India launches its first cheap PC
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With the amount of money wasted on IT programs in the government sector... it probably would be. ;P
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I don't think it's so bad. Even if they use Linux at least they can use web and email applications (which is what most people want as a priority IMHO). Those who want XP can pay the extra (or I would imagine use a pirate copy). The important thing is to get those people online.
fakefur wrote: I don't think it's so bad. Even if they use Linux at least they can use web and email applications (which is what most people want as a priority IMHO). This is the first thing you said in the past few days that I strongly agree :) I see dead pixels Yes, even I am blogging now!
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4735927.stm[^] Designed by IT firm HCL Infosystems, it is priced at 9,990 rupees ($225) and includes all the basic features required for a first-time user. SPECIFICATIONS Processor - 1 GHz Memory - 128 MB RAM Hard disk memory - 40 GB Monitor - 15-inch colour At present, India has 15 million computers and five million net connections. The government wants to increase the number to 75 million computers and 45 million net connections by 2010. 1 GHz???? WTF! It's probably an obsolete P-2 or a P-3. And 128 MB Ram????????? Most people have graphics cards with double that much memory. 40 GB is probably ok for a low-end PC. And yeah 15" monitor goes well with the rest of the config. The PC comes with Linux installed and XP starter edition ia available for an extra amount (not mentioned at all as you can see)! I think this totally sucks. I would love India to have more computer users, but when the rest of the world is trying to break the 4 Ghz mark, it totally sucks that we are trying to sell cheap 1 GHz PCs. The manufacturer bastards probably intend to clean up in a big way through mass sales. To call this "IT development" is dumb and inaccurate! :mad:
You could by a similar speced PC on e-bay for less than a quater the price. Rip off!
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WTF? No, I mean, WTF? :wtf: Of course they have a deal! How else would they be able to sell them? Of course they will make a profit. That's what they're there for! Or am I missing the point? :~ Cheers, Vikram.
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Vikram A Punathambekar wrote: Of course they have a deal! How else would they be able to sell them? Of course they will make a profit. That's what they're there for! Or am I missing the point? The point is that HCL is making a huge profit by selling computers that aren't worth even 5K. [when produced in mass]
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4735927.stm[^] Designed by IT firm HCL Infosystems, it is priced at 9,990 rupees ($225) and includes all the basic features required for a first-time user. SPECIFICATIONS Processor - 1 GHz Memory - 128 MB RAM Hard disk memory - 40 GB Monitor - 15-inch colour At present, India has 15 million computers and five million net connections. The government wants to increase the number to 75 million computers and 45 million net connections by 2010. 1 GHz???? WTF! It's probably an obsolete P-2 or a P-3. And 128 MB Ram????????? Most people have graphics cards with double that much memory. 40 GB is probably ok for a low-end PC. And yeah 15" monitor goes well with the rest of the config. The PC comes with Linux installed and XP starter edition ia available for an extra amount (not mentioned at all as you can see)! I think this totally sucks. I would love India to have more computer users, but when the rest of the world is trying to break the 4 Ghz mark, it totally sucks that we are trying to sell cheap 1 GHz PCs. The manufacturer bastards probably intend to clean up in a big way through mass sales. To call this "IT development" is dumb and inaccurate! :mad:
Nishant Sivakumar wrote: 1 GHz???? WTF! It's probably an obsolete P-2 or a P-3. My PC at home is an old cobbled together recycled P-3 (650mhz!!) - I spent about £100 on it, once I'd given it a licensed copy of XP (which takes it to roughly the cost of the Indian budget PC) Ok, it's got 640mb of memory, which seems to keep it ticking away nicely, but it does all the jobs we need it to (runs Open office, mozilla, email, Paint Shop Pro, and even VS Whidbey when I find some time to get a bit of development work done) In my experience, (With Windows anyway) if you're just doing general officey things, the CPU speed doesn't really matter a jot (but it's the stat that's always advertised) - Having lots of memory will make an XP machine far more responsive One day I'll buy myself a nice new shiny top of the range computer, but right now I've just bought a house, so there are far more important things to buy) -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit! Buzzwords!
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Aam aadmi is a Hindi term meaning 'common man'. Like the Americans say Joe Sixpack, I think. Or is that Regular Joe? I did some thinking since I posted that message and I have to concede 128 MB is a tad too less. 256 should do the job. :) Cheers, Vikram.
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Vikram A Punathambekar wrote: Aam aadmi is a Hindi term meaning 'common man'. Like the Americans say Joe Sixpack, I think. Or is that Regular Joe? I've heard people say Joe Smith. I didn't recognize your phrase as Hindi, else I'd have guessed what it meant. I thought Aam Aadmi was the name of some guy :-( Nish
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You could by a similar speced PC on e-bay for less than a quater the price. Rip off!
