Bug free PC from Intel

Intel demonstrated the community computer due by early 2006 which can tolerate temperatures of up to 38 C, and has air filters to prevent dust from entering into the computer. This seems to be just the right platform to use in village kiosks where power failures are common and dust-free operating environments are quite unrealistic to maintain. Especially considering the 1 billion $ committed by Intel for India and it's tremendous push for e-learning, all this sounds quite promising.

The PC is likely to be priced around Rs.10,000, and can prove phenomenal in bridging the digital divide.

A follow-up on this article: Intel released the community PC in India. However, during my trip to India, I talked to many NGOs about it, and all of them were quite disappointed with the product. It is basically the same Celeron 1.3GHz with the standard 865GV motherboard. Only the cabinet seems to have been retro-fitted, but it can tolerate temperatures of only up to 45C, which is quite standard for Indian environments.