The biggest computer manufacturer Dell India is planning to put more thrust on the laptop segment. They are expecting to achieve a higher growth rate of $137 billion by this year. In a press conference, Rajan Anandan VP and GM Dell India told that they have recently started manufacturing laptops in their Sriperumbudur plant by doubling the capacity.

 
Dell is targeting small and medium business segments along with government and education bodies for their D500 laptop model. They have priced it upwards of Rs.24,500/-, which totally depends on the configuration of laptop. The model is designed with a focus on Indian and Chinese markets. D500 offers the choice of pre-loaded Windows XP Home edition or Ubuntu Linux full application suite.

 
Dell expects that, by the year 2009 number of laptops sold will overtake the sales of desktops.