Microsoft – MADE in China PC (2007)
MADE in China Revolutionary PC & Infrastructure was personally selected by Bill Gates as the winner of the 2007 Microsoft Next Generation PC Design Contest.
MADE in China is a $1/Day PC which spreads the use of PC to the entire 1.3 billion population of this rapidly-developing nation. It revolutionizes the entire hardware & software infrastructure of today to achieve holistic benefits – for consumers, manufacturers and the environment.
Designed by John Leung 2007.
Press Release.
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At WinHEC 2007, Bill Gates announced: ‘One of the most interesting – in fact the one that won the top award, called MADE in China there in the upper left, and it’s kind of a Tablet form factor, very thin and sleek, and they even let u use a pen type thing or even a chopstick type way of getting input into the machine, so quite different.’
MADE in China was featured in the international media including Wallpaper Magazine, China Times, PC World, Yahoo News, MSN News, Engadget, Gizmodo, Core77, Icsid Galeria and Sina etc.
Bill Gate’s announcement of the winner – MADE in China PC.
Competition Entries.
Prototype.
Wallpaper Magazine Feature.
The Design.
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The Revolution.
The Concept.
The Revolutionary Hardware Design.
CHOP.stylus. Design.
ZiGZAG. lid. Design.
VENTi.stilts. & FLEXi.speakers. Design.
The Revolutionary Infrastructure Design.
Simply Easy to Use. Simply Affordable.
Simply Profitable. Simply Environmental.
A PC Re-invented for China.
