laptop options for an engineering student, budget 45000

1) What is your budget?

INR 45000

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

Mainstream; 15" - 16" screen

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

It is for an engineering student 1st year. it is expected to be used for the entire duration of the course.

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

whatever is good for an engineering student.

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

any good brand.

6) Anything else you would like to say?

Screen resolution : Full HD Preferred

Battery back up : normal (3-4hrs)

Purchase place : Local Offline / Lucknow

www.amazon.in/HP-14-inches-Micro-Edge-14s-fy1003AU/dp/B0B58VN76J

This is more than enough.

omega44-xt said:
www.amazon.in/HP-14-inches-Micro-Edge-14s-fy1003AU/dp/B0B58VN76J

This is more than enough.

thanks friend. any model in lenovo? asking because sister is using a lenovo for over 5 years and it is working fine. he saw that and asked about it.

Beware of TN panels, else can buy whatever Lenovo has with same specs. Many 15.6" laptops around 40k have a TN panel. Like HP 15 with same specs has a TN panel with non-backlit KB vs HP 14 which has an IPS panel with white backlit KB.

220nit panels are mostly TN, Some 250nit TN panels exist, will likely not mention IPS or mention 500:1 contrast ratio.

omega44-xt said:
Beware of TN panels, else can buy whatever Lenovo has with same specs. Many 15.6" laptops around 40k have a TN panel. Like HP 15 with same specs has a TN panel with non-backlit KB vs HP 14 which has an IPS panel with white backlit KB.

220nit panels are mostly TN, Some 250nit TN panels exist, will likely not mention IPS or mention 500:1 contrast ratio.

thanks buddy. what about this one - *www.flipkart.com/hp-intel-core-i5-...m_memory&sattr[]=screen_size&st=system_memory

vidhubhushan said:
thanks buddy. what about this one - *www.flipkart.com/hp-intel-core-i5-12th-gen-1235u-16-gb-512-gb-ssd-windows-11-home-14s-dy5005tu-thin-light-laptop/p/itm9b0903edf2d24?pid=COMGG3S93DSUQPMU&lid=LSTCOMGG3S93DSUQPMUWKX9QS&marketplace=FLIPKART&sattr[]=system_memory&sattr[]=screen_size&st=system_memory

Its still an HP 14 like the R5 5500U one. You might get better performance, but these laptops are not meant for high performance, but you will get lower battery life than AMD. So just save money with 5500U variant.

If you want a 15" want & have higher budget, get this:
www.flipkart.com/asus-vivobook-k15-oled-ryzen-5-hexa-core-amd-r5-5500u-16-gb-512-gb-ssd-windows-11-home-km513ua-l512ws-thin-light-laptop/p/itmee0cf090c81ff?pid=COMGHF6JY8NYFVHC

There's a big sale expected next month.