According to Negroponte, half of the cost of most computers goes into marketing. If the US $ 100 laptops were distributed by schools and government education agencies, the money saved on marketing could go into developing new materials.
他分析，一般電腦有一半成本用在行銷，但百元電腦若透過學校、教育機構配送，省下的行銷費就可以用來開發新材料。