A three-day laptop fair will begin tomorrow at Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in the capital.
Maker Communication will organise the show styled 'Zoom Laptop Fair 2009' where top laptop brands like HP, Compaq, Dell, Fujitsu, Hasee, Gigabyte, Asus, Lenovo, Toshiba, Acer, Great Wall, BenQ and Apple will be available.
Special discounts will be on offer at the fair, which will remain open from 10am to 9pm.
A total of 10 pavilions and 6 stalls will be at the fair. The entry fee will be Tk 20 per person but students up to the regular post-graduate level will enjoy free entry by showing their ID cards.
A part of the money generated from ticket sales will be donated, while the remaining will be used to develop a welfare fund for the ICT journalists of the country, the organisers said.
Mobile phone operator Citycell is the title sponsor of the exposition, while Acer, Asus, Hasee and Toshiba are co-sponsors.
The organisers at a press conference yesterday said laptops are gradually taking over desktop computers in Bangladesh.
With around 5,000 laptop sales taking place every month, the current growth rate of laptop users in the country is around 8 to 10 percent, they said.
Muhammad Khan, strategic planner for Maker Communication, said more than 600 laptops were sold at the last year's fair, the first of its kind in the country.
“Last year's show received an overwhelming response. Hopefully sales will increase this year,” he added.
Khan also said students and young professionals are the main target groups of the fair.
Fashion show, puppet show, raffle draw and quiz competition will be held on the sidelines of the fair, Khan said.
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