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Portuguese Classmate PC to circumnavigate globe
WE'VE ALL READ ABOUT THE DEALS that Intel has brokered around the world to flog its netbooks/ nettops/ classmate PCs. What hasn’t been exactly clear in all this is: who’ll be in charge of actually building the computers?
Well, the Portuguese government and a local mayor have blurted out “Me! Me! Me!” in an excited frenzy, pointing out that a consortium of hardware makers – headed by Intel and a top Portuguese PC maker called “JP Sá Couto” – will setup shop in the Portuguese town of Matosinhos and start popping out netbooks and/or nettops under the "Magalhães" brand (that’s the original name for Magellan, the 15th century Portuguese navigator) targeting the education market and more specifically, children aged 6 through 10.
The new factory will be located in the Freixieiro (“Fray-shee-ay-roh”) zone of Matosinhos, a highly industrialised location with more vowels than consonants, right next to IKEA’s brand new factory and close to JP Sá Couto’s own manufacturing facilities. According to the same source, the factory is expected to pop out 4 million cheap computers for both the domestic and international markets (no time frame), starting in early 2009. Those computers that will make it to Portuguese kiddies, will be made available under the e-Escolas (e-Schools) programme.
Mr. Guilherme Pinto, Mayor of Matosinhos, was quoted by Lusa (the Portuguese state’s news agency) as having made the quick witted and remarkably insightful remark: “This unit represents a major revolution in our council. We’ve gone from canneries to high-tech computer industry”.
That’s good, as we’d rather give our kids laptops than canned sardines.
The official announcement will be made tomorrow at noon in an event in Lisbon and Intel’s very own ambassador-errant Craig Barrett will be the herald of the good tidings. We don’t know whether he’ll be riding in on horseback, but we guess not.
On a domestic level, this announcement comes none-too-soon as Portugal faces one of its grimmest economic scenarios and the 1000-job “high-tech” facility will most definitely boost the government’s image and the local economy – as well as generating some kick-backs education-wise (or so they hope).
Truth be told- in the IT department - the Portuguese government has done well of late when it comes to providing tech tools to students. By heavily subsidising the purchase of lappies by students (K12 education) and college students (those get less of a deal, as it’s basically a VAT-discounted laptop). For instance, K12 students or teachers can buy a decent laptop and mobile internet access for just €150 plus a monthly fee for data starting at just €15 (this includes the HSDPA USB pen but there's a 36 month contract in it somewhere).
Only kindergarten kids were missing out on cheap computers... until now, that is. µ
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Bullshot.. well.. the letter "o" is right nex to "i" ..so it's just a typo.
...Mr. Sérgio Azeredo. What the hell is bullshot? If you don´t know how to write in English, please don´t! Plus, I don´t think that you are in position of saying that I don´t know nothing about the Portuguese hardware reseller situation. But one thing I´m sure of: You are really jealous about all this!
And to end this conversation (I don´t want to end so insignificant as you are), I advise you to take a look around to most of your Portuguese fellows. I believe that most of them spent their days finding a way to deceive the Portuguese government and sometimes get a bit of time to incriminate the others. Go figure!
Seems like many of you portuguse small brain people doesn't know all the facts of the actual scene in Portugal hardware resellers. I know JP Sa Couto very well since they start. And I don't envy anyone who does illegal activities though they seem to be playing good now because they were caught before ;) no more comments on this, enough of bullshot from you small brain ppl.
Great news for Portuguese economy and J.P. Sá Couto.
This company has made efforts to devoloped his on brand "Tsunami", they have almost everything, Notebooks, Desktops, Home Servers (approved by Microsoft), Servers ( the third most seller brand in Portugal), Worstations they are really amazing. Don´t forget that ECS and Intel are behind of this. I think that JP Sá Couto will lead this project to the next level, globalization.
About the comment of Mr. Sergio Azeredo, what I must say is that he don´t know what is talking about, because this Company is trully correct and was absolved of that case, another company was trying to pull down the good name of JP Sá Couto.
Mr. Sergio Azeredo if you have kids please don´t buy the Magallen for them.
Regarding Mr. Sérgio Azeredo comment, I believe that this reader is a little bit jealous about this joint-venture between JP Sá Couto, S.A. and Intel. 
But what really matters is that only the strongest survive and only the companies that have o solid and recognized structure are capable of dealing with such a great deal, like the one that these companies are committed to. Also, as a Portuguese citizen, he should be pleased about this kind of improvement on the Portuguese economy and industry.
Well, I congratulate JP Sá Couto for this fantastic achievement and wish them all lost of success for the future.
Mrs. Sergio Azeredo the "Donkey Xote, Portuguese little man" (brain).
Our comment called pain of the stump!!!

Get real man, This 
illegal tax activities you are mentioning were judge in trial and never could be proved, jealous of other people sucess is a sad thing, the current state of portugal are due to people that don't support what is produce or manufactured in portugal, and think what is foreign its allways better then ours.

So in portuguese: Magalhães -porreiro pá!
Curious about that company that will build the low cost PC's, "JP Sá Couto" as they were caught by illegal tax activities by the police some time ago and they are the main supporting company regarding send new hardware to portuguese magazines and etc. I wonder how they won the competition to build those low cost PC's as they have his own brand "Tsunami" PC's also. Well, this means that crime is in fact worth in this country ;)
Give a kid a fish and she'll eat for a day; teach a kid how to download pictures of fish onto her PC and she'll ... um ...