The Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E420s is a business laptop with a design that adds to the style quotient of it's predecessors, but still continues in the ThinkPad legacy of having a solid build quality.
Pros:
- Good Solid Build
- Good keyboard and responsive clickpad
- Clean design
- Handy software bundle
Cons:
- Non-removable battery
- No USB 3.0
- The screen could have been better
The Sony Vaio VPCCB15FG sports a "unique" look and comes with host of "cool" features such as a full HD screen, translucent plastic build, and backlit keyboard. Even at its asking price, it's a good choice for meeting your multimedia needs.
Pros:
- Full-HD (1920x1080) screen
- Good build quality
- Very distinctive design
- Handy features such as "Quick Web access"
- Good backlit keyboard
Cons:
- "Vibrant" colour might not be to everyone's liking
- Tedious approach to manually choosing graphics options for individual programs
- Comparatively low battery life
What really differentiates the Acer Aspire 5755G from the competition, apart from it's new design, is it's GeForce GT 540 M dedicated graphics card with 2GB RAM. In addition, having a Sandy Bridge Core i5 processor, 4GB of RAM and 750 GB of hard disk space and delivering a very good performance for its asking price, it is a good choice for home multimedia requirements.
Pros:
- Very good hardware configuration
- Good audio
- Switchable NVIDIA Optimus graphics
- USB 3.0 and Bluetooth 3.0
Cons:
- Ordinary build quality
The 15-inch Acer Aspire 5742 laptop offers very good value for money for a budget consumer. The laptop offers decent performance, battery life, and is a very good contender for a basic home laptop around Rs. 30,000.
Pros:
- Good looks, mesh pattern feels nice
- Lighter than regular 15-inch laptops
- Keyboard has dedicated number pad
- 500GB of storage space
- Better-than-average battery life
Cons:
- No Windows OS
- Single-strip mouse button
The 14-inch Acer Aspire 4253 laptop features a dual-core Zacate E350 1.6-GHz APU with onboard AMD Radeon 6310 graphics. It walks a fine line between performance and battery life, at an attractive price. Definitely worth considering.
Pros:
- Onboard DirectX 11-enabled GPU
- 500GB hard drive
- Matte finish all around
- Full-HD 1080p video playback
- 64-bit Windows 7 Home Basic OS
- Better-than-average battery life
Cons:
- Performance isn't great
- Dull looks
The new Lenovo IdeaPad Z460 is a trendy-looking 14-inch laptop with a great keyboard-touchpad combo and feature set. Buy this laptop if you want a stylish laptop under Rs. 40,000.
Pros:
- Trendy, smart looking laptop
- Metal finish around the keyboard, palmrest
- Excellent keyboard, touchpad
- Great feature set: HDMI + eSATA
- Useful proprietary software
Cons:
- Only 2GB of RAM
The new Dell Inspiron 15R sports significant improvements over the older model, both in terms of look and feel and overall performance.
Pros:
- Good looks
- Full-sized keyboard
- Decent performance
- Full-HD playback support
- HDMI Port
Cons:
- No Gigabit Ethernet
The HP G42-256TU is a compact, lightweight 14-inch laptop for budget-conscious buyers. It offers more RAM and hard drive space than most of its competitors, for its price.
Pros:
- Non-glossy finish
- Nice design pattern
- Greater RAM, hard drive space
- Performs well
- Crisp, clear onboard audio
Cons:
- Touchpad merges into palmrest
- No Gigabit Ethernet
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