Looks like a tough battle is about to begin with HCL joining the low cost ultra portable laptop market. With Asus Eee slated to reach the Indian market on January29, and ACi ultra-mini somewhere in February,HCL infosystem manged to be the first comer. It would be available in the market from January 26.

 The HCL infosystem would be branding them under the separate Mileap brand.

There are 3 models of MiLeap laptops:
1. MiLeap X – Rs. 13,750/-
2. MiLeap Y – Rs. 29,790/-
3. MiLeap V – Rs. 33,590/-

The Asus Eee definitely looks better.

ACi ultra-mini laptop comes with 40 GB HDD

SPECIFICATION

MiLeap X Ultra Portable Laptop:

Processor     : Intel Celeron M Processor @ 900 MHzOS                    : Linux Operating System

Chipset          : Intel 915GMS Chipset

RAM                : 512MB DDR2

Display          : 7″ (17.7 cm) Wide (800×480) TFT LCD

Storage          : 2 GB Solid State Storage Drive

Moreover it has 2 In-built Speakers, DC-IN, Headphone, Built-in Mic, SD Card Slot, LAN Port,WiFi b/g, 2xUSB ver 2.0 ports. It can operate for around 4 hours in idle condition. Its weight is around 1.44Kg.And it will be available in Indian market in three color choices , cool blue, rich black and hot pink.
Pros

• As it is Ultra Portable,you can carry it to any where. It is very light inn weight and small in size.
• Yes it feels like a Classmate PC but at a much cheaper price.
• Mileap X would be the value for money. Asus Eee would cost Rs 18,000. upwards and ACi would be available at Rs 15,000/-.I know all the three can not be compared to each other but overlooking the storage device of all three Mileap would be the value for money.
• It has the advantage that it is made for India. It is built to be tough and durable in order to meet the mobility demands in extreme Indian conditions.
• You can boot it using an external USB drive,so Windows can be used on it.

Cons

• It does not look so nice like the Asus Eee does. But this is the price you have to pay.
• The storage is very small and here the ACi ultra-mini gets the upper hand. The ACi has 40 GB hard disk,but the Mileap X has around 2 GB Solid State Storage Drive. But don’t confuse this with the ordinary “pen drive” you got,which has a limited read write cycle.

With an external drive and USB you can get over some of its disadvantages.

So if you want a Ultra portable laptop which you can use for normal application and Internet usage,then go for Mileap X. It has got strong reasons to be in your carry bag. At Rs 13,750, Mileap X is the value for money.