For those who cannot afford an Apple MacBook Pro, and its substitute is an option, India-based HCL has a solution. The company has launched a powerful notebook, the HCL Leaptop Z39.
If a powerful notebook is what you're looking for, Z39's configuration should get your attention. The notebook comes with a 14.1-inch screen, packs an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 8GB RAM, 500GB of hard disk space, and a battery backup of about 4 hours.
Further, the company says that it has built this machine keeping Indian conditions in mind. The Z39 features a technology called the Advanced Thermal Engineering (ATE) which helps maintain the temperature of the notebook. At any point of time while using this notebook, ATE ensures that the surface temperature on the keyboard and the left and right palm does not exceed more than 6 degrees than the ambience temperature.
The HCL Leaptop is available for Rs. 59, 990. It comes with a lifetime 24x7 telephonic support in 11, regional languages across India.
that sounds pretty impressive but i'm not sure... I have seen HCL laptops fall to pieces in a short period of time. if they have that fixed no worries but if they haven't i somehow cannot see this being a 'replacement for a macbook'. believe it or not that is an email address that is valid. email it and have a look
8 gigs of RAM is nice but a Core2Duo? If they're looking at power users, shouldn't they have gone for more cores? Also, what about the graphics? If you're trying to compare with a Mac in this article, then the graphics capabilities are very important.
It's fantastic config for the price.. I think this would be a good buy...
But I have a question. How capable is the INTEL Graphics on this laptop they have a Mobile Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M-HD - Inbuilt in GM45 chipset
How capable is this Graphics Accelerator compared to Nvidia GS & ATIs... ???