HCl launches cheapest laptop @ RS 13,990
HCl Infosystemslaunched MiLeap - a range fully functional, portable notebook that sports a starting price of £ 13,990.
Scheduled to be the world's cheapest ultra-portable laptops (Allied Computers announced laptops cost of R 14,999 for a couple of days back), the MiLeap is available in two series, X and Y, to a starting price of RS 13,990 and 29,990, RS respectively.
The X series would have both flash-based storage options and disk-based, with a Linux-based operating system. The most expensive model in the series will be available in RS 16,990.
The high-end Y series (from £ 29,990-39,990) would have multiple navigational features such as touch screen, track stick, stylus, keyboard and buttons sensitive tariffs, Windows Vista (Home), as the operating system.
Both models have network ports, are Wi-Fi, has an option for a data card and are available with GUI enabled, the User Friendly Linux operating system.
Weighing under a kilogram, the MiLeap laptop has a 7-inch screen and are equipped with an Intel processor.
The company will start shipping the units on January 26 and these will be available in all retail outlets HCl and distribution centers.
"We will manufacture these PCs at our two factories in India. Initially, we will use our Pondicherry plant, beyond which we will use our plant in Uttaranchal," said George Paul, vice president - Marketing, HCL Infosystems.
"If the demand for laptops increases, we are open to expansion, through a new center," he added.
"With a legacy of having pioneered India's first micro-computer, desktop PC the country and the first home PC in the first place, this revolutionary range of ultra portable 'MiLeap' laptops will announce a new category of computing devices , opening a wide range of usage scenarios and new application areas, "said Ajai Chowdhry, chairman and CEO, HCL Infosystems.
HCl Infosystemslaunched MiLeap - a range fully functional, portable notebook that sports a starting price of £ 13,990.
Scheduled to be the world's cheapest ultra-portable laptops (Allied Computers announced laptops cost of R 14,999 for a couple of days back), the MiLeap is available in two series, X and Y, to a starting price of RS 13,990 and 29,990, RS respectively.
The X series would have both flash-based storage options and disk-based, with a Linux-based operating system. The most expensive model in the series will be available in RS 16,990.
The high-end Y series (from £ 29,990-39,990) would have multiple navigational features such as touch screen, track stick, stylus, keyboard and buttons sensitive tariffs, Windows Vista (Home), as the operating system.
Both models have network ports, are Wi-Fi, has an option for a data card and are available with GUI enabled, the User Friendly Linux operating system.
Weighing under a kilogram, the MiLeap laptop has a 7-inch screen and are equipped with an Intel processor.
The company will start shipping the units on January 26 and these will be available in all retail outlets HCl and distribution centers.
"We will manufacture these PCs at our two factories in India. Initially, we will use our Pondicherry plant, beyond which we will use our plant in Uttaranchal," said George Paul, vice president - Marketing, HCL Infosystems.
"If the demand for laptops increases, we are open to expansion, through a new center," he added.
"With a legacy of having pioneered India's first micro-computer, desktop PC the country and the first home PC in the first place, this revolutionary range of ultra portable 'MiLeap' laptops will announce a new category of computing devices , opening a wide range of usage scenarios and new application areas, "said Ajai Chowdhry, chairman and CEO, HCL Infosystems.
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