Chennai: HCL Infosystems, India’s premier Hardware, Services and ICT System Integration Company, today unveiled its new range of laptops and desktops. The laptop series – HCL ME 1014 and HCL ME 1015 and desktop series – HCL Infiniti M A365 Pro are packed with unique features embedded with latest technologies. The newly launched HCL laptop and desktop series are amongst the first dual-core computers in India powered by the new latest 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ family of processors. The products are also available on quad-core platform.

The newly launched HCL computing devices ensure better customer experience with enhanced computer performance and better energy efficiency. This a breakthrough for providing robust media processing, more computing muscle for higher workloads, and a smoother multi-tasking experience without compromising on the style factor. It supports faster encoding & decoding of different media formats, along with smooth HD playback with high visual quality and colour fidelity enhancements. With enhanced power efficiencies, higher standard ratings, visually better experience, faster conversions and data transfers, the new HCL desktops and laptops promise an enthralling experience for customers, and the computing performance can match the expectation of avid gamers and tech-savvy users with contemporary styling. Moreover, the new HCL computing devices are best suited for Indian conditions and the new laptop category enjoys the lowest thermal envelop for long hours of comfortable consumer usage.

Speaking on the launch Mr. Rothin Bhattacharyya, Executive Vice President, HCL Infosystems said, “HCL Infosystems has a strong heritage in computing business and always pioneered the latest technology for the Indian consumers. We have always believed in the power of emerging technology and therefore, we have associated our products category with 2^nd generation Intel® Core™ processor, providing a better experience to our customers. Our new range of computing devices are designed to suit Indian conditions, building upon months of R&D and engineering efforts”

“HCL Infosystems and Intel has a long-standing relationship and it gives us immense satisfaction in congratulating them on the launch of their new systems based on the latest 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ processor family. We commend HCL’s contribution in introducing pioneering and smart technologies in the country and we are confident that the new HCL devices, powered by the new  2^nd Generation Intel Corei3 and Intel Corei5 processor will deliver a visibly smart computing experience to users.” said R. Ravichandran, Director of Sales, Intel South Asia.

The new devices from HCL are empowered with powerful configuration along with excellent features like Multi-touch Gesture Touchpad for laptops, HCL Desktop Management Software (HDMS) for desktops, one touch in-built customer service button with HCL Touch, in-built data recovery button with EC2 etc. will ensure a better and more-enhanced experience to the users.

The products are available and can also be avail by sending sms to 56161- “HCL Desktop” for desktop series and “ME” for laptop series.

The new HCL Series are loaded with innovative features such as:

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• HCL Touch – One touch button for customer service
• EC2 – Data recovery in less than 60 seconds

Laptops

• SPLIT ME – Automatically splits heavy files for easy mailing
• LOCK ME – secures external ports from unauthorized usage
• Secure ME – prevents other users from accessing particular software
• Erase ME – Disallows  retrievals of erased sensitive files
• Encrypt ME – prevents tampering of data when it is in transit

Desktops – HCL Desktop Management Software (HDMS)

• Folder & File Lock Security: A software lock that will LOCK User specific files & folders.
• HCL Device Lock: To prevent theft of data, USB ports can be enabled /disabled and also denies access to Floppy Drives, Optical Disk Drives and Hard Disk, Logical Drives.
• HCL Application Lock: To prevent unwanted usage, Internet & other Applications can be blocked.
• Asset Management: Helps in monitoring the health of desktop and alerts to the IT administrator through e-mail and pop-ups.