Self healing notebooks from HCL at 27,990

The computer has gone into a self healing mode, thanks to HCL Infosystems.

3 May, 2007

A technology website has reported HCL has unveiled a new range of notebook computers that incorporates Embedded Continuity and Control (EC2) technology. The new self healing computers boast of being able to recover all data in less than a minute.

The report said that the new laptops from the HCL Non-stop Series range has EC2 technology designed to protect the system from unwanted and sudden changes in system configuration, operating system, software settings, parameter settings, etc that result from viruses, user errors, and system crashes. The laptops have the ability to automatically store data in a back-up space in the machine, and update their own working states at regular intervals, it added.

Priced at Rs 27,990, the laptops will store a complete record of all data, including software and user data. And in case a system crash, malfunction, or accidental loss of data occurs, it would be possible to reload the previously recorded image, and get the computer working with no negative impact whatsoever.

Meanwhile the company has on its showroom racks notebooks and desktop PCs pre-loaded with Microsoft's latest operating system Windows Vista. With this HCL has said it has kept its promise with the Indian customers who have come to expect the latest in computing technology from their trusted computer manufacturer. The 29 HCL retail outlets across India have on their shelves the Vista-powered PCs and notebooks.

The company had also offered a free upgrade to Windows Vista to its customers who have bought PCs marked Windows Vista capable or Windows Vista ready between October 26, 2006 and March 15, 2007, it added.