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Portable Laptop for Programming and Battery Life

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bournejason Original post #1
May 24, 2015 at 4:21 PM
Hi

I am looking for a portable laptop with good enough power for heavy coding.

Processor : i5 4th gen or better
GPU : 1GB (Just for playing DOTA 2)
RAM : >= 4GB
Screen size : 14" or less
weight < 2 kg
backlit keyboard
Battery Life > 6hrs
Budget : 50K

I have narrowed it down these three

Asus Zenbook ux305

HP Probook 440
Hp Probook G2 Series Core i5 (5th Gen) - (14 inch/500 Gb HDD/4 GB DDR3 Notebook Rs.48990 Price in India - Buy Hp Probook G2 Series Core i5 (5th Gen) - (14 inch/500 Gb HDD/4 GB DDR3 Notebook Black Online - Hp : Flipkart.com

Lenovo Flex 14
Lenovo Flex 2-14 Notebook (4th Gen Ci5/ 4GB/ 500GB/ Win8.1/ Touch/ 2GB Graph) (59-429729) Rs.47190 Price in India - Buy Lenovo Flex 2-14 Notebook (4th Gen Ci5/ 4GB/ 500GB/ Win8.1/ Touch/ 2GB Graph) (59-429729) Online - Lenovo : Flipkart.com

Please suggest if better alternatives exist or comment on the above choices.
SaiyanGoku
May 25, 2015 at 1:57 AM
You're wasting 50k if you buy a laptop with anything under 840M.
SaiyanGoku
May 26, 2015 at 4:43 PM
Lenovo Z50. There was a laptop from Dell or HP too but I don't remember the model.
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$hadow #5
May 27, 2015 at 7:29 PM
+1 to z50