Lenovo or HP

[rider]

^^Even some of the newer generation thinkpads like Thinkpad T530 use plastic
and have good built quality

I've not mentioned plastic is bad, just they are not as good as metals in durability and richness, everyone say this.

 

[aroraanant]

I would recommend OP to buy the new dell inspiron 14R with SB i5, its price is 40k but you can govt or corporate employee discount which is around 5-7%.

 

[red dragon]

Nice thread cleaning job Mod!
It is sujay ain't it?
Plastic can be real good if not better than metal(it is prone to dents)
Fibre is ideal.

 

[Mayank]

hp is the best selling brand also in terms of service and product quality and reliability. lenovo is also good brand but awful service in north india.
As per your requirement it is better to buy an ultrabook by hp envy 6.
HP Envy 6-1003TX . It is best budget ultrabook comes with pre-loaded genuine windows 7, core-i3, 4GB RAM, 2GB 7670M graphics and battery life upto 8 hours.

Thanks for your advice.
btw I donn know much about the advantages of an ultrabook.....
What r its main properties which make it different from others and does I have any use of them as per my requirements.

for his task an i3 is sufficient but an ULV i3 that doesn't even have turbo boost, i seriously doubt he'll be happy with his investment in the long term since he is selling out 45k which is no small amount.



you don't need to spend 45k for those things.
Lenovo ThinkPad Edge Series E420
HP Pavilion G6-2006TX

the first one have an excellent keyboard and display but less ram and limited hard drive space. Second one uses glossy display but have more ram, more HDD & lastly a graphics card that can be used to play latest game easily. But both have around 4hr battery life.

thanks for your valuable advice.
The thinkpad which you have suggested is having very less ram(only 2gb) .... suggest some other thinkpad.
and what r your opinions about
HP Pavilion G6 Series G6-2005AX

I own a Lenovo Z570 ideapad. So far, nothing bad happened, and like you I am a person who uses the laptop to code/design. The only problem I had was with the OEM install, which is pretty much same for all laptops. These laptops have much more build quality compared to the other competitions(except Dell).
And if you are looking at HP, never go for their G series laptops. Trust me, you'll hate them. The Z570 has SRS powered speakers, and music is just great through it.

They are the most sold ones in my state, Kerala. 12 of my college buddies have them. No issues yet. I've completed one year btw.

The config is a factor you should decide, the Z570 is available from i3 SB to i5 IB, HD 3000 to GT 630M, and a price range of 28k to 55k(rough figures)

But the fact is, ideapads are "multimedia laptops", is heavy(literally) for office use. And when you go for office laptops, the sound becomes cheap...

thanks this one is quite valuable advice.
and which r better among thinpads and ideapads.
also wt is the basic diff in them

 

[coderunknown]

thanks for your valuable advice.
The thinkpad which you have suggested is having very less ram(only 2gb) .... suggest some other thinkpad.
and what r your opinions about
HP Pavilion G6 Series G6-2005AX

you can consider 2005AX too and for your need it'll suffice.

And upgrading ram is easy. for 700 bucks you get a 2GB DDR3 stick and for 1200 4GB DDR3. there is one empty slot but the hard drive is way too less in Thinkpad.

and which r better among thinpads and ideapads.
also wt is the basic diff in them

don't confuse between thinkpad and ideapad. thinkpad is rugged business laptop whereas ideapad is just regular laptop.

 

[red dragon]

Thinkpads usually have better build and keyboard but come with integrated gfx.
T and X series come with 3 years warranty by default.

 

[Mayank]

and what about the use of an ULTRABOOK.
looks wise ideapad is cool but thinkpad r ewww....

 

[randomuser111]

^
Ultrabooks are basically thin and light small notebooks with ULV (Ultra Low Voltage) CPU for lower power consumption and thus have better battery life than average laptops.

Usually ultrabooks are 11-13 inch, weigh less than 1.5kg and offer 5 hours + battery life and don't come with too many ports.

Also usually ultrabooks are made of aluminum or some other metal alloy and have good build quality and screen.

So its more for people who want portability and are not going to use it for anything resource intensive like running VM, heavy duty photo and video editing, gaming etc.

 

[hsr]

and what r your opinions about
HP Pavilion G6 Series G6-2005AX

And if you are looking at HP, never go for their G series laptops. Trust me, you'll hate them.

and which r better among thinpads and ideapads.
also wt is the basic diff in them

But the fact is, ideapads are "multimedia laptops", is heavy(literally) for office use. And when you go for office laptops, the sound becomes cheap...

In simple words, Ideapads = Personal/Multimedia laptops
Thinkpads = Business/Office laptops