I am sure you and I would agree that if a well known company that makes something exclusive for India, it will make a news. However, so far some of these stuff for PC Tech have made a different impression over the years. We had ‘India Specific’ memory kit which would make people over here in India wonder if the company takes the Indian End User, gamer and Power User market seriously. Then there was a time when we had ‘Power Saving’ power supplies bragging session for a very brief moment from at least 2 Tier 1 manufacturers, out of which one of them was reviewed by one of the guys in one of the Indian Tech forum with ridiculous, wrong and extremely misleading testing method.
And there was a time when we had an Indian Sci-fi/ horrible-excuse-for-a-movie themed Graphic Cards, which was nothing more than a stock reference 560Ti card from 2 GPU manufacturing brands with the leading star’s face stuck on the fan and the movie/character themed cardboard box. There was one more difference- an additional price of Rs. 4,000/- over the retail street price when compared to the non-sci Fi stock version reference GPU. At one point, these non-Sci Fi themed cards were not available, so people ended buying it.
The list goes on, but we give a lot of importance to brand power, label and its presence. Not that I am saying its a bad thing, but it becomes very dangerous when one overlooks the Performance: Price: Power Consumption ratio, depending on the usage, budget, requirement, etc. At the end of the day, the piece of technology that you’re buying is a tool to make your life easier and its obvious you want to get something good for your money
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