On a news report by (AFP) on Feb 3-2009, India has unveiled plans to produce laptops costing only $10. Is it possible to build a reliable laptop for only $10? This initiative is taking by the Indian government to make higher education accessible to rural India.

It’s not clear from the report if the Indian government will financially back the project and absorbs the extra costs associated with making this laptop to make it available for the public for only $10.

If this laptop becomes reality, how it will affect the current computer industry? The prices of hardware are dropping rapidly but not to $10 per laptop. I tend to believe that this laptop will be produced by the Indian government for the sole purpose of making it available to the local students; it will not be produced as a competitive product to what is available in the market.

Regards of the outcome of this venture, it is certainly worth watching.