‘Zoom Laptop Fair 2010’ draw huge crowd i n Bangladesh

The three-day 'Zoom Laptop Fair 2010' has drawn huge crowd due to the increasing demand of laptops than the conventional personal computers. The fair, organised by Maker Communication, showcased top brands of laptops like Compaq, Dell, Fujitsu, HP, Hasee, Gigabyte, Acer, Asus, Lenovo, Toshiba, BenQ and Apple. On the concluding day of the fair on Friday, visitors especially the teenagers, students and professionals thronged in large numbers at the fair premises at Bangbanabdhu Conference Centre in the capital. Talking to the news agency, business development manager of Maker Communi-cation Md Ashif Sorwar Khan said they are very happy with the overall response received by the fair. 'The sale is good for all the participants and we hope some 5,000-8, 000 visitors today due to the weekend,' he added. The theme of the fair was 'Lit up the technological life'. Maker Communication executive informed that the fair would be able to achieve its sale target of 6,000 laptops this time, as world class brands of laptops were on display. He said although laptops of different price range were on display, the visitors including students and businessmen especially look for laptops and net books ranging between Tk 25,000-Tk 50, 000. After purchasing a Toshiba brand laptop at Tk 45,000 from Smart Techno- logies, Zosy, a student of Maulana Bhashani Science and Technology University, said he was very pleased to select his laptop from a wide variety of collections. He said the price of different brands of laptops is decreasing day by day. 'The fair should be an annual event not only in the capital but also in the divisional cities.' Md Showkat Ali, a senior executive of Thakral Information Systems Pvt Ltd that showcased Lenovo brand laptops, said they are showcasing 12 models ranging from Tk 30,500-Tk 89,500. He said they are also giving a modem or a colour printer on each purchase of laptop against special offer for the fair.