Sub 800$ Laptop Options (India)

The world over there was a trend of getting the PC to come under a 1000$ and then to a PC under 500$, today MIT Labs is talking of a 100$ Laptop, India is still fighting with a pricing that is not consumer sensitive. The primary reason you think maybe the exchange rates, but the duty on the import of these devices adds up to another bulk (Since there are no indian manufacturers at small scale that maybe hampered, duty on imports of Laptops / Notebook computers etc should be abolished or brought to minimum), anyway.

This week in my Indian Express / Express Money article, I look at the sub Rs. 40,000 laptops available in India, from IBM, Compaq, Toshiba and Acer, and choose the winner out of them.

Want to read my verdict, catch it in Print with Indian Express on Monday, 28th November 2005, or click here to read it online.

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