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Handle of the $100 laptop
$100 laptop with handle		 Batteries for the $100 laptop
Expected look of the $100 laptop

The original plan for the $100 laptop may have originated with Advanced Micro Devices CEO Hector de Jusus Ruiz's 50x15 Initiative to connect 50% of the world to the Internet by 2015.  This Personal Internet Communicator was planned to cost $185, or $249 with a 15 inch monitor. 

The Personal Internet Communicator

  • 10 GB hard drive

  • 56K modem

  • 128 MB memory

  • Windows CE software

    • Internet Explorer

    • Windows Media Player

    • MSN Messenger

  • The size of a toaster

  • Made by Solectron in Guadalajara, Mexico

  • Sold in Russia, India, China, Brazil, and Mexico
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