Birth of the Rs.9990 PC
Its too good to be true. But it is true. The Xenitis Group has launched the first sub-10K PC in India. Called the "Apna PC" / "Amchi PC" , it runs Linux on a Cyrix Processor. The Company also sells a Intel based PC for Sub-11K .Here is an article from Rediff on this.
One of the biggest enabler of social change in India has been Technology. The e-choupals are a testimony to it. By making PC's affordable to the middle class and the lower middle class , the firm hopes to target a huge untapped segment.
Perhaps they are living upto to Microsoft's dream of a " PC on every desktop". Albeit with Linux !
Its too good to be true. But it is true. The Xenitis Group has launched the first sub-10K PC in India. Called the "Apna PC" / "Amchi PC" , it runs Linux on a Cyrix Processor. The Company also sells a Intel based PC for Sub-11K .Here is an article from Rediff on this.
One of the biggest enabler of social change in India has been Technology. The e-choupals are a testimony to it. By making PC's affordable to the middle class and the lower middle class , the firm hopes to target a huge untapped segment.
Perhaps they are living upto to Microsoft's dream of a " PC on every desktop". Albeit with Linux !
posted by Cogito at
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
4 Comments:
roti, kapdaa, makhaan!
lets first achieve that for everybody in india before cheap PCs which need electricity, table, chair!!!!
bhaarath maathaa ki jai!
By
Anonymous, at 5:18 PM
funny...i get more info bout india from the blog of a person living in singapore.u r very nostalgic bout india arent u???
By
BeehaG, at 10:05 PM
I though Zenith / some other brand already had an offering in the sub 10K segment.
By
Kaps, at 1:19 AM
Anonymous, Social welfare and Technology advancement go hand-in-hand .They are not mutually exclusive of each other.
Chennai Blogger -- I guess I am quite nostalgic about India !
Kaps, Is that so? Yeah even I remember reading sometime back about another co being close to the 10k mark.
By
Cogito, at 12:11 PM
Post a Comment
<< Home