Replies to post #53387 on Intel Corp (INTC)

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Re: Intel and the One Laptop project, he says, have agreed to work together to design by early January a new "Intel-based" One Laptop device... This makes your comments [about Stealey and Silverthorne) below quite relevant

Thanks for the link. I don't recall seeing until now that OLPC intended to switch to Intel by January. That's too soon for Silverthorne, but I wouldn't be surprised to see a low power Dothan or Stealey in there. Or perhaps, a variation of the low cost Essential platform, that includes a 1.2GHz Merom (Celeron 220) integrated on its own motherboard.

http://www.xpcgear.com/boxd201gly2.html

If they could make a smaller custom form factor for this that fits in an OLPC laptop, it could be a good low cost option for them. This one is going for $70 for the processor + motherboard. I think about $20 less, and it would be a good candidate for OLPC.