Setelah eeePC, Elonex One Laptop 2 Jutaan Siap Dirilis

Beragam laptop murah telah menyambangi pasaran. Asus misalnya, telah sukses merilis laptop murah Eee PC, yang laris manis terjual. Ada pula merek lainnya seperti Intel Classmate atau Cloudbook Everex.

Kini ada lagi varian laptop murah bernama One besutan Elonex, sebuah perusahaan yang berbasis di Inggris. Elonex One hanya dibanderol 100 poundsterling atau sekitar 2 jutaan rupiah saja sehingga dikabarkan siap menantang Eee PC, yang harganya tak terpaut jauh.

Elonex One dinyatakan akan dirilis di Inggris di bulan Juni 2008 mendatang. Untuk menggugah selera pembeli, One akan diproduksi dalam beberapa warna yaitu pink, hijau, putih sampai perak. Pasaran utamanya menyasar kalangan anak-anak sekolah.

Spesifikasinya pun juga sudah diumumkan. Layarnya 7 inch dengan prosesor bernama LNX 300 MHz. Sistem operasinya mengandalkan Linux.

Selain itu, juga ada fasilitas Wi Fi untuk akses internet, 128 MB DDR 2, dan kapasitas penyimpanannya sebesar 1 GB. Adapun baterainya diklaim mampu bertahan sampai empat jam dalam sekali isi ulang.

Kapasitas Elonex memang terbilang begitu minimal sehingga beberapa pihak skeptis, laptop ini mampu menyaingi Eee PC yang lebih dulu eksis di Inggris. Tak disebutkan apakah Elonex One nantinya juga akan dipasarkan di seluruh dunia.

The vision of the ONE
The vision of the ONE is for every pupil to have their own laptop. With computers playing such a huge part in modern life, it is Elonex’s goal to improve computer literacy across the nation.

Proficiency in ICT has never been so important, and modern ICT skills will allow the next generation to enter the business world better skilled to make a more valued contribution to the future economy and society. Have a look a what the government is trying to achieve here.

Giving everyone a fair chance
The cost of the ONE fits in line with the goal of the DCSF to close the gap in achievement between those from low-income and disadvantaged backgrounds and their peers.

The ONE is designed to aid and encourage digital learning, which Elonex believes should be available to everyone, no matter what their circumstances. Elonex will therefore donate 1 ONE to underprivileged children from disadvantaged areas for every hundred sold.

Elonex will be working with the National Laptop Initiative to review the ‘fair chance projects’ and to distribute the ONE laptops. The NLI shares the same core beliefs as the NLI which aims to ” bring personal computing and the digital world to everyone.” You can find out more information about the NLI here.

Keep checking the vision section of the website for updates on fair chance projects, which will be in place for the start of the new school year 2008.
(detikinet.com, elonexone.co.uk)