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!Sen8ZFORTE 12/29/08(Mon)23:52 No.3051455  http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9000670
>May 22, 2006 (IDG News Service) -- Microsoft Corp. is starting up trials of pay-as-you-go PCs in underdeveloped nations
Ay que me lol
>A
user will buy a PC for about half the normal retail price and, in
exchange, will be given a certain amount of time on the system. The
computers have metering technology built in that tracks a user's time
and alerts them when they are running low on time.
Uh, there are already a lot of cyber cafes in those developing nations.
>As
time begins to run out, the PC will shut down certain functionality,
going into "reserve mode" so a user knows to buy more usage time. Users
can buy this time over the Internet or through prepaid cards.
>The
FlexGo PCs were inspired by the success of prepaid cellular phones in
countries where people may not have credit cards or predictable income
streams,
Apples and oranges.
>The
PCs, which will cost about the equivalent of $300, will be available at
various local retail outlets in each country. However, the PCs are
technologically equivalent to a machine that would cost about $600 in
the U.S., Wickstrand said.
Haha, oh wow. |
