Chapest and small things are in demand, now a days, specially in India … first cheapest car of the world … Nano … TATA make and now it is HCL make MiLeap X Series. Price around Indian Rupees 14,000 is the cheapest laptop of the world … The X series would have both flash-based and disk-based storage options, with a Linux-based operating system. The most expensive model of the series would be available at Rs 16,990. The high-end Y series (from Rs 29,990-39,990) would have multiple navigational features such as touch screen, thumboard, stylus, keyboard and touch buttons, with Windows Vista (Home) as the operating system.

Both the models have network ports, are Wi-Fi ready, have an option for a data card and are available with GUI-enabled, user friendly Linux operating system. Weighing less than a kilogram, the MiLeap laptops have a 7-inch screen and are equipped with an Intel processor. The company would start shipping the units on January 26 and these would be available at all HCL retail outlets and distribution centres.

Chowdhry said just like Nano, the notebooks in the MiLeap series would create a different segment all together, which will help grow the market further. “This will herald in a new category of computing devices, opening up a wide range of new usage scenarios and application areas,” he said. The notebooks will start shipping from January 26.