HP India will retail Windows 7-preloaded PCs between Rs 27,990 and Rs 90,000, Country Category Manager Consumer Desktops, Personal Computers, Ketan Patel said. While, preloaded Windows 7 notebooks will be priced at Rs 39,990 onwards, HP India Consumer Notebooks Category Manager Diptesh Ghosh said.

Acer PCs with Windows 7 OS will be priced between Rs 15,000 and Rs 35,000, while the notebooks will be priced at Rs 21,000-Rs 70,000, confirmed Acer Chief Sales Officer Harish Kohli.

HCL Infosystems’ Executive Vice President George Paul informed that HCL will priced it between Rs 16,000 and Rs 55,000, whereas the notebooks would cost Rs 22,000-Rs 80,000.

Lenovo’s offering

Likewise, Lenovo announced that it is now offering a broad portfolio of Think and Idea-branded PCs running the new Windows 7 operating system.

Lenovo said it is introducing two new ThinkPad laptops geared for the way small to medium businesses (SMB) work. The ThinkPad SL410, priced Rs 44,000 and SL510 priced Rs 42,500 will be available in India beginning November 2009.

Lenovo has certified many of its Windows 7 PCs under the Lenovo Enhanced Experience program. This certification ensures the PCs provide powerful performance, rich multimedia and flexible ease of use.