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    India's $10 'Laptop' Basically a Big, Dumb Joke

    India's $10 Sakshat Laptop "Announcement" Is a Complete Bust
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    02/04/09

    In reply to India's $10 'Laptop' Basically a Big, Dumb Joke
    This is wore than Bhaskar-RaoBins ice cream.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    02/04/09

    In reply to India's $10 'Laptop' Basically a Big, Dumb Joke
    This reminds me of an inexpensive security device that was marketed to law enforcement that could somehow detect nefarious substances. It turns out that it was actually empty, an empty plastic box, a hoax. And yet police departments bought them, attracted by the low price.


    I wonder how many people would buy a "laptop" for $10, even if it were only an empty plastic box with a dummy USB connection. Or a deluxe model for $20 if it came with a baby unicorn inside of it?

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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    02/04/09

    In reply to India's $10 'Laptop' Basically a Big, Dumb Joke
    Uh oh, looks like the end of Apple and Microsoft. Oh noes!!
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    Image of medopal medopal
    02/04/09

    In reply to India's $10 'Laptop' Basically a Big, Dumb Joke
    what kind of technical explanation "A storage device containing megabytes of data info"


    how would this guy explain computer?

    "A black box that makes calculations?"

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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    02/04/09

    @medopal: Magic!
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    02/04/09

    In reply to India's $10 'Laptop' Basically a Big, Dumb Joke
    Shatner is not pleased.
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    Image of ceilingFANBOY ceilingFANBOY
    02/03/09

    In reply to India's $10 Sakshat Laptop "Announcement" Is a Complete Bust
    How exactly do you hit the open key on your keyboard if your laptop is closed?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    02/03/09

    In reply to India's $10 Sakshat Laptop "Announcement" Is a Complete Bust
    Not quite the M. Night Shyamalan twist I was hoping for.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    02/03/09

    In reply to India's $10 Sakshat Laptop "Announcement" Is a Complete Bust
    This sounds suspiciously like a hoax. What sort of WiFi device would you get for $20? It doesn't even seem like $20 will cover the RAM alone, or a monitor, or any combination of components that make a functional computer.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    02/03/09

    In reply to India's $10 Sakshat Laptop "Announcement" Is a Complete Bust
    Mark, I don't know how to say it nicely so I'll just come out and say it.


    Your keyboard looks like shit. Seriously. It's like Dvorak for Retards. Or, if you will, Dvorak for Dvorak. Why the hell do you have five keys for the same damn thing? Shop and buy? And "HP Trivia"?! Why not a key that reads "Chair goes 'round" and one that says "I Like Pie".


    The only thing that surprises me is that a keyboard that screwed up doesn't have separate keys for uppercase and lowercase letters.


    Here's a quarter - buy yourself a new helmet.

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    Image of lpranal lpranal
    02/03/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: yeah, well, when you see what happens when you hit Open+delete+kitten, you might just be changing your tune
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    02/03/09

    @lpranal: We do not delete kittens.
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    Image of ceilingFANBOY ceilingFANBOY
    02/03/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Have you recently been reading Maddox's article where he grades children's art?
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    02/03/09

    @ceilingFANBOY: LOVE THAT! My old boss had some of his kids' drawings in his office. I couldn't look at the drawings without snickering.
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    Image of GHETTO.CHiLD GHETTO.CHiLD
    02/03/09

    In reply to India's $10 Sakshat Laptop "Announcement" Is a Complete Bust
    But MJ DID play baseball with some kids dad at some point. RIP #45
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    02/03/09

    @GHETTO.CHiLD: #45? How about #23, the number he made famous?
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    02/03/09

    In reply to India's $10 Sakshat Laptop "Announcement" Is a Complete Bust
    I think the name of the device intimately describes what this product really is that you purchase for $20.
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    Image of Gilbert Tang Jr. Gilbert Tang Jr.
    02/03/09

    @Lite: must go faster.: I still can't believe they named it that. I know, I know cross-cultural blah-blah, but still...
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    Image of ManekiNeko ManekiNeko
    02/03/09

    @Gilbert: You guys DO remember the Wii, right?
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    Image of Gilbert Tang Jr. Gilbert Tang Jr.
    02/04/09

    @ManekiNeko: And I still can't believe they named it that either...
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    Image of combat chuck combat chuck
    02/03/09

    In reply to India's $10 Sakshat Laptop "Announcement" Is a Complete Bust
    So, it's a bag of poo?
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    Image of Navin R Johnson Navin R Johnson
    02/03/09

    @combat chuck: EXACTLY what I was thinking.


    This is like when Chevy figured out why Nova sales were so low in Mexico, Nova means "no go" in Spanish.


    They should have done a bit more research on the name Crapsack or Sakshit or whatever.

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    Image of elementary elementary
    02/03/09

    @Navin R Johnson: Great, now I have to be the dickhead that points out that poor Nova sales in Spanish-speaking markets is a myth.
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    Image of William_III_Earl_of_Dastardshire William_III_Earl_of_Dastardshire
    02/03/09

    @Navin R Johnson: Have you ever heard the story why the mitsubishi pajero sold so badly in spanish speaking countries?
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    Image of elementary elementary
    02/03/09

    @William_III_Earl_of_Dastardshi...: Pajero? Why not, I bought a Wii..
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    Image of likefry_likefry likefry_likefry
    02/03/09

    In reply to India's $10 Sakshat Laptop "Announcement" Is a Complete Bust
    i wish i had a 10 key on my keyboard
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    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    02/03/09

    @likefry_likefry: The hamster key is enough for me. I'm putting my preorder in.
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    Image of Serolf Divad Serolf Divad
    02/03/09

    @likefry_likefry:


    Seriously, why don't they have keys for every number?

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    Image of Ubik2501 Ubik2501
    02/03/09

    @likefry_likefry: Personally, I'm wondering what the "Hippospace" key does.
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    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    02/03/09

    @Ubik2501: It lets you travel in Hippospace, which is even faster than hyperspace.


    Hippospace wormholes can swallow whole galaxies. Watch out for hungry, hungry hippospace.

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