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3/20/08

WSJ: Intel Says Low-Cost Laptop To Be Sold in U.S., Europe - by Don Clark

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Intel Says Low-Cost Laptop To Be Sold in U.S., Europe - by Don Clark

Intel Corp. said personal computer makers will soon begin offering a new low-cost laptop it designed for emerging economies in the U.S. and Europe as well. The chip maker has been offering a design called the Classmate PC, which has been promoted primarily for educational use in countries where many people can't afford to buy conventional computers. A new version of that design will be ready in a few weeks, with laptops based on it expected to be introduced some time after that by PC makers, said Agnes Kwan, an Intel spokeswoman.

Intel's plan for the system, reported earlier by Reuters, comes as the company is promoting a broader effort to promote the concept of $250 portable PCs it calls "nettops." That plan is largely based around the use of a forthcoming line of low-cost microprocessor chips that carries the new brand Atom.

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