Choosing Laptop under 25k from US (500$)

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Dear Friends!

My friend is going to return from US to india. He promised me to get one lap for me.

So i m excepting tech members advice regarding which laptop.

I will use the laptop for this purpose.,

  1. Software development on open source

  2. Causal Gamer

  3. Seeing a lot of movies downloaded from internet

looking for your valuable advice.

My budget is 25k in Indian ruppes. ( $500) :slight_smile:

P.S: if i get any props in my laptop, i must looking for service here. i mean service center in india.

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Get a dell Studio15 ~ $550 → ~ 25.3k(@1USD ~ Rs.46). Slightly more than ur budget but u will get a Core i-3 370, 4GB RAM, 500GB 7200RPMHDD. U can transfer the warranty to India too
This is a door buster deal or something. so will end soon. Grab it ASAP :slight_smile:

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This Vostro too seems pretty good for $437 shipped (~20k) :slight_smile: 2.1GHz C2D, 4GB RAM, 320GB HDD.

$179 off Dell Vostro 1015 15.6-inchLaptop - LogicBUY

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The Vostro was selling for 379$ till 2 days back, maybe its the same price now. You missed all the really good deals tho, they were on Black Friday. For warranty purposes, i think even Acer laptops have international warranty

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Acer has ITW but the owner of the laptop should not have permanent residence in the country if he is claiming global warranty. (ie., if lappy brought in US and u claim warranty in India then the buyer should not have a residence in India, which may not be the case here as OP’s friend may be a Indian citizen. So we cant claim it. Someone correct me if i am wrong.)

Also i think OP is gonna miss Cyber monday deals too :face_with_tongue: Time is running out.

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I have no idea about that, if that is true yea it could be a problem.

Yea and all the good Cyber Monday deals will be sold out by now anyway :face_with_tongue:

Edit: Two deals i saw, OfficeMax: ASUS K50 I 15.6" Intel T4500 2.3GHz, 320GB HD, 4GB RAM, HDMI: $399.99 - http://www.officemax.com/catalog/sku.jsp?skuId=22399021

Dell Inspiron 15.6" Laptop With CULV 1.3 Ghz Dual-core 3GB Memory 320GB HDD HDMI for $379.99+tax, free shipping to store at Best Buy - http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Dell+-+Inspiron+Laptop+/+Intel%26%23174%3B+Pentium%26%23174%3B+Processor+/+15.6"+Display+/+3GB+Memory+/+320GB+Hard+Drive+-+3D+Black/1517066.p?id=1218266244282&skuId=1517066&st=1517066&cp=1&lp=1

Grab them fast, they wont last long

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Thanks all,

He gonna order the laptop in dec 1 or 2nd week. Still i can’t get idea abt which one i have to go :frowning:

He asked me to go throu this URL and send me the product info, Laptop Deals, Laptop Coupons, Cheap Laptops

So pls give me good suggestions.

I am very much confused. this is my first laptop :frowning:

If anything happen to the lap, how could i get repair? now i m living in bhubaneswar.