Intel Announces Rs. 5,000 Desktop for the Indian Market

[george101]

Chipset maker Intel Thursday announced the launch of a desktop range that starts at Rs. 5,000 (around $125) - a move that could trigger a major computing revolution in the country.

"We recognise there is an urgent need for industry and government to collaborate to enable people to connect to the Internet," said R. Sivakumar, Intel's South Asia's managing director of sales and marketing group.

"The Internet is capable of transforming lives and the future of our country. Through the 'Connected Indians' movement, we hope to achieve precisely that," he added.

Intel India Thursday launched the 'Connected Indians' movement, which aims at providing to users cheap machines dubbed as nettops and netbooks.

Collaborating with Intel are industry partners such as original equipment manufacturers and Internet service providers, as well as the government.

Less than a decade ago, personal computers came attached with a price tag of more than Rs. 50,000, and the average person could at best own an 'assembled' desktop at anything between Rs. 20,000-Rs. 25,000.

Based on Intel's Atom processor - the chipmaker's lowest priced processor launched earlier this year - OEMs such as Acer, HCL, Zenith, Intex, Lenovo, Wipro and Novatium, showcased various designs at the event.

"The 'Connected Indians' movement will bring with it rapid broadband deployment and help harness the powers of Internet to accelerate inclusive social and economic change," Communications and Information Technology Minister A. Raja said during the announcement of the initiative.

The launch of the low-cost connectivity initiative marked the coming together of Intel, the various OEMs and the government, as well as other stakeholders such as talent developer NIIT, telecom operators such as Tata Teleservices, Tata Communication and Reliance Communications, and industry lobbies CII, Assocham and WiMax Forum.

Intel also signed an agreement with state-owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd to jointly popularise broadband Internet and wireless broadband technology WiMAX.

Source: http://www.tech2.com/india/news/desk...market/46111/0

[Davidboon]

great step by intel , it will surely help in e-literacy.
this also means broadband prices may come down, as bsnl will be providing them to rural india.

[mrbgupta]

Is it a different type of pc or normal budget pc?

[MetalheadGautham]

Intel Dot Station Part 2

[saqib_khan]

Originally Posted by MetalheadGautham

Intel Dot Station Part 2

^^Ya, i 2 think like this. Correct!!!!

Hey metalhead, ur apple is gud, but remove that white backgroung, it will look very gud. I think, but do as u like.

[chesss]

Details ??
Does this include screen?

[gary4gar]

Originally Posted by chesss

Details ??
Does this include screen?

No.
That is extra upon payment of Rs 1.5-2k

[MetalheadGautham]

^^If you want a cheap desktop inclusive of screen, get the Intel Dot Station. 8)

14" Colour Monitor, 800x600
Intel 300MHz Celeron CPU
Intel 810 Chipset based Motherboard
64mb SD RAM
4GB to 10GB Hard Disc
Keyboard Without Num Pad
Touch Pad on keyboard instead of mouse
Phone/Modem built in
All structures attached to monitor
Looks better than iMac classic
Optical Drive optional
Rs. 3500 + 4% VAT = Rs. 3640/-

And I don't recommend this PC unless you plan to run Linux 2.2.x series or 2.4.x series or Minix 3 or FreeDOS

But then again, it DOES run the ancient 10 year old OS named Microsoft Windows 98 pretty well, and from what I saw of its functioning at a billing counter when I was out to buy some Frenchies, its quite fast when running a billing app.

And this hardware is certainly capable of running the still actively developed Linux 2.4.x series of kernels, with Damn Small Linux, Puppy Linux and Slackware w/ 2.4-kernel with a minimal GUI. Make no negative assumptions on this part.

It even manages to run Windows XP, esp with an extra 64mb ram attached. But the problem is that it runs at the same speed windows vista does on a 2.66GHz Pentium 4 CPU with 512MB DDR RAM.

[chesss]

//OFFTOPIC:

Keyboard Without Num Pad

Is this one of those laptops like slim keyboards? If yes where is it available and for how much?

[ax3]

config is 2 low ....... & these config`s r sold 4 only Rs. 500 ...........

so micro @ profit again ....