Laptop for Home use

[Baker]

1) What is your budget? (INR or USD)
40 to 45k

2) What size & weight consideration (if any) would you prefer?

• Mainstream; 14" - 16" screen

3) What are the primary tasks you will be performing with this notebook?
Social Media,movies , basic office documnetation work, virtual box with ubunutu need to add


5) Any typical configuration in your mind you're eying for ?
nothing

4) Are there any brands that you prefer or any you really don't like?
no preference


6) Anything else you would like to say?
Decent battery back with good display and sound quality and should have good webcam

 

[whitestar_999]

*www.amazon.in/Lenovo-Ideapad-15-6-inch-Windows-81MV009AIN/dp/B07S3WF9SR/
*www.amazon.in/VivoBook-X512DA-EJ449T-15-6-inch-Integrated-Transparent/dp/B07RY1GHTD/
Read the reviews for 1st model,no reviews yet for 2nd model.I always suggest to personally check laptop models in showrooms even if buying online later as screen/audio/design is subjective so cannot rely solely on experience of others.

 

[omega44-xt]

Almost all laptops have a shit camera, even budget phones have a much better camera.

Acer Swift 3 Ryzen 5 Quad Core - (8 GB/1 TB HDD/Windows 10 Home) SF315-41 Laptop Rs.51295 Price in India - Buy Acer Swift 3 Ryzen 5 Quad Core - (8 GB/1 TB HDD/Windows 10 Home) SF315-41 Laptop Steel Grey Online - Acer : Flipkart.com

It has an M.2 slot, add an SSD & clone OS to it. A 240GB SSD starts at 2.6k. Its more than enough for you. By paying more, you don't necessarily get anything much better. This one already has an IPS screen with ~4-5hr battery life.

If you really need a good webcam & speakers, buy external ones.

 

[Baker]

thanks a lot for the suggestions.

How about this one..?

*www.amazon.in/HP-15-6-inch-Windows...f8f303818697c9954b68e198fc2620&language=en_IN

 

[Baker]

BTW , is there any sale coming up in amazon or flipkar to wait for..?

 

[whitestar_999]

Almost all laptops have a shit camera, even budget phones have a much better camera.

Acer Swift 3 Ryzen 5 Quad Core - (8 GB/1 TB HDD/Windows 10 Home) SF315-41 Laptop Rs.51295 Price in India - Buy Acer Swift 3 Ryzen 5 Quad Core - (8 GB/1 TB HDD/Windows 10 Home) SF315-41 Laptop Steel Grey Online - Acer : Flipkart.com

It has an M.2 slot, add an SSD & clone OS to it. A 240GB SSD starts at 2.6k. Its more than enough for you. By paying more, you don't necessarily get anything much better. This one already has an IPS screen with ~4-5hr battery life.

If you really need a good webcam & speakers, buy external ones.

One annoying issue with Acer is that they are very strict about warranty policy & don't allow any modifications outside of their authorized service centres by putting "warranty void if removed/torn" stickers everywhere(outside as well as inside the laptop) so it is basically impossible to do anything(even adding ram let alone adding m2 ssd) without voiding warranty unless done at their service centre.

thanks a lot for the suggestions.

How about this one..?

*www.amazon.in/HP-15-6-inch-Windows...f8f303818697c9954b68e198fc2620&language=en_IN

Lenovo laptop I suggested is giving you 256gb ssd(see above to understand how pre-installed ssd saves the hassle,even for other brands it is better to it at their own service centres) & Office home & student 2019.No point in saving 4k to get a laptop with hdd(you will regret using win 10 on hdd sooner or later). There is a similar model from HP( *www.amazon.in/dp/B07LGHH19D/ref=twister_B07VDJ7FS1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1 ) at same price as lenovo which has ssd & MS Office(but seller replies are not clear,sometimes say it has sometimes say it doesn't in Amazon Q&A). As for asus model I suggested,it seems lightest & will become even lighter once you replace hdd with ssd(yes the hassle is there to get it done at their service centre) plus you can get extra 2 years warranty(besides the standard 1 year warranty so total 3 years) for just 999 which is a very good option.

 

[whitestar_999]

BTW , is there any sale coming up in amazon or flipkar to wait for..?

There is a sale around 15th Aug & if you can wait ~2 months then biggest sales of the year are flipkart big billion & amazon great shopping festival in Oct which will have the cheapest prices for almost any electronics product.

 

[Baker]

One annoying issue with Acer is that they are very strict about warranty policy & don't allow any modifications outside of their authorized service centres by putting "warranty void if removed/torn" stickers everywhere(outside as well as inside the laptop) so it is basically impossible to do anything(even adding ram let alone adding m2 ssd) without voiding warranty unless done at their service centre.


Lenovo laptop I suggested is giving you 256gb ssd(see above to understand how pre-installed ssd saves the hassle,even for other brands it is better to it at their own service centres) & Office home & student 2019.No point in saving 4k to get a laptop with hdd(you will regret using win 10 on hdd sooner or later). There is a similar model from HP( *www.amazon.in/dp/B07LGHH19D/ref=twister_B07VDJ7FS1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1 ) at same price as lenovo which has ssd & MS Office(but seller replies are not clear,sometimes say it has sometimes say it doesn't in Amazon Q&A). As for asus model I suggested,it seems lightest & will become even lighter once you replace hdd with ssd(yes the hassle is there to get it done at their service centre) plus you can get extra 2 years warranty(besides the standard 1 year warranty so total 3 years) for just 999 which is a very good option.

Thanks , so how do we manage extra data , with external HardDisc..?

 

[whitestar_999]

Above laptops also have the usual hdd slot in which a hdd can be installed(again same hassle but should be less than installing ssd).In fact the lenovo laptop was offered with both ssd & 1tb hdd during recent amazon prime day sale.