubuntu models at similar price points.
- mojombo 12y agoI've heard rumors that this is the case (at least for the Acer C720), though I can't confirm it. I did call Acer to speak with a sales rep and learned that Acer's cost to produce is nearly $250 (if their information can be trusted), so it seems that someone is subsidizing the cost.
- krrishd 12y agoYou guys should work with CodeDay (http://codeday.org http://codeday.org) and StudentRND (http://studentrnd.org http://studentrnd.org) to help students at the CodeDay events learn how to code even if they don't have laptops! Maybe sponsor one of the local events with a certain number so they can open up registration to kids who otherwise couldn't come due to the lack of a laptop.