he desktop PC in India has competiton. Svelte and power-packed notebooks - the ultimate symbol of corporate vanity - are beginning to be perceived as productivity tools. The result: booming sales. Consider the vital stats. In 2004, about 1.9 lakh units of laptops were sold in India, representing a 126 per cent growth over the previous year. During the July-September quarter of 2004, 56,000 laptops were sold - 4,000 units more than the numbers sold in all of 2002.

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