The Classmate PC has been around for quite some time now. In fact, it was one of the pioneers of the netbook market following the Eee PC. Unfortunately, the said netbook didn’t really made it big because of so many reasons which we we rather not delve into anymore since we’ve already covered it in the past. Let’s just concentrate on some bit of a good news from the Classmate PC front.

If you would recall, Intel has previously snagged a deal with the Portugal Government which will be manufacturing around 500,000 units of the netbook. Even better good news is that the Venezuelan goverment has also expressed interest in the Classmate PC with a plan to order more than one million units of the said netbook. If the deal is finalized, the Venezuelan government will be getting their Classmate PC’s from Portugal which has a manufacturing agreement with Intel.

Those are certainly some numbers and would definitely add to the Classmate PC’s sales figures. The deal just might eclipse the OLPC which has been geared for the use of developing countries. Although the price for the said deal with the Venezuelan government was not disclosed, it is said that the Classmate PC deal is part of a larger technology deal between Venezuela and Portugal which is estimated to cost around $3 billion.

Via Ars Technica

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