laptop buying advice

[Anish9218]

i have tested my friend's HP laptop with A8. tested mainly games on both discrete as well as integrated GPU. Found it to be fine in most task and best of all, you can do a lot of fiddling around if you wish. Just single threaded performance is not good.

And how do you know when offers will be back. christmas

Oh, I just asked the nearest HP centre in Visakhapatnam, they said offers would be back from christmas and the new year week. They usually are during festival time like in dusshera. Shouldve taken 2016tx back when they were giving it with 2 year warranty and 1300 will give one more year warranty. No money back then, and no laptop with offer available now.

 

[123hero]

performance wise Dell 15R is still better. with 2010AX you get more hard drive & dual GPU (again performance will be marginally more). Buy 2010AX if you want to save a good amount of cash. And 2010AX is exclusively available at flipkart only.

i think dell is better at after sales service...hows HP`s after sales......yeah pretty good amt of cash can be saved....approx 9-10 k

 

[daks]

i think dell is better at after sales service...hows HP`s after sales......yeah pretty good amt of cash can be saved....approx 9-10 k

HP is much better than Dell, as i asked a wholesale dealer here, for A.S.S

 

[123hero]

hi guys.....i just came to know about these two lappies with apu processors
1. Acer Aspire V3-551G Laptop (APU
Quad Core A8/ 4GB/ 500GB/ Win7
HB/ 2.5GB Graph)

2. Asus A55DR-SX102D Laptop (APU
Quad Core A8/ 4GB/ 750GB/ DOS/
1GB Graph)

pls compare these two with the hp pavilion g6 2201ax on basis of overall performance and gaming xperience and screen quality .....if possible pls list out each ones pros and cons .
.
thanks

 

[thetechfreak]

Remember that HD 7670(of the A8 processor) is faster than GT630m. You will get better performance with the A8.

 

[coderunknown]

hi guys.....i just came to know about these two lappies with apu processors
1. Acer Aspire V3-551G Laptop (APU
Quad Core A8/ 4GB/ 500GB/ Win7
HB/ 2.5GB Graph)

2. Asus A55DR-SX102D Laptop (APU
Quad Core A8/ 4GB/ 750GB/ DOS/
1GB Graph)

pls compare these two with the hp pavilion g6 2201ax on basis of overall performance and gaming xperience and screen quality .....if possible pls list out each ones pros and cons .
.
thanks

forget all these and go for 2010AX.

 

[123hero]

will the 2.5 gb GB gpu make considerable difference between the Acer and hp pavilion g6 2201ax ....
..i guess 2010ax is available only online and im not much keen on ordering it online

 

[coderunknown]

will the 2.5 gb GB gpu make considerable difference between the Acer and hp pavilion g6 2201ax ....
..i guess 2010ax is available only online and im not much keen on ordering it online

won't. same GPU (actually dual GPU) so no difference in performance.

 

[123hero]

HP Pavilion G6-2016TX Laptop (3rd Gen Ci5/ 4GB/ 500GB/ Win7 HB/ 1GB Graph)
(Sparkling Black)
how is this lappie when pitted against the HP G6 2201 ax......not much difference is spec just with different processor

 

[coderunknown]

have you missed this post1797174?

 

[123hero]

yup......thanks for pointing out..........but my mind is perplexed....should i pay 5-6k more for an i5 3rd Gen....pretty confused right now...but will mostly go for 2010ax....since it does not come with an OS...will HP provide all the necessary drivers or i have to download it from somwhere else ?....

 

[coderunknown]

if you are getting the 3rd gen i5 based laptop from HP for just 5-6k more, definitely go for it. You'll definitely not regret this decision.
No, doesn't ship with anything. You'll have to download the updated display drivers anyway as HP, if they ship will be long outdated.

