Buying new laptop · DIGIT-ARC

1) What is your budget? (INR or USD)
30000 and no more

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

3) Are there any brands that you prefer or any you really don't like?
No HP, if it's a really good laptop then no problem if it's HP

4) What are the primary tasks will you be performing with this notebook?
Primarily downloading machine 24 hrs a day and web browsing and also used as htpc, so HDMI with bitstreaming of HDAudio is necessary.

5) What screen resolution(s) & type (glossy/matte) would you prefer?
No preference

6) Anything else you would like to say? (eg: local purchase, ASS,matte/glossy finish)

Samsung NP300E5Z-A07IN It is under your budget and comes with 640GB HDD. The best thing is it has battery backup upto 6 hours.

are samsung laptops reliable, and how is the service

Samsung laptops are great, the company is doing hard wordk to get in laptop market, providing excellent specs and features. You wont get any core-i5 2nd gen in this budget. It has awesome anti-galre slim LED bazel display and good quality of battery which last upto 6 hours and 1000 cycles. Typical laptop give up uto 3hrs battery backup and 300 cycles of battery. Don't know about service in hassan, its fine in my new delhi NCR.

what about Asus X54C-SX261D, similar specs except for the larger battery and hdd. Can i replace the hdd from these laptops and install ssd. Any trinity based laptop in my price range

Asus is little heavier, glossy screen, no SRS surround sound and probably will have worse display than samsung one.

I don't think their would be any trinity laptop in your budget.

You may be install SSDs by removing DVD drive.

you can't install in the hdd bay??

^^ you can but remember SSD cost a bomb even for small storage. moreover performance drives cost close to 10k for 180GB

For you here are the best options.

^^all of them are over my budget.

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darth_vader1280 said:
^^all of them are over my budget.

Flipkart is expensive. You will find them a bit cheaper locally.

I am going to postpone buying a new laptop for a few months due to financial constraints, maybe by that time ivy bridge will be more affordable, thanks for your suggestions.