By 2011, the newbies who wish to try their hands on computers would get funding of 50 percent on the purchase of each product. The Government of India has planned to reduce the price of the computer by Rs.4800. This initiative is undertaken as an element of National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology. It is an effort to offer the high definition interactive education.
The Centre purports that these laptops would be offered at such a low price because they are a source of spreading literacy via technological methods. This mode of education would help create the awareness among the masses. The laptops are really going to see a huge drop in price.
Under the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT), connectivity is projected to be offered to 504 universities and 25,000 collegesthroughout India.
It has the following features:
- It has single unit system which has a touch screen.
- It has a keyboard which is in-built.
- It consists of 2 GB RAM memory.
- It comprises of wifi connectivity and USB port.
- It is operated by a 2 watt system so that it can even perform in areas where power supply is low.
- The laptop uses Linux system.
This project was a result of discussions on this project with a group of experts at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras and IIT Bombay by the human resource development ministry. The human resource development ministry would send out these laptops. This product is expected to bring bright prospect for learners.
Initially, when the low priced laptop were being planned to introduce, the officials ruled out that its price would be around Rs.500. But, now it would be almost three times the price that was estimated earlier.
The Rs.1500 Laptop has additional features such as:
- Video web conferencing facility,
- Multimedia content viewer for example pdf, jpeg, zip, etc,
- Computing capabilities such as Open Office, SciLab and
- Internet browsing with flash plug-in, JavaScript.
Though, it is priced low, there may be some drawbacks such as the gadget may not be larger than normal laptop. The other drawback that the laptop has is that it does not have a hard disc. But, even this can be resolved as the add-on memory can be utilized in the laptop. Though, the computer lacks high capacity of memory but a user can take additional memories.
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