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Giles wrote: You could by a similar speced PC on e-bay for less than a quater the price. Rip off! Yep - that's what it is - a rip-off!
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote: 1 GHz???? WTF! It's probably an obsolete P-2 or a P-3. My PC at home is an old cobbled together recycled P-3 (650mhz!!) - I spent about £100 on it, once I'd given it a licensed copy of XP (which takes it to roughly the cost of the Indian budget PC) Ok, it's got 640mb of memory, which seems to keep it ticking away nicely, but it does all the jobs we need it to (runs Open office, mozilla, email, Paint Shop Pro, and even VS Whidbey when I find some time to get a bit of development work done) In my experience, (With Windows anyway) if you're just doing general officey things, the CPU speed doesn't really matter a jot (but it's the stat that's always advertised) - Having lots of memory will make an XP machine far more responsive One day I'll buy myself a nice new shiny top of the range computer, but right now I've just bought a house, so there are far more important things to buy) -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit! Buzzwords!
benjymous wrote: - Having lots of memory will make an XP machine far more responsive But I suspect that the motherboard they are using for the cheap PC won't support a lot of RAM - it'll probably be a really outdated one. Maybe I should call up a dealer and ask if I can have more RAM - I wonder what his/her answer will be.
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Vikram A Punathambekar wrote: Of course they have a deal! How else would they be able to sell them? Of course they will make a profit. That's what they're there for! Or am I missing the point? The point is that HCL is making a huge profit by selling computers that aren't worth even 5K. [when produced in mass]
Aaaargh! Of course they want to maximize their profit! :| Sorry, it's been a tough 2 weeks. :) Cheers, Vikram.
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KDE and Gnome on a 128mb computer will be painful regardless of the processor speed. It just isn't enough memory for a modern desktop environment. If they had 256mb as some have said then I agree it would work fine. But then so would XP AFAIK.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4735927.stm[^] Designed by IT firm HCL Infosystems, it is priced at 9,990 rupees ($225) and includes all the basic features required for a first-time user. SPECIFICATIONS Processor - 1 GHz Memory - 128 MB RAM Hard disk memory - 40 GB Monitor - 15-inch colour At present, India has 15 million computers and five million net connections. The government wants to increase the number to 75 million computers and 45 million net connections by 2010. 1 GHz???? WTF! It's probably an obsolete P-2 or a P-3. And 128 MB Ram????????? Most people have graphics cards with double that much memory. 40 GB is probably ok for a low-end PC. And yeah 15" monitor goes well with the rest of the config. The PC comes with Linux installed and XP starter edition ia available for an extra amount (not mentioned at all as you can see)! I think this totally sucks. I would love India to have more computer users, but when the rest of the world is trying to break the 4 Ghz mark, it totally sucks that we are trying to sell cheap 1 GHz PCs. The manufacturer bastards probably intend to clean up in a big way through mass sales. To call this "IT development" is dumb and inaccurate! :mad:
My 1GHz Celeron with 256MB still works just fine. For an entry level machine, which this is pitched as, this setup is OK. It will get people into computers and let them explore a bit without costing too much. This how a lot of companies first get into a market. I'm guessing if things go well they will expand the higher end of their product line. BW
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Luis Alonso Ramos wrote: And I feel proud!! -- LuisR LOL - you replied to the wrong thread. Got me confused intially as I hadn't seen the geek-test thread :-)
Nishant Sivakumar wrote: you replied to the wrong thread No, really I didn't!! :omg: That's why I couldn't find my reply yesterday. I guess this is a case of extreme post-misplacement-by-CP-boards, that happens every once in a while. :sigh: But yes, it was supposed to be a reply to the I'm-geek-wannabe test thread :) -- LuisR
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote: you replied to the wrong thread No, really I didn't!! :omg: That's why I couldn't find my reply yesterday. I guess this is a case of extreme post-misplacement-by-CP-boards, that happens every once in a while. :sigh: But yes, it was supposed to be a reply to the I'm-geek-wannabe test thread :) -- LuisR
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Luis Alonso Ramos wrote: I guess this is a case of extreme post-misplacement-by-CP-boards, that happens every once in a while. I had also faced such problems a lot in CP forums, usually happens when the forum is long, and people delete or edit their threads. http://www.priyank.in/
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Luis Alonso Ramos wrote: I guess this is a case of extreme post-misplacement-by-CP-boards, that happens every once in a while. I had also faced such problems a lot in CP forums, usually happens when the forum is long, and people delete or edit their threads. http://www.priyank.in/
I had seen it happen before, but only within the same thread. This time the post appeared on another thread! :omg: -- LuisR
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