HCL’s low-cost laptops

• HCL’s low-cost laptops to be available from Jan 26 .
  
  Available nationwide from January 26 will be 2 ultra portable PC platforms: The MiLeap X Series is a People’s PC — albeit with full functionality — with a 7-inch LCD screen, 2 GB of solid state internal storage, 512 MB of memory, fuelled by an Intel Celeron mobile chip. To ruggedize it for Indian conditions and also make it ‘child proof’, the X Series has additional cushioning around the display and keyboard.
  
  The operating system is an Ubuntu flavour of Linux, though users are free to port a Windows version if they choose, adding an external hard drive through the USB port. Slots take standard wireless data cards that telecom providers such as Reliance Telecom and Tata Indicom have been offering in India, but a CD/DVD drive has been dispensed with to achieve the low selling price of Rs 13,999.