Dell Inc. try to reach a broader market by offering a netbook is intended for students. This is when consumers anticipate a more aged and the business cut their technology budgets. This determination created with Lattitude released in 2100.

Latitude 2100 with the last set is a device that is cheaper, lighter, and energy efficient. 2100 has a screen size of 10 inches with the keyboard is slightly larger rather than most netbook. This product is for children kindergarten to first grade secondary school.

In addition, Latitude 2100 is equipped with touch screen claimed useful for small hands the kid a keyboard anti-microbe hands because children are often dirty. Web camera is also added. Then, the operating system that can be used from Microsft (XP or Vista) or Linux (Ubuntu).

Dell dispose of this product with the price of 369 U.S. dollars, which may be slightly out of reach most of the consumers in developing countries. If you want some additional features, consumers should dive 500 U.S. dollars. But, “No need to debate again, technology plays an important role to improve the quality of students,” said Michael Dell, CEO of Dell.

Dell did not disclose the amount of money that diraup from sales to schools. Michael Dell just said, the public division
This company produced 14 billion U.S. dollars per year, or about 23 percent of Dell’s revenue in 2008. According to IDC research institutions, shipping computers for schools and universities all over the world to reach 6 percent.

In the U.S., there is a desire to apply a 1:1 ratio between the number of computers in schools and students. Now, rasionya still 1:3. The bureaucrats of the campus would require students to bring their own laptops to campus, instead of using the computer located in the laboratory.