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Venezuela Orders 1 million laptops from Portugal

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Saturday ordered 1 million low-cost laptops from Portugal — one of several bilateral deals that Portuguese officials valued at more than US$3 billion. The agreements cover housing, utility infrastructure and energy cooperation. "We are building a solid relationship" with Portugal, Chavez said at a signing ceremony in Lisbon. "We have negotiated (these deals) with our mutual interests in mind." The blue-and-white laptops — based on Intel Corp.'s Classmate PC design — are manufactured under license in Portugal and are primarily aimed at schoolchildren in developing countries. They contain the latest Intel microprocessors, digital cameras and broadband Internet access.

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Comments (7)

ColonelPanik ·
Says it is based on the Classmate PC [url=http://www.classmatepc.com/productinfo/index.htm?iid=hdr_nav product_info]http://www.classmatepc.com/productinfo/index.htm?iid=hdr_nav...[/url]
tracyanne ·
from [url=http://www.classmatepc.com/productinfo/index.htm?iid=hdr_nav product_info]http://www.classmatepc.com/productinfo/index.htm?iid=hdr_nav...[/url]

Quoting:Operating Systems Windows XP* Professional / Linux* Windows XP* Professional / Linux*


So which OS are the Portuguese selling these machines with?
tracyanne ·
How do we know this?
TxtEdMacs ·
Didn't read this article, saw something (probably on /.) that said it was Linux.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/27/europe/EU-Portugal...

hkwint ·
The Portuguese were to chose whether they want Lin or Win.

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