Business Laptop Within 40k

sunny27

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Hi!
I am helping a friend buy a business laptop within 40-45k. I would need some suggestions:

Requirements:-
Excellent build quality
battery life upwards of 4 hours on very heavy usage

Brands Suitable:-
Dell (Vostro/Latitude)
Lenovo (Thinkpad)

Usage:-
Usual Office productivity software-Microsoft office/ accounting software/photo editing-photoshop and some content creation etc. 1080p support should be there. No gaming at all.

Kindly post your suggestions.
 

DarkAngel

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sunny27 said:
Hi!

I am helping a friend buy a business laptop within 40-45k. I would need some suggestions:

Requirements:-

Excellent build quality

battery life upwards of 4 hours on very heavy usage

Brands Suitable:-

Dell (Vostro/Latitude)

Lenovo (Thinkpad)

Usage:-

Usual Office productivity software-Microsoft office/ accounting software/photo editing-photoshop and some content creation etc. 1080p support should be there. No gaming at all.

Kindly post your suggestions.
Can u get a decently configured latitude in the budget :S Ur best bet is the Vostro series.
 

gauviz

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vostro 3400/3500

though thinkapds also pretty good but are heavy

Both in your budget. I would suggest Dell for their home service is very good.
 

bgboss

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I would recommend you to buy Dell Inspiron 14R Laptop with the following configuration:

Processor: i3-350M, Display Screen size: 14", RAM: 3GB, Hard Disk: 320GB, Optical Drive: DVD RW, Graphics Card: Integrated, LAN: Yes, WiFi: Yes, Webcam: Yes, Bluetooth: Yes, Operating System: Win 7HB, Software: McAfee
 

Boot_Comp

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bgboss said:
I would recommend you to buy Dell Inspiron 14R Laptop with the following configuration:

Processor: i3-350M, Display Screen size: 14", RAM: 3GB, Hard Disk: 320GB, Optical Drive: DVD RW, Graphics Card: Integrated, LAN: Yes, WiFi: Yes, Webcam: Yes, Bluetooth: Yes, Operating System: Win 7HB, Software: McAfee

Actually you could get the Dell Inspiron 14R within 41K with the following specs: Core i5, 4GB RAM, 500 GB HDD, Integrated Graphics with Win 7 HB (got this a month back for a friend)
 

Boot_Comp

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On the laptop I've mentioned above the CPU usage didn't go over 27% while watching (was video chatting at the same time).