buying a laptop <60k [ lenovo Y510P? ]

Your suggestions on the best laptop to put the money on..

1) What is your budget?

Anything less than 60,000 rs

2) What size & weight consideration (if any) would you prefer?

I would love it if it's super-slim and super-light-weight, but wouldn't base the purchase on that.

3) What are the primary tasks will you be performing with this notebook?

browsing, programming, watching a LOTT of movies [ Full HD screen's a must ]

4) Are there any brands that you prefer or any you really don't like?

open

5) Any typical configuration in your mind you're eying for ?

I want at-least a 4th gen i5!
Full HD screen's a must!!
A backlit keyboard would be very sweet.
Touchscreen will also be very highly appreciated.

6) Anything else you would like to say?

I've narrowed things down to these 3..

Lenovo Flex 2 14 59-420166 [ love touch, hate low-res screen ]
Lenovo Ideapad Z510 59-405838 [ impressive package, but "looks" vintage ]
Lenovo Ideapad Y510P 59-389389687 [ love everything except the bulk ]

Is Lenovo the only brand with any value-for-money.. would love to see some alternatives [ that do satisfy me]..

Y510p easy.
BTW Indian Z510 models don't have FHD screens irrespective of what they advertise.

If you want it then get it. Go with i5 version of it actually a vfm.

Re: buying a laptop <60k [ lenovo Y510P? ]

Good.. but 2 models of the Z510 available do seem to have FHD screens, at-least that's what their spec sheets say.

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and I was indeed considering the i5 version only.. but are there no other laptops this good in this price range..

Re: buying a laptop <60k [ lenovo Y510P? ]

shyamsn00 said:
Good.. but 2 models of the Z510 available do seem to have FHD screens, at-least that's what their spec sheets say.

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and I was indeed considering the i5 version only.. but are there no other laptops this good in this price range..

Nope no fhd irrespective of what they say on the spec sheet.

Re: buying a laptop <60k [ lenovo Y510P? ]

oh! ok! and thanks!! and since you guys seem to have lenovo Y series laptops, do you guys have anything to say about Ultrabay accessories?

Re: buying a laptop <60k [ lenovo Y510P? ]

shyamsn00 said:
oh! ok! and thanks!! and since you guys seem to have lenovo Y series laptops, do you guys have anything to say about Ultrabay accessories?

You can cheaply get the graphic card imported.

Re: buying a laptop &lt;60k [ lenovo Y510P? ]

seamon said:
You can cheaply get the graphic card imported.

From where, I too would be interested :))

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shyamsn00 said:
oh! ok! and thanks!! and since you guys seem to have lenovo Y series laptops, do you guys have anything to say about Ultrabay accessories?

Officially those were never released here. Some ultrabay accessories are available at amazon.com, no GPU though

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For instance this:
New Lenovo Ultrabay Removable Graphics Card NVIDIA GT755M 2GB Y510P for SLI | eBay

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GT 755m sli card was available in the official US store for many days for just 99$.

Re: buying a laptop <60k [ lenovo Y510P? ]

seamon said:
For instance this:
New Lenovo Ultrabay Removable Graphics Card NVIDIA GT755M 2GB Y510P for SLI | eBay

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GT 755m sli card was available in the official US store for many days for just 99$.

deal over now in the US store??

Re: buying a laptop <60k [ lenovo Y510P? ]

$hadow said:
deal over now in the US store??

yes..

Thanks guys, for all the input. Huess I will be making the purchase tomorrow :))

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shyamsn00 said:
Thanks guys, for all the input. Huess I will be making the purchase tomorrow

Where are you buying from?

paw1 said:
Where are you buying from?

amazon.in

very cheap there.. just around 52.. any suggestions?

just check the seller review before buying.

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shyamsn00 said:
amazon.in

very cheap there.. just around 52.. any suggestions?

Same here. I'm going for the i7 version though. (benchmarks show a high level of advantage with i7 over this particular i5. check cpuboss / cpubenchmark.net)

Re: buying a laptop <60k [ lenovo Y510P? ]

$hadow said:
just check the seller review before buying.

seems ok.. have placed the order :))

should be delivered by tomorrow..

and heyy.. does this actually come with a 24gb ssd??

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paw1 said:
Same here. I'm going for the i7 version though. (benchmarks show a high level of advantage with i7 over this particular i5. check cpuboss / cpubenchmark.net)

I did see those, but the price is just above my budget :))

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shyamsn00 said:
seems ok.. have placed the order should be delivered by tomorrow..

and heyy.. does this actually come with a 24gb ssd??

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I did see those, but the price is just above my budget

no you have to import one.