 

[Anish9218]

@SaM any idea if HP g4-2049tx is being sold in local markets or is it too a flipkart exclusive product?
2049tx- core i5/4GB/500GB/ATI 7670/DOS/14''

 

[coderunknown]

@SaM any idea if HP g4-2049tx is being sold in local markets or is it too a flipkart exclusive product?
2049tx- core i5/4GB/500GB/ATI 7670/DOS/14''

if you can find the same laptop in infibeam/homeshop18 or a few such online portal, then it is not FK exclusive. And it is available at infibeam for 39.4k

 

[123hero]

HP Pavilion G6-2010AX Laptop
(APU Quad Core A8/ 6GB/ 1TB/
DOS/ 1.5GB Graph -----35990

HP Pavilion G6 -2016TX Laptop
(3rd Gen Ci5/ 4GB/ 500GB/
Win7 HB/ 1GB Graph)
(Sparkling Black)
(58 ratings)
Out of Stock
Cashback: Rs. 1200
Rs. 42490

difference is 6500 INR ...
2016 tx seems the better buy

 

[daks]

Go for 2016 TX .. The best deal you got @40k

 

[123hero]

Go for 2016 TX .. The best deal you got @40k

today went to the HP World showroom in my area.( Dombivali..)
i first went and asked for the 2010ax.........he(salesman)..said that the product was not officially launched in india by HP
second asked for 2005 ax..he said the model is not available any more and the 2201 ax is there but he quoted the price as 36490...with some extra goodies like optical mouse..antivirus....original laptop bag with 1 yr replacement warranty ( NO EXTENDED WARRANTY )....
.
asked for the 2016tx.....he said model not available anymore and the 2202tx is the model which has succeeded it with price of 43k something...
quite high in the HP showroom...tomorrow going to check in some other shops ....
wishing myself all the best for tomorrow....i was in a hurry hence could not go the Dell showroom located adjacent to it for asking the price of Inspiron 15R..
i guess the 2201 ax will be available around 33k in Lamington Rd...

 

[Anish9218]

@123Hero Exactly the same thing happened with me. 2201ax is there available for 35k here in Visakhapatnam and 2202tx for 43k exact (flipkart price >45k!) and 2016tx aint available in the HP showroom but available at other local dealers for 42k. I'm kinda thinking of going for 2202tx which comes preinstalled with Windows 8.

@SaM if I in future think of uninstalling Windows 8 and install Windows 7 Ultimate will I get the drivers for it?

 

[123hero]

@123Hero Exactly the same thing happened with me. 2201ax is there available for 35k here in Visakhapatnam and 2202tx for 43k exact (flipkart price >45k!) and 2016tx aint available in the HP showroom but available at other local dealers for 42k. I'm kinda thinking of going for 2202tx which comes preinstalled with Windows 8.

try if you can get the 2201ax for 32-33k then it will be a real bargain.....in my case he said that price is fixed at the first instance......
what about the warranty offered in Vishakhapatanam....

 

[coderunknown]

today went to the HP World showroom in my area.( Dombivali..)
i first went and asked for the 2010ax.........he(salesman)..said that the product was not officially launched in india by HP
second asked for 2005 ax..he said the model is not available any more and the 2201 ax is there but he quoted the price as 36490...with some extra goodies like optical mouse..antivirus....original laptop bag with 1 yr replacement warranty ( NO EXTENDED WARRANTY )....
.
asked for the 2016tx.....he said model not available anymore and the 2202tx is the model which has succeeded it with price of 43k something...
quite high in the HP showroom...tomorrow going to check in some other shops ....
wishing myself all the best for tomorrow....i was in a hurry hence could not go the Dell showroom located adjacent to it for asking the price of Inspiron 15R..
i guess the 2201 ax will be available around 33k in Lamington Rd...

that was very much expected. HP showroom will always 1-2k more for the same laptop compared to other stores and as you can't bargain, visit HP showroom just to get reference price and then walk away. And you better give any Windows 8 laptop a miss. More and more peoples are criticizing Windows 8. Even my friend tried windows 8 and said he is least impressed.

@SaM if I in future think of uninstalling Windows 8 and install Windows 7 Ultimate will I get the drivers for it?

you'll get GPU/chipset driver but anything else (bios, wifi, audio maybe, etc) you'll have to dig yourself. but just in case you missed: HP Won’t Allow Windows 8 Users to Switch Back to Windows 7 and HP Actually Lets Windows 8 Users Downgrade to Windows 7. I hate this kind of yes-no-yes-no scenario where you may get stuck in Windows 8 with no downgrade option available. Better pick laptop with Windows 7 at the first place.