The New Nation - Internet Edition

Mahbubur Rahman Khan

Prolog BD, the sister concern of Prolog US, is going to offer attractive laptop of Intel Core2 Duo Processor series at cheaper rate for the students of the country soon in an attempt to ensure each and every student of Bangladesh having own laptop by the year of 2020.

A lot of brilliant Bangladeshi scientists and engineers are working in reputed companies in abroad who think a lot about the country and are always eager to give something back to the nation. A living example of such an attempt is Prolog BD, a new IT venture in Bangladesh.

The main aim of Prolog was to contribute in the academic sector of Bangladesh and help students gain access to the latest available technologies. As a result it came up with a mission- to make sure that each and every student of Bangladesh owns a laptop by the year 2020- named "Vision- 2020".

As a part of the vision the engineers of Prolog decided to manufacture Prolog Laptop- targeting the students of Bangladesh. Initially, Prolog US engineers came up with the design that is tailored to meet the need of a student. They manufactured three laptops- Afford Top, Standard and Performance.

Afford Top is made up by exclusively with the combination of Intel Celeron Duo 1.73GHz microprocessors and Mobile Intel 965GM motherboard. Prolog named it Afford Top which also consists of 1 GB DDR 2, 667MHz RAM, 80 GB SATA Hard Disc, Optical DVD R/W Drive, 14.1" WXGA LCD Display, 56K Dial Up Modem, 10/100 MB ONBOARD Ethernet, 10/100 MB ONBOARD Wireless, 1.3 Mega Pixels Webcam, 6 Cells intelligent Li Battery, On Board Sound System, Built-in microphone, Sound Volume control by keyboard hot keys 3xUSB 2.0, 1xRJ 45,4 in 1 Card Reader, 1×Express card Type 34/54mm, 1xMic-in, 1xHeadphone-out/SPDIF, 1xDC in, 2×SO-DIMM DDR2, 1xS-video and 1×IEEE 1394 port.

Prolog US engineers have designed two other laptops-Standard and Performance- using the Intel Core Duo 1.83GHz processor with 2 GB DDR 2, 667MHz RAM, 120 GB SATA Hard Disc and the Intel Core2Duo 1.83 GHz processor with 160 GB SATA Hard Disc respectively for corporate executives and of course the students who can afford to pay more than their requirement. The motherboards and other hardware parts and ports of the Standard and Performance are remained same as Afford Top.

The biggest catch of Prolog branded laptops lies in its hardware compatibility. Most of the hardware inside a Prolog laptop is of from Intel, which ensures optimum compatibility among the hardware components.

They import other parts from the US to Hong Kong and have the Hong Kong Prolog team assemble the laptops. As mentioned before, keeping student's needs in mind Prolog decided to introduce the Intel Celeron Duo processor for the first time and exclusively in Bangladesh. This processor makes a perfect balance between a student's requirement and affordability. Officials of Prolog informed that the price of the laptops would be cheaper than that of any other companies of Bangladesh.

Dr. Shaestagir Chowdhury, former lecturer of BUET who is now working at Intel Corporation, said that with the advent of new wireless technologies like WiMax, every student would have Internet access once they have a laptop with them. They can even access their university servers from their home and obtain all the academic materials while at home.

At the same time a laptop integrated with WiMax technology would provide a tremendous boost to the yet untapped potential of distance learning he added. Referring to the most of the reputed universities in India and all in the where purchasing a laptop before admission is mandatory for a student Chowdhury mentioned that students of Bangladesh should have access to laptops for academic purposes; and the only hindrance for them is the high price and the quality of laptops, which Prolog intends to shatter.