1) What is your budget? INR 45-55k (+/- 2k)
2) What size & weight consideration (if any) would you prefer?
15.6" screen, <3Kg (I need to walk a lot with the laptop, so I would prefer a lightweight one)
3) What are the primary tasks you will be performing with this notebook?
Gaming, Coding, Running VM's (Heavy Usage generally)
5) Any typical configuration in your mind you're eying for ?
8GB RAM, 2GB Dedicated Graphics, i5/i7 (4th or 5th)
4) Are there any brands that you prefer or any you really don't like?
a. Like: Dell, HP
b. Dislike: Apple
6) Anything else you would like to say?
Screen resolution - 1080p
Battery back up- Extended (5-7hrs) preferably
Purchase place - Online (eg - flipkart, infibeam) / Local
Backlit keyboard is essential as I'll use my laptop even after my roommates sleep off.
I think Dell Inspiron 5547/5548 is a good choice. It has a backlit keyboard (Yaay), but AMD Radeon HD R7 M265. That's almost like NVidia GeForce 740M, while most laptops in this price range have at least 820M. Also, it has no optical drive(not that I need it much).
What I have observed is that companies like HP are overpricing laptops just because of the backlit keyboard feature. Either I have to pay more for a laptop with good specs, or I have to compromise on either my budget or the requirements.
I'd like this laptop to last me at least a couple of years (I'm in my 3rd year of Engineering right now)
I had HP Pavilion dv6 before this (750 GB HDD, 1.75 GB AMD Radeon, 6GB RAM, 15.6") bought in from the US. It lasted almost 5 years, and is still fast while running Fedora, but terribly slow with Windows. The only problem with it is that it overheats pretty quickly. It gets really really hot after just 5 minutes (of no usage -_-).
Any and all suggestions are Welcome
2) What size & weight consideration (if any) would you prefer?
15.6" screen, <3Kg (I need to walk a lot with the laptop, so I would prefer a lightweight one)
3) What are the primary tasks you will be performing with this notebook?
Gaming, Coding, Running VM's (Heavy Usage generally)
5) Any typical configuration in your mind you're eying for ?
8GB RAM, 2GB Dedicated Graphics, i5/i7 (4th or 5th)
4) Are there any brands that you prefer or any you really don't like?
a. Like: Dell, HP
b. Dislike: Apple
6) Anything else you would like to say?
Screen resolution - 1080p
Battery back up- Extended (5-7hrs) preferably
Purchase place - Online (eg - flipkart, infibeam) / Local
Backlit keyboard is essential as I'll use my laptop even after my roommates sleep off.
I think Dell Inspiron 5547/5548 is a good choice. It has a backlit keyboard (Yaay), but AMD Radeon HD R7 M265. That's almost like NVidia GeForce 740M, while most laptops in this price range have at least 820M. Also, it has no optical drive(not that I need it much).
What I have observed is that companies like HP are overpricing laptops just because of the backlit keyboard feature. Either I have to pay more for a laptop with good specs, or I have to compromise on either my budget or the requirements.
I'd like this laptop to last me at least a couple of years (I'm in my 3rd year of Engineering right now)
I had HP Pavilion dv6 before this (750 GB HDD, 1.75 GB AMD Radeon, 6GB RAM, 15.6") bought in from the US. It lasted almost 5 years, and is still fast while running Fedora, but terribly slow with Windows. The only problem with it is that it overheats pretty quickly. It gets really really hot after just 5 minutes (of no usage -_-).
Any and all suggestions are Welcome
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, get this one. Proper quad core i7 would serve you better for VMs.
