Wipro launches ultrabooks

BANGALORE: Wipro Infotech, the India, Middle East and Africa IT Business unit of Wipro Ltd today launched a series of ultra-portable notebooks, which includes the country's slimmest and first 14-inch ultrabook called the Aero Ultra.

The range comprises of Aero Alpha, Aero Book and Aero Ultra.

Aero Ultra comes with about 19.3mm thickness, making it the slimmest notebook available in India. It weighs about 1.7 kg and comes with a 4GB memory and 500 GB hard disk. The e.go Aero range is priced between Rs 39,000 and Rs 49,000.

Ashok Tripathy, VP and Business Head, Wipro Systems and Technologies said the initial adoption of the product is expected to be at the enterprise level. "Wipro has understood that there is a need for light-weight, powerful yet affordable laptops in India. E.go primarily targets the progressive Indian on the move," he said.

According to research firm Gartner, the Indian PC market had declined 6.5 per cent in the final quarter of 2011.The combined desk-based and mobile PC market in India totaled close to 2.5 million units.