Punjab Government Laptop Scheme For Students:An Important Step Towards IT Development.

Punjab Government Free Laptops available in Red and Black colours.Laptop Bag is also given to students.

As all of you know that Punjab Government has taken an initiative towards the Development of education structure and quality by giving students free of Cost laptops.This is highly appreciated by the students and their parents.The specifications of the Laptops
given by Punjab Government are as follows.

•     Company: Dell
•     Screen: 14″
•     Processor: Intel Pentium Dual Core B950 HM65 chipset
•     Memory: 2 GB of 3DDR –III
•     Hard Disk: 320 GB with super drive.
•     Targus carrying case
•     Extended warranty of 15 months on parts as well as battery
•     And a free Laptop Bag

While having a look at these specs, this would be Dell Latitude E5420 machine. That up-mentioned specifications, laptops will be pretty reasonable for students to fulfill their academic needs. The published list of minimum specifications for laptops from the bidders. Minimum Specification was as following:

•     Intel Pentium Dual Core B950 (2.10 GHz or higher, 2MB cache)
•     Mother Board: Intel HM65 chipset or higher
•     Memory 2 GB of DDR-III or higher
•     Hard Disk Drive Min 320 GB SATA Hard Drive or Higher
•     Super Drive CD+/-RW and 8X DVD R or higher, compatible with Microsoft Windows 2000/Xp/2003/Vista/7 and Red Hat Linux.
•     Video/Display Card On-board Graphics Controller
•     Sound Card Standard
•     Network Adapter On-Board 10/100/1000 base-T Ethernet card (Microsoft Windows 2000/Xp/Vista/7, 2003, Red Hat Linux Supportive)
•     LCD Display 14-15″ SXGA TFT Active Matrix Display
•     Integrated I/O Interfaces like 2 USB 2.0 Port. 1 RJ45 Jack for Ethernet, External VGA Port, and 4-1 Card Reader and other standard features
•     Wireless LAN Wireless 802.11abg 54 Mbps or higher, Microsoft Windows 2000/Xp/2003, Red Hat Linux Supportive.
•     Web Cam Built in Web cam
•     Batteries & Power Adopter Li-ion Re-chargeable Battery pack with estimated 2 hours battery life or higher
•     PC Card Slots One Type I or II
•     Mouse & Key Board 84/85 keys pad and integrated Touch Pad/Pointing Device
•     Carrying bag Polyester fabric Soft back pack Carrying bag Government Logo, image and Scheme name shall be screen printed on the front pocket as per the designed Logo
•     Mouse (External) 2.0 USB 2-Button Optical Mouse with Scroll
•     Operating System & Antivirus Pre-Loaded Windows 7 Home Edition & Antivirus with media Kit
•     Customized Bios Customized project logo in Bios
•     Standard accessories Power cable with two/ three pin socket and plug, Interface cable, Power adopter and charger, User manual.
•     Warranty (Certificate from the manufacturer) Minimum1 year comprehensive warranty including battery.