My Home, My PC Program

This Thursday, the Malaysian Indian Technology and Innovation Bureau or MITIB, will launch a program to increase Personal Computer (PC) ownership among Indian families in particular, and Malaysians at large. MITIB, a non-governmental organization initiated by the MIC, in collaboration with Hewlett Packard (HP), will launch this social responsibility program in conjunction with the Deepavali carnival in KL Sentral. Once launched, PCs from as low as RM999 will be available for sale, with 12 months interest-free installments even.

Putera MIC has worked with MITIB closely since the conception of this 'My Home, My PC' program. We feel that encouraging home PC ownership, especially among middle and lower class Indian families, will allow them to get a stronghold in the information technology arena. We sincerely hope Indians will make use of this opportunity. I congratulate MITIB on this remarkable program.

Here's a snapshot from their website. 

Date: Thursday, Oct 16 '08 onwards, (road-shows to other states will be announced soon)

Time: 8.00pm onwards

Venue:  KL Sentral Arena (Next to Le Meridien Hotel, Opposite Brickfields)

 

HP Desktop PC Offer:

 

Processor	AMD LE1250	Intel Pentium Dual
Memory	512 MB	1 GB
Hard Drive	80 GB HDD	160 GB HDD
Optical Drive	DVD ROM	Super Multi Drive+Lightscribe SATA
Operating System (OS)	Microsoft Vista Starter	Microsoft Vista Basic
Display	17” CRT Monitor with Speaker	17” CRT Monitor with Speaker
Price (RM)	999.00	1,199.00
Option to upgrade to 15” TFT Display, please add (RM)	150.00	150.00

 Note: Microsoft vista Starter provides language option i.e. Tamil, Chinese & English to end user

 

Special purchase programme will also be introduced shortly to further enhance My PC, My Home initiative where PC purchasers will be able to attain financing from selected banks and through credits cards for a 12 months interest free installment payment, as well as being able to purchase via EPF.