Hi All,
OK, let me tell you the reason for opting ELCOT laptop, I checked Dell and
Compaq , I found the difference of price was not more than 5K - 6K, but the
warranty period(3 years) and all the open source applications made me go for
ELCOT Laptop.
*I am not going to buy ELCOT Laptop.(NOT AT ALL)
*I called up ELCOT sunday morning, and the person who picked up the phone
guided me for the place,which is in Nandanam, I wanted to see the Laptop
before buying it, which I was sure I will.When I reached there, I met a
ELCOT guy wearing Linux T-Shirt and I was ...Wow these guys are promoting
Opensource, but I was wrong, to my suprise he told me that the office is
closed today,I said I just called up and the person who responded my call,
asked me to come down, he became wild at me and took me to ELCOT office,
which is in second floor and Security guy was sitting in office and he said
that no one called him,I justified my point that I just called them few
minutes back, and he swear that no one called them and they dont work on
sundays.
Check this out -
http://www.elcot.in/StudentLaptop2008/laptopTermsAndCondition.php?mode=SQ==
Inspection would be facilitated on Saturday and Sunday only in Chennai as a
special case. Inspection hours - between 9.30 A.M and 5 P.M.
I Never trust goverment employees, and they proved me that I am RIGHT.
1.What is the gurantee that they will deliver Laptop on time ?
2.What is the gurantee that the purchase order for Student Laptop will be
confirmed ?
They say that - 3 years International warranty for Laptop and 1 year
warranty for battery from the date of installation and handing over of the
Laptop.
I CANNOT TRUST THEM, BECUASE THEY JUST EAT THEIR WORDS.
*Please do not got for it.*
Shed some 4k-to 5k and you can buy the same hardware configuration from Dell
,HP or some other merchant, and I am sure that the service will be to your
satisfaction.
Thanks and Regards,
Towfeeque Aalam.
On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Mohan <kaveraj@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Guys,. did anyone check on this in person.. ?
Patiently waiting for some feedback..
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Mohan <kaveraj@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The registration is finally open..LAN/
http://www.elcot.in/NewStudentLaptop/schemeSpecification.php
Prices are as follows http://www.elcot.in/NewStudentLaptop/price.php
*Option 1: Fully loaded configuration*
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor 1.8 Ghz T5670 processor/ 2 MB Cache / 800 Mhz
FSB/ 15.4" WXGA-TFT screen/ 320 GB-HDD/2GB-RAM/DVD multi
burner/Bluetooth/built in 1.3 MP camera/ Fireware/ 4 USB ports/Gigabyte
forWi-fi/ 6 Cell Li-ion battery/Suse Linux Enterprise Edition 10.1 with one
year subscription/ Internal modem/ 3 year international warranty (except
thebattery - battery carries one year replacement warranty) Carry bag.
* Rs.30,497.00 (4% VAT extra) *
*Option 2: Less hard disk & less memory configuration*
The above spcification with 160 GB - HDD and 1 GB RAM. All the other
features are the same.
* Rs.28,297.00 ( 4% VAT extra)*
Seems like a good deal. But the real questions are ..
1. Who is the manufacturer.. ? Elcot had mentioned in their website that
they are evaluating both Acer and Dell. But it is not clear now who made
cut. The manufacturer's name is mentioned in the config as "Multinationaland
brand commercial grade notebook computer *Model Name: ELCOT"
I am not sure how good is that? The only thing to do is to go in person
evaluate, I guess.elcot
So, if any of u guys see the laptop in person, can u pls comment on the
build/manufacturer ..etc. Some photos would be good too.. i.e if the
people consent.
*
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