Intellisys’ E-PC to cost Rs 10,000

Vinita Suvarna-Bhatia

 MUMBAI: Intellisys plans to bring out entry-level PCs costing just Rs
10,000. The company's managing director Ameet Arurkar said "We are
launching a PC for Rs 15,000 in the next six months and a PC for Rs 10,000
within a year."

These PCs will be more like an embedded system information appliance where
everything will reside inside the monitors. The only external components will be
a keyboard and a modem (optional). According to Ameet the machines will be
imported from China and will be branded as "E-PC".

In addition to this, Intellisys will also save on the OS cost by using Linux
as a standard OS for these machines. "We are using a non-proprietary OS
like Linux, because the other OS push the prices of the machines by over Rs
4000," Ameet adds. Intellisys is currently working on Aryabhatt Linux to
make it more scalable and user friendly for the Indian masses.

Intellisys is already selling AMD-based PCs in the price range of Rs 19,000
to Rs 24,500. This is besides its PC exchange offer where customers can exchange
their old PCs for new.

Intellisys's AMD-based machines are called Amdell and has different models
for different customer segments - EconoPC, ValuePC, Powerhouse PC and MonsterPC.
Amit adds that plans are afoot to go public in the next two years.