Help in deciding laptop in 40k

[kbar1]

Asus K Series K53SV-SX520D Laptop: Flipkart.com: Compare, Review Asus Notebook
Try finding this one from local dealers.

Yeah, its available all right, but the dealer says service can't be assured. I don't live in the city where ASUS has the regional service center. Could become a long and messy affair like my Lenovo Y560...

I'm considering the X53TA only because of its price tag (and GPU)...

This might be worth noting: thinkdigit.com/forum

plug the laptop to main and use it. you'll have a dead battery before warranty runs out

True... My cousin's Compaq was being run from the wall charger always. Its backup was 10mins. Then replaced the battery. Now giving at least 2hrs.

 

[pranav0091]

Maybe a diff kind of battery??

Li-ion batteries degrade a lot in 2 years. Check wikipedia/google for info.

Yeah, I know. But this is Li-ion. Nothing fancy.

plug the laptop to main and use it. you'll have a dead battery before warranty runs out. charge, disconnect, use and one can have battery that will work for 3yrs. BTW not all batteries are same. and a lot depends on the way battery are charged.

Actually, this guy does the exact opposite. Always plugged in. And atmost couple of hours of battery-time roughly once a month. The manner of his usage goes against everything I have heard as being good for batteries.

Think we should end this discussion here. I'm taking this thread offtopic

 

[dashing.sujay]

plug the laptop to main and use it. you'll have a dead battery before warranty runs out. charge, disconnect, use and one can have battery that will work for 3yrs. BTW not all batteries are same. and a lot depends on the way battery are charged.

I also believed same thing. But I have watched for many days and noticed that when I run my laptop fully while charging, its wear doesn't increases, but when I run it the other way, charging, plug out, then using, battery wear increases a lot faster. I monitor battery wear via battery bar and HWmonitor.

 

[kbar1]

^^ Keeping the laptop plugged in damages the battery in the long run. Its hard to detect in a few days.

Found (yet) another candidate: Acer 5750G: 35k: Core i3, 3GB, 500GB, 1GB NVIDIA GT540: [flipkart.com].

The differences between this and the 5755G seem to be the USB 3.0 port (5755G has it) and 1GB RAM difference (not a problem: can add 4GB for 1.4k ).

But I think its a older model (much like the HP DV4-3016TX).
Going tomorrow to do some talking and maybe buy one...