Laptop around 25-28k for student

[Ronnie11]

Hi Guys, i am looking for a laptop for around 25-29k which will be used only by students. Their usage won't be heavy as such as they will need it for studying and occasional entertainment. Could you recommend a good one at this price

 

[omega44-xt]

I don't think there are any good laptops for under 30k, major compromises on some front. Just too weak to run Win10, unless you use linux or poor after sales, for sure poor build.

This might be ok:
Amazon.in

Bit more expensive option, better:
*www.amazon.in/Acer-Aspire-Laptop-Dual-Core-Processor/dp/B0B6PTDMQQ

Good hardware but expect poor after sales if something goes wrong:
RedmiBook 15 Core i3 11th Gen - (8 GB/256 GB SSD/Windows 10 Home) Thin and Light Laptop Rs.51999 Price in India - Buy RedmiBook 15 Core i3 11th Gen - (8 GB/256 GB SSD/Windows 10 Home) Thin and Light Laptop Charcoal Gray Online - REDMI : Flipkart.com

Ideally try to get this, but costs a lot more:
*www.amazon.in/HP-Micro-Edge-Keyboard-Graphics-14s-fq1089AU/dp/B09Q3JZ4YX

 

[SaiyanGoku]

Hi Guys, i am looking for a laptop for around 25-29k which will be used only by students. Their usage won't be heavy as such as they will need it for studying and occasional entertainment. Could you recommend a good one at this price

Get a used laptop with 6th Gen (or above) i5 or ryzen 5 3000 (or above) series.

 

[Ronnie11]

Get a used laptop with 6th Gen (or above) i5 or ryzen 5 3000 (or above) series.

Hmm, ok..Any site you recommend or should i look it up on olx etc

 

[Ronnie11]

I don't think there are any good laptops for under 30k, major compromises on some front. Just too weak to run Win10, unless you use linux or poor after sales, for sure poor build.

This might be ok:
Amazon.in

Bit more expensive option, better:
Amazon.in

Good hardware but expect poor after sales if something goes wrong:
RedmiBook 15 Core i3 11th Gen - (8 GB/256 GB SSD/Windows 10 Home) Thin and Light Laptop Rs.51999 Price in India - Buy RedmiBook 15 Core i3 11th Gen - (8 GB/256 GB SSD/Windows 10 Home) Thin and Light Laptop Charcoal Gray Online - REDMI : Flipkart.com

Ideally try to get this, but costs a lot more:
Amazon.in

Thought about the Redmibook and i agree, the after sales is a big hit/miss..Don't want to risk it..Will take a look at the HP option

 

[omega44-xt]

Hmm, ok..Any site you recommend or should i look it up on olx etc

OLX & FB marketplace are a good start. Techenclave forum is another one. But I won't recommend used laptops at all. Budget laptops (laptops upto 50k or so) have poor build quality in general. Hence I won't recommend.

I feel the Acer laptop with R3 3250U is good enough w/o as big of an after sales issues as Redmi.

You might think 50k is a lot of money, which is true for Indians, but $500 is not much for US & EU. Hence these are budget.

 

[Ronnie11]

Thanks @omega44-xt ..Decided to go for the Acer option. Tried looking for it in croma/digital stores but seems to be not available. Might have to pick it up from Amazon.

 

[rockfella]

*www.flipkart.com/lenovo-ideapad-3-...ppn=browse&ssid=fcfk9tamsg0000001668439364587

I would buy this and uninstall all bloatware from windows 11 using revo uninstaller. Makes the system run a lot snappier.