14" laptop needed, confused over brands.
Ishu Gupta
Manchester United
Budget? Uses?
red dragon
Master troll
If you are not into gaming,look into Dell vostros too.
As for brands,
Dell is a much much better brand than HP,Toshiba is decent too.
As for brands,
Dell is a much much better brand than HP,Toshiba is decent too.
biswarup
ComputationalArcheologist
You should first check out the websites of well known brands like Dell, HP, Toshiba, Samsung and see if they have service centres and authorised dealers near your locality. There is little difference among well known brands and GENERALLY the rule is- spend more to get more. For laptops, service, warranty, etc are important. Personally I've used Dell, HP and Toshiba laptops and they are all very good, but only Dell and HP offers very good service in my locality.
xtremevicky
Manc
Dell is a better brand in these 3 .
Ishu Gupta
Manchester United
Not discontinuing. They are spinning off. Spin out - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaDell is the best option mate. Don't go for HP, they are discontinuing their PC products.
Dell 14R
They might sell it to someone else. Samsung is interested apparently.
OP
ajai5777
Youngling
Actually its for a friend.When she asked about it, the first option came to my mind was Dell.I found the extra features of toshiba L740 are better than dell and hp pavilion g4 but in looks and design I liked pavilion g4.I showed the pictures of these to her and she told she liked dell.So I think its going to be a Dell Inspiron 14R having core i5 2410M, 4gb ddr3 500gb hdd, Intel hd 3000.Price comes around 40k.Her budget was upto 50k but I told her no need to spend that much.Actually a core i3 2310M, 4gb ddr3, 500gb hdd, intel hd 3000 is enough for her but she told me its okay for her to spend 40k thats why selected the i5 2410M.
Ishu Gupta
Manchester United
WTH? 40k for an onboard?
Flipkart.com: Asus K Series K53SC-SX054D: Computer for 35k has a 520M.
Flipkart.com: HP Pavilion DV6 Series Dv4 - 3016tx: Computer has a 6750M @ 42k
Flipkart.com: Asus K Series K53SC-SX054D: Computer for 35k has a 520M.
Flipkart.com: HP Pavilion DV6 Series Dv4 - 3016tx: Computer has a 6750M @ 42k
The new company should handle it.
xtremevicky
Manc
The girl is gonna play Crysis ?
Ishu Gupta
Manchester United
GPU's are solely for gaming? Heard of Hardware Acc? Firefox uses that.
TBH she can get away with a C50. She doesn't even need a sandybridge.
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And that's not all. ASUS is actually cheaper than that dell even though it has a dGPU.
OP
ajai5777
Youngling
I didnt look for good GPUs as 'she' wont game.But I thought a good processor is needed to get the performance of a desktop.I dont know which level of processing power is needed for an IT professional (she's going to join TCS after engg). I thought a core i3 2310M should be minimum for good performance.
xtremevicky
Manc
I think dell inspiron 14R is gonna take care of all the needs . Fast CPU , more Ram , and looks are what they care about . And once you join an IT company your laptop is just used for Entertainment !
arsenalfan001
Arsenal Fan
+1.
processing power? She is going to listen to music, chat with friends and watch movies.
During training she may try to practice some programming(Oracle sql and core Java maybe). After that? naah
.Better to get something that will be low on maintenance, Dell. They offer onsite warranty also. So no need to worry about carrying it to service center. Go for inspiron and add to standard warranty.
aniket.cain
Padawan
Or better, get a Dell Vostro. I think the Support is better for the Vostro series. A lady friend of mine (who is also in IT industry) burnt her motherboard 2 days before a presentation. And it was replaced in 1 day. Pretty impressive.
xtremevicky
Manc
I did not suggest vostro because he already listed Inspiron as her choice and Inspiron comes with designs which are more appealing then AMD cards !
red dragon
Master troll
Absolutely,the support for Vostro and Latitude is simply awesome!