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Sahara EK50 Notebook

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PCQ Bureau
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The myth that ultraportable notebooks command a premium is coming to an end,

thanks to players like Sahara. This low cost, ultraportable notebook has all

regular features such as Bluetooth, WiFi, FireWire and a memory card reader but

it's not the sleekest ultraportable around. However, for a notebook that's less

than 50K, you can afford to carry a few extra kilos. Its touch pad buttons

could've been a little better though, as we found them to be quite rigid to

start with.

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Price: Rs 44,999 (1 yr warranty)



Key Specs: Core 2 Duo 1.66GHz, 1 GB RAM, Intel Mobile 965
Express Chipset, Bluetooth, FireWire, Memory Card Reader



Contact: Sahara Computers, Noida


Tel: 180018087235


email: info@saharacomputers.co.in SMS Buy 130191 to 56677


As far as performance goes, you don't expect it to compete with the ones at

the top end of the price bracket, but it competes well with the ones that are

similarly priced. It managed a score of 2782 in PCMark05 which is good for a sub

50K notebook and better than the comparable low cost ultraportable from Zenith,

Presidio which scored 2442. Being a notebook meant for the budget conscious

executive, a lack of a dedicated graphics card is understandable and this is

also the reason for a low score of 389 in 3D Mark06 benchmark test. However, the

amount of battery backup is something a frequent traveler would be more

interested in and at 3 hours, this notebook would surely come in handy.

Bottomline: Ultraportables usually don't come that cheap and so, this is a

worthy contender.

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