laptop suggestion

[iMav]

i want to know which brand or model should i go for:

my budget: 55k

my requirements:

1. vista home premium
2. 1gb or more ram
3. integrated webcam
4. preferably a dedicated graphics card

hp, sony or dell???

i have seen some of their models and all seem to be similar in features and performance so m a little confused ....

 

[Pathik]

Dell 1520...
c2d t5250 1.5ghz
2 gb ddr2 667 ram
120gb hdd
nvidia 8600 m gt 256mb gddr3
vista home premium..

 

[iMav]

^^ its under 55k ???

 

[gxsaurav]

Dell 1520 is best bet for you. It comes with Vista home premium but I don't think u will get 2 GB within 55k. Have a look at Dell 1420 instead

 

[iMav]

just out of curiosity why not hp or compaq or sony

 

[Pathik]

cos sony vaio lappys will be too costly...
and a similar hp lappy ll cost u more than 60k..
check out the hp v6516 if u want...
but the dell 1520 is the best..

mav see this
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=64496

 

[iMav]

dell too is going out of budget

and 1 more question will i be getting a vista setup cd along with any notebook that has the version pre-loaded

that same config is now 60k

 

[gxsaurav]

dell too is going out of budget

and 1 more question will i be getting a vista setup cd along with any notebook that has the version pre-loaded

You will need to ask for the DVD

 

[Pathik]

yup u get the setup dvd and a language pack cd..

 

[Ankur Gupta]

I wud say HP DV6516TX is within your budget and has kick-ass config too...

 

[mandar5]

even acer is not bad i think.

 

[iMav]

@ankur its priced at 59k without taxes

@mandar i hate hrithik i ahvent searched for acer and for some reason not feeling like buying acer

 

[Ankur Gupta]

@iMav
Well the prices of laptops vary a lot...
In delhi it costs 55k inclusive of all taxes...

 

[iMav]

@gx and pathiks the guy says that whatever comes as apackage comes from the company if its there its there if not no ... pakka atta hai ki nahi

 

[infra_red_dude]

^^^, dell 1420 you definitely get the setup dvd plus the hindi lingo pack in a sealed packet wid the lappy.

 

[gxsaurav]

@gx and pathiks the guy says that whatever comes as apackage comes from the company if its there its there if not no ... pakka atta hai ki nahi

As far as my friend working in Windows Vista tech support in converges say, Dell doesn't provide any installation DVD by default, they only provide a recovery DVD or Recovery partition.

However you can ask them for a OEM DVD, & they will ship. Maybe for some extra charge.

iMav, a simple workaround which many of my friends did in Bangalore & gurgaon. They bought there computer with Vista home premium installed with all the 3rd party softwares etc. They simply extracted the serial from the OS & noted it down. After that they clean installed from a Vista DVD selecting to use the 30 day trial. After vista booted fine, they entered the serial which was assigned to the computer & activated over the net.

Rigved was not able to do this on his HP Laptop after clean installin & using the serial key given with the laptop. So he called on Phone support, registered, & activated on Phone

 

[iMav]

why is MS pushing people to go towards piracy

 

[Kiran.dks]

I would recommend HP and Dell.

 

[gxsaurav]

why is MS pushing people to go towards piracy

Its not piracy, you can simply go to Windows Market place & download the Vista ISO. After that you can either run it for 30 days or buy a key to make it full version.

 

[iMav]

arre but i already purchased a lappy that is charging me for that OS ... hen y again i need to find or buy the key .... some1 like me will run a patch and use the ulti version rather thancalling a customer care (who we all know is a headache) or buying another serial after purchasing a 60k lappy