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ACi to Launch Cheaper Laptops in India
By: IANS   |   Oct 20,2007
Allied Computers International (Asia) Ltd, which launched a Rs 19,999 laptop in India last year, plans to go a step further by offering a compact laptop costing around Rs 15,000 by mid-2008.

ACi's CMD Hirji Patel said that following a good response to the sub-20k range of laptops, the company will open its own showrooms all over India and enter into tie-ups with supermarkets or malls and retail showroom franchisees.

It also plans to set up a manufacturing unit exclusively for laptops in Thane district, near Mumbai.

"We plan to increase our production from the existing 10,000 laptops to 100,000 per year. As a first step towards achieving this, we hope to garner Rs 60 million through the IPO which opened Friday," Patel said.

Patel managed to cut costs through innovations like providing an aluminum body rather than fiber or plastic.

Within the first three quarters of 2006 ACi captured 40 percent of the estimated total market of 250,000 laptops from the SME segment in India in which it operates.

"Now, the hostility to laptops in the Indian market has disappeared, and customers are choosing a laptop over a PC since the price barrier between them has been erased," Patel said.
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I would be highly interested to use it
Samirul H.Mallick @ Jun 21,2008
config. is as follows....1.73GHZ, 512 RAM, 80GB HDD, 7'' SCREEN, WIFI,BLUTOOTH, INBUILT WEB-CAM, 12HR BAT. BACK-UP ELECTRIC & SOLAR CHARGEBALE,
In my view thats nice config. @ cost of 15,000.
this is NANO of TATA motors in LAPTOP Market....
imran @ Jan 16,2008
can anybody plz give me the config. of this laptop such as processor, is there a cd or DVD writer, wat about expandanble hdd, wat about wireless comm.. Anfrom where I can buy this laptops......
Shivang @ Jan 15,2008
and what about the quality and service? lene ka dene na par jaye. anybody has any idea?
arindam @ Oct 28,2007
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