HCL rolls out low-cost MiLeap laptops for India

HCL's already brought some low-cost desktops to India, and it looks set to do the same for laptops as well, with the company now taking the wraps off two budget-priced models made "with a little help from Intel." As you can see above, one of those, the MiLeap X, is more than a little familiar-looking, although HCL seems to be doing its best to distant itself from the Classmate PC brand, and claims that the laptop has been "designed exclusively for India." Suffering from no such confusion is the slightly higher-end and more UMPC-like MiLeap Y model, which boasts the same 7-inch screen and built-in WiFi, but adds an 80GB hard drive, Bluetooth, and Vista Home Premium in place of the MiLeap X's Linux OS, among other features. No word on a release date for either just yet, but the MiLeap X will apparently be available starting at Rs 13,990 (or about $350), while the MiLeap Y will start at under Rs 30,000 (or roughly $760).

[Thanks, Sandy]

[superfresh @ Jan 16th 2008 3:27PM]

India...or Bezelstan?

[Jwalant Natvarlal Soneji @ Jan 17th 2008 6:18AM]

Whats this Bezelstan?

[imacmatt09 @ Jan 16th 2008 3:36PM]

Hydrochloric Acid?

;)

[Suraj Fernandes @ Jan 17th 2008 4:05PM]

Yo dude you know that most of the so called "american" call centers are based in India, right.

That will be today's fun fact to know, lol

Hey souravgh, you could always buy the eeepc from Asus, it is around 300$ I think

[Josef @ Jan 16th 2008 3:36PM]

Who will they be calling for tech support?

[JohnTitor @ Jan 16th 2008 4:22PM]

they don't need tech support, they know what they are doing unlike us foolish Americans

[smartkid @ Jan 16th 2008 9:31PM]

soon the US economy will head into a superdepression, and Americans will offer tech support and call center support for so called 3rd world countries. tables will turn..... Grrrrr.

[Josef @ Jan 16th 2008 9:36PM]

I'm going to go stand in front of the mirror and practice saying (in my best American accent) "Hello, my name is Samir. How may I help you today?"

[Jwalant Natvarlal Soneji @ Jan 17th 2008 6:17AM]

We don't need tech support in India..
You may find 2 out of 10 ready to support your learing sensation :D.

[Julian Bond @ Jan 16th 2008 5:08PM]

Moore eeepsies. Hooray.

[thethirdmoose @ Jan 16th 2008 5:20PM]

damn. hope they sell them here.

[DarkAardvark @ Jan 16th 2008 6:22PM]

at least they arent lime green

[Jeremy K. @ Jan 16th 2008 6:38PM]

Awfully pricey if you ask me! You could buy a regular computer for that much.

[souravgh @ Jan 17th 2008 6:58AM]

where would you find a regular comp for $350? do say, i live in india and am yet to see one.

[Jeremy K. @ Jan 17th 2008 3:21PM]

You can check out dealnews.com . Usually dell or hp has some specials. I bought my PC from OfficeDepot (USA) for only $300 (AR). Of course I upgraded all the components and it didn't come with a monitor, but it was still very much usable without the upgrades. It had Pentium Dual Core e2140, 1gb, 160GB, DVD burner, Vista Home Premium.

[Sind @ Feb 8th 2008 6:41AM]

Well thanks sandy for the piece of info.. But how effective is this kinda pc is? Is it possible to execute all levels of operation like we use an ordinary laptop?

[ranjith @ Feb 10th 2008 1:58PM]

A simple case of rebranding

http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/kohjinsha-sh-series-umpc-bumped-to-intel-a110-processor/