Microsoft Hardware is making big plans to celebrate this season with its channel partners. As part of the celebrations in India , the company has announced a special channel promotion, ‘Dil Chahata Hai', for its reseller network across the country.

Bringing in the festive season through the special promotion, Microsoft Hardware aims at garnering channel support through the ‘Dil Chahata Hai' promotion, which will also reinforce Microsoft hardware's commitment to its partners.

The ‘Dil Chahata Hai' promotion, which started on October 25, 2007 will run till December 25th. Based on the value of the inventory sales achieved by the dealer during the offer period, he will be able to avail of special incentives.

During this period, any partner who raises a minimum invoice of Rs 40,000 will win a Philips Hand Blender, while the one who achieves Rs 75,000 worth invoice value will win a non-stick cooking ware. If a partner sells Microsoft products worth Rs 150,000, he gets to win a Eureka Forbes vacuum cleaner, while partners who manage to sell products worth Rs 250,000 and above win a LG Home theatre. And, that's not all. By crossing the Rs 375,000 mark, a partner gets to win a Eureka Forbes water purifier. Partners who sell Rs 500,000 worth Microsoft Hardware products get to take home a 14 gms Tanishq jewellery voucher. Finally, the one who manages to cross the Rs 700,000 slab stands to win 24 grams Tanishq jewellery voucher.

Says Mohit Anand, Country Manager, Microsoft Entertainment & Devices Divison, "Confident of adding spice to the festive season, Microsoft Hardware has launched this scheme to keep our channel partners motivated and excited at all times while re-inforcing the fact that they truly are part of the Microsoft family. This ‘Dil Chahata Hai' is our special festive gift to our partner family."

The 2007 range of hardware products — keyboards; Web camera and mice — integrate futuristic design, ergonomic comfort and industry-leading performance, guarantying an unparalleled computing experience for end users. The hardware range includes Microsoft's largest line-up ever of wireless peripherals. These essentially include the LifeCams, Wireless Notebook Presenter Mouse, Wireless Notebook Laser Mouse, Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse, Comfort Optical Mouse, Wireless Entertainment Desktop, Wireless Laser Desktop, Natural Ergonomic Desktop, Comfort Curve Keyboard, and Natural Ergonomic Keyboard.