coolrajiv 1 Report post Posted January 15, 2008 (edited) Source - http://www.rediff.com/money/2008/jan/15laptop.htm Laptops at Rs 14,000 from HCL Aiming to make laptops a mass product, IT company HCL Infosystems on Tuesday introduced an ultra portable range of laptops at a starting price of Rs 13,990. The new product -- 'MiLeap' would offer users full mobile internet experience combined with PC functionality at an affordable price, HCL Infosystems Chairman and CEO Ajai Chowdhry told reporters in New Delhi. MiLeap would be available in two series -- X and Y, priced at Rs 13,990 and Rs 29,990, respectively. He said the new range of laptops will herald a new category of computing devices and open a wide range of new usage scenarios and application areas. Both the new products would be made in company's manufacturing facility in Pondicherry. It also has another facility in Uttaranchal. The company's two plants have a combined capacity of two million units. When asked how many of the new range of laptops the company expects to sell in the first year of launch, Chowdhry declined to comment. The company would start shipping the units on January 26, 2007. Refusing to divulge details about the revenue model for the low cost laptop, he said, "the volumes. . . there is a huge Indian market, which needs to be tapped." Both the models come with Intel processor and weigh less than a kilogram. The X series would have both the options of flash-based and disk-based storage version with a Linux-based operating system. The high-end Y series would have multiple navigational features such as touch screen, stylus, keyboard and touch buttons with Windows Vista as operating system. Edited January 15, 2008 by coolrajiv Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coolrajiv 1 Report post Posted January 16, 2008 Courtesy - http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Sub_14K...-85948-615.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ssr 10 Report post Posted January 16, 2008 Looks like everyone is trying to cash on Asus Eee pc sucess Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kunal Hemrajani 1 Report post Posted January 16, 2008 I tink there is some catch in it..cuz they hav`nt revealed the full specs of the laptop... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ssr 10 Report post Posted January 16, 2008 (edited) The news is intended for common man, they donot see the spec , It can have same VIA 1GHZ processor. their website also does not have a proffessional look Edited January 16, 2008 by ss_rakesh Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
srikanth_kv 3 Report post Posted January 16, 2008 it can serve those who dont use computers for gaming/ video which need more precessor speeds it may serve for business.. or beginners it may fill gap between pda and laptop Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
copperco2 24 Report post Posted January 17, 2008 the low end notebook or UMPC seems to have only 2GB of flash HDD some specs are here.. http://www.moneycontrol.com/india/news/tec...cl/09/26/321481 http://www.techgadgets.in/laptop/2008/16/h...nched-in-india/ Full specs http://www.businessworld.in/content/view/3390/3487 some more news http://www.efytimes.com/efytimes/fullnews.asp?edid=24142 http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/hcl-rol...tops-for-india/ http://www.hclinfosystems.com/news97.html Specifications HCL MiLeap - X series HCL MiLeap - Y series Operating System Linux Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium CPU Speed Intel Processor @ 900 MHz Intel Processor @ 800 MHz Main Memory 512 MB DDR2 1 GB DDR2 USB Port Two (Ver 2.0) Two (Ver 2.0) Web Camera No 1.3 Mega Pixel (Internal) Internal MIC Yes Yes External MIC input Yes Yes Inbuilt Speaker Yes Yes Bluetooth No Yes LCD Display 7" Wide 800x 480 colour LCD VPT 7" TFT Colour LCD Battery 6 cells, Approx. 4 hrs. idle condition 3 cell Li-ion Battery, Approx 3 hrs. idle condition Weight Approx. 1.44 Kg Approx. 960 gm Pen No Stylus Pen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
