India launches its first cheap PC
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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
Luis Alonso Ramos Intelectix - Chihuahua, Mexico Not much here: My CP Blog!
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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
Luis Alonso Ramos Intelectix - Chihuahua, Mexico Not much here: My CP Blog!
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
Luis Alonso Ramos Intelectix - Chihuahua, Mexico Not much here: My CP Blog!