Top 5 affordable laptops in India

Feature-rich, portable and yet they deliver decent performance. Try these five if you are looking for a laptop to add to your gadget arsenal without spending a bomb.

Tablets, phablets and smartphones are for sure eating up all the market that was once occupied by laptops. Even though, tablets and smartphones are ruling the market today, there still are people who vie for laptops. And true, there are some purposes, where these new-age gadgets can't replace laptops.

Realising this, manufacturers have never stopped flooding the market with new laptops. Much work still goes into laptops, and people still search hard and opt for the best of laptops over tablets. The most-sought-after are the ultrabooks and notebooks. Gaming laptops, laptops for professionals, laptops for students, laptops for usage at home, you ask for it, and you get it.

But then, not many, or rather not everyone is willing to spend a bomb on laptops. Listed here are some of the best affordable laptops available in India.

1. Dell Inspiron 14R Laptop
Price: Rs 32,300

At a price point as low as this, along with the specifications that it has been blessed with, it is easily one of the smartest laptop among the current crop available in India.

Weighing a mere 2.35kg makes it an easy-to-carry machine. A display with 1366 x 768 resolution with TrueLife, the shining 14-inch wide screen attracts a lot of attention.

Dell Inspiron 14R draws its power from Intel Core i3 2330M processor, comes with a 320GB storage, 2GB DDR3 SDRAM memory clocked at 1333MHz.

Also making this a worth-it buy are Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1000 with Wi-Fi, Interl Graphics video card, 12.7" SATA tray load DVD+/-RW optical drive, 6-cell lithium-ion battery giving a backup of 2hr straight.

VAIO E Series SVE15113ENB
Price: Rs 31,990

Such a price tag for a VAIO laptop is pretty much not expected, but this one has a second generation processor, thus the low price. However, processing is nowhere to be called slow.

With exclusive xLOUD and Clear Phase technology bundled, the sound level is much higher than the competition and definitely high quality. Such sound technology compliments the 15.5-inch TFT display with a resolution of 1233 x 768 pixels, Intel HD graphics 3000.

The machine works much smoother than you'd have expected one with Windows 7 Home basic, Intel i3 2370M processor (2.4GHz), 320GB HDD, 4GB DDR3 RAM, DVD SuperMulti Drive.

Though it is a bit bulky at 2.7kg, it comes with VGP-BPS26 lithium-ion battery, which backs your functioning up to 4 hours of use, along with rapid wake and eco-mode to make it work longer.

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HP Pavilion G6-1117TX
Price: Rs 33,324

The laptop satisfies all your basic requirements with Intel Core i3-380M processor, 15.6-inch, HD LED Glare, 500GB HDD, 3GB DDR3 SDRAM, AMD Radeon HD 6470M, 1GB graphics, Genuine Windows 7 Home Basic operating system, fitting the bill for usage at home with its huge screen with anti-glare technology.

Easily portable with 2.3kg of weight.

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Samsung RV518-S011N
Price: Rs 31,990

Not only is Samsung RV518-S011N low priced, it is also a strong and tough laptop to own. Once again, an economic option.

Extremely portable at 2.2kg, it comes with Intel Dual Core i3 2310M processor, 500GB HDD at 5400RPM, 3GB DDR3 SDRAM which can be expanded to 8GB, Nvidia GeForce GT 520M, huge screen at 15.6-inch, resolution of 1366 x768 pixels, 1GB graphics, DOS operating system, web cam with integrated digital microphone enhancing online voice chatting, integrated 4-in-1 card reader and Bluetooth, SRS 3D Sound Effect Speakers, a battery that would let you work unhampered for 2 hours.

Offers good time for those who like gaming.

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Toshiba Satellite C850–P5010
Price: Rs 23,000

This is one of the cheapest laptops available in India. And the reason is it has no OS. Rather it works on older Intel Pentium Dual Core processor.

But with such a price tag, the functions and features that it offers are the best that you could buy at this price.

With Pentium Dual Core, at 2.1GHz, resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels, 15.6-inch, HD clear superview LED backlit screen display, DVD RW SuperMulti Drive, Intel HD graphics, it weighs a total of 2.3kg with a 6-cell battery which can easily give a support for 3 hours if fully charged.

Not just this, it is a highly safe system to use with Face Recognition and a slot for Kensington Lock.

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