The exodus had started in 2012, but the state lost most of the companies in the past two years, he said.The state government has admitted the loss in consumers but tried to downplay it. "We have so far lost about 200 to 250 industrial units from the consumers’ list due to the high power tariff. As the consumers can now opt for open access electricity, we are apprehensive that it could lead to further loss in industrial consumers," an official from the energy department said, confirming the development. In order to retain the industries with the Mahadiscom, the official said that the government had announced to reduce industrial power tariff in less developed areas of the state such as Vidarbha and Marathwada. However, Mr Hogade said that the latest proposal by the state to hike the power tariff would nullify the subsidy offered to Vidabarbha and Marathwada. The power hike proposal also showed that there is no demand for industrial power. The state had a demand for 25,000 Million Unit (mu) of power in 2010 for industries while in 2016 it fell to 22,000 mu, the official added. Maharashtra has 25 per cent higher tariff than the neighbouring states Karnataka, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. Mr Hogade also expressed fear that the exodus of the industrial units would put burden on the residential and other small consumers, as the state will lose benefits from its industrial consumers. Also, car inverter for sale the residential consumers get subsidy because the power tariff is more for industries, he said.

　　There are still quite a few who favour desktops instead of a laptop.Desktop computers are literally getting invisible. Those who have theirs since a while are either upgrading it with better components or simply scrapping it for a laptop in exchange. Desktop computers were usually found everywhere—they were easy to build, easily configurable according to what you need and cheaper. However, with the fall of laptop prices, desktop computers are now seen only limited to offices. Laptops are getting cheaper, easily portable and occupy a smaller footprint, not forgetting low on power consumption and also have a built-in batter that works as a UPS.However, there are quite a few who favour desktops instead of a laptop. Many prefer to use the physical (speedy) mouse as opposed to the laptop’s (slow and clumsy) touchpad and the full-sized keyboard as compared to the small laptop keys. People who travel a lot are used to working on laptops, but when you get back to a desk, a desktop PC is what anyone would prefer. If you are a gamer, you cannot compete a laptop performance (or a gaming laptop) so easily with that of a desktop PC.With power, price and portability issues, the desktop could see extinction earlier than usual. With all-in-one PCs gaining popularity, the threat to desktop computers is seen on the horizon. All-in-one PCs are far cheaper, but again, they are more of a laptop in camouflage. They too are bulky, non-portable and do not have a backup battery. But again, all-in-ones are preferred for their large displays and physical input devices, which a laptop cannot.

　　So here come compact desktop computers which can help replace the conventional PC cabinet that you see occupying the space above or below the table. Compact PCs are easier to deploy, small in footprint and low on power consumption. However, compact PCs are meant for daily computing and not for high-end gaming or graphics. They are simple computers with a mini-ITX motherboard (with CPU), RAM and a hard drive. All you need is to attach your keyboard, mouse and monitor and get on with work. The concept is great for those who have small offices, or work from home and want to save on space and power. These compact PCs are also great for large organisations which need to deploy cheaper computers on a large scale and save on huge amounts of costs in terms of power and storage.This brings in BRIX, from Gigabyte. BRIX is a barebone compact desktop computer that is cheap and easy to deploy. The PC is smaller than a conventional Tiffin box and holds a complete desktop PC within. The BRIX is a barebone compact PC that only ships with a motherboard and a processor and the user or customer has to install his own RAM and hard drive. In this way, he is free to choose the amount of money spent on the desktop. In terms of offices, IT departments can deploy these desktop PCs without storage (or minimum storage) and have their own servers manage the entire network of PCs in the organisation.We received a BRIX GB-BACE-3000 for a hands-on. The device is a simple barebone ultra-compact desktop computer, and is smaller than a conventional wireless router in size, but almost double in height (56.1mm x 107.6mm x 114.4mm).