31-40k laptop under 40000 with expandable RAM
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Best bet is to get a used ThinkPad t480/t490
These lenovo T and X series laptops are built to last.
These used t480/t490 come with good i5 8th gen for around 15-17k.
These are great lappies with expandable ram and storage ( make sure to refer to online spec sheet).
Windows 11 can be installed in like 10 minutes using a online guide.
Ms.office might be a problem, but you can always use the better libre office.
It should be compatible with ms office.
Hi one more thing the online spec sheet isn't always very dependable. Modern day laptops can easily handle 32 GB of RAM (2x16GB) but the spec sheet often says 16 GB maximum RAM support. I have an HP victus fb-0xxx and the entire community has intensively tested 32 GB and it works perfectly. So look it up and if its well tested with 32 GB its perfectly safe to put that much RAM. I doubt modern motherboards are built with a 16 GB RAM cap though you can't expand over 24GB if 1 of the 8 gig sticks is soldered so watch out for that.
Avoid Thinkpads of E and L series.
These consumer grade laptop's are bad in terms of build quality.
Try getting X and T series Thinkpads.
The E and L series are entry-level models with more plastic construction, meaning they're less robust and won't stand up to heavy use like the X and T lines.
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As per budget and other brands E & L series are way better. Just my opinion.
If you can pick either one take lenovo and don't think twice. If you got two laptops with the same specs and one is more pricey, depending on the brand, more often than not it's always going to have better build quality and will last you longer. And potential skimp out on some stuff like one will have CL19 RAM while the other is fitted with CL22 etc. If you want the most dependable and easily serviceable option (which imo acer servicing esp in india is far less dependable and is inconvenient) then I'd limit myself to Lenovo, HP and Dell. Dell is the most obvious brand to avoid here because for whatever reason as far as I can tell its similar quality, similar specs, similar lastability and more expensive as compared to lenovo and HP by a pretty large margin. HP I think the only thing you need to cautiously avoid is laptops with hinge issues.
There's a lot of wobbly hinge related issues on some HP models. My victus is perfectly fine and unless I flick the monitor there's nothing to worry about even in buses and stuff but I rejected the HP G series iirc (double check this) cause it had a really wobbly hinge. And like wobbly enough to move around if I say dropped a bottle somewhere on the same table. The same line of laptops is always safe though afaik so omen and victus both don't have this issue for sure.
Lenovo is the most issue free among the 3
Most of their options you won't have any particular trending issue like the other 2 so its a somewhat safer bet if you're not as researched I would say but with solid research HP will potentially get u a cheaper option for the same specs and build quality.
Basic idea I can tell you is avoid the ideapad gaming series. The ideapads are great the legions are great the ideapad gaming is just really average for most of the models and you could coin flip a random victus in the same price range and it would turn out to be a better option. Lenovo LOQ is brilliant depending on the model and far better than ideapad gaming models regardless of price range but that's out of your budget.
Build quality wise specifically I think the best metric to establish a minimal baseline is just walk down to their store and find out which laptops are online retail only and are not kept in stores (HP G series and lenovo thinkbook also iirc). These are usually their flimsier models which aren't that good so they don't keep them in stores cause they're average in build quality and won't last as long esp on display and naturally they don't want to put the budget mid options in showrooms and stuff. Instantly rule them all out.
After that I think you can safely pick something good, the best option you'll find after some narrowing down. You're probably gonna end up with HP or Lenovo. Asus is also a good brand and should be your tertiary option. They're essentially the runner up imo. MSI Acer and any others are quite unreliable esp from a servicing standpoint. This is all info I dug up from 2 months of research that I did for my current laptop which I bought less than a year ago.
My HP victus was 47k. Its a ryzen 5 5600H and an RX6500M. 8/512 and its 2x4GB dual channel expandable to 16 as per spec sheet 32 as per anything I could find online. So if you can extend your budget a little over or happen to have card discounts to drop it further (mine was from reliance digital I picked it up at the store) this is probably the best laptop you'll get at that range. I didn't find anything else anywhere with these kinda specs and its a victus so build is really good this thing is very sturdy and fairly light.
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When I bought it there was an additional offer to either get a keyboard and mouse free with it or a 5k ish TWS. I wanted the keyboard and mouse but since your budget is tight, between card discounts if any and selling the free TWS this will probably be a great option if it fits in your budget.
If not and if you don't care about the graphics card and don't mind slightly lower specs (CPU basically) then try to fit a lenovo thinkpad in your budget, I don't think I found a single sturdier laptop than that and its competition even for high end laptops.
Even the E and L consumer series are wayyy sturdier than most any other option in lenovo or HP in that range.
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Can be bought for 42-43k use Sheer id (Student disc)
you can get a Thinkpad T480 at ₹25K EASILY. Don't get a E or L series. I prefer Lenovo over HP.
never have been happy with HP laptop
Asus also good option if you have service center. But look for upgradable Ram now a days most of Asus comes with soldered ram because of this went with Lenovo.
HP is not a good option. I have HP G6 from 2011. Replaced motherboard once. I have to service Hinges, change fan and battery every year. Still running good but I won't recommend it for newer gen.
HP is not a good option. I have HP G6 from 2011. Replaced motherboard once. I have to service Hinges, change fan and battery every year. Still running good but I won't recommend it for newer gen.
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If you are ok with Asus, you can perhaps consider the newly launched - Asus expertbook P series with upgradeable RAM and storage. They are targeted for businesses so apparently have better build quality than the regular laptops. One con is they are selling only on Flipkart.
When you compare it to higher models yes, but they are way better than most consumer lines.
@OP - If you are ok with Ryzen 3 - new TP E14 R3 model is going for 34k on FK - www.flipkart.com/lenovo-amd-ryzen-3-quad-core-7330u-8-gb-512-gb-ssd-windows-11-home-tp-e14-gen-5-thin-light-laptop/p/itmba41ecb80a484
Even lesser.
Asus mostly now a days soldered RAM only. Avoid unless sure.
When compared to consumer grade laptop yes, they might be better, but just a bit.
However, i think most people praise the ThinkPad name because of the P, X and T series. The E and L series are just ThinkPad in name, not any or much different for consumer grade stuff.
If you can try getting the P, X and T series ThinkPad.
Even here on techenclave, you can find many trusted sellers selling T and X series thinkpads for great prices.
My experience seems to be better with respect to E series. We have found them to be much much better than the consumer grade stuff. I have used all of them, its the relative cost as well that you need to factor in also. Will the E series take abuse like the others - no. But will be be reliable workhorses for those not trying to kill the laptops? Yes.
I have used maybe a dozen or more laptops (you name it, have used it), and currently am using a top of the line 7000 series AMD Thinkpad Z13g2. Have the E, T and X series as well with me. Have a older Zbook instead of P series. So yeah, I am pretty sure.