Should I buy a laptop?

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I own a desktop computer, pretty old core2duo. Although it is solving all my purpose till date, I want to buy a laptop just to use it in my bed. Is it worth it?
P.S I work in an IT company and will use the laptop for browsing/Work.

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dpanshu said:
I own a desktop computer, pretty old core2duo. Although it is solving all my purpose till date, I want to buy a laptop just to use it in my bed. Is it worth it?
P.S I work in an IT company and will use the laptop for browsing/Work.

lol not at all

fill this:
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/laptops-netbooks/156722-questionnaire-laptop-notebook-purchase.html

then if you think you can do with your current desktop, don't buy the laptop.

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hitesh said:
lol not at all

it is worth it , i rarely use my desktops,laptops are rather underrated
if u buy the right one,its better than most desktops
ive noticed alot of people mislead and say they are underpowered or something but its not true

dpanshu said:
I own a desktop computer, pretty old core2duo. Although it is solving all my purpose till date, I want to buy a laptop just to use it in my bed. Is it worth it?
P.S I work in an IT company and will use the laptop for browsing/Work.

sure!

unless you want to lower your sperm count.

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kkn13 said:
it is worth it , i rarely use my desktops,laptops are rather underrated
if u buy the right one,its better than most desktops
ive noticed alot of people mislead and say they are underpowered or something but its not true

Yeah, even I think so that is why the question. Now the point is, if i buy the laptop, Desktop would not be used much

. I would not want that for sure.

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Do you play games? Don't buy a laptop unless it's an Alienware.
Do you watch 1080p videos? Don't buy a laptop unless it's an Alienware.
Do you plan to upgrade? Don't buy a laptop even if it's an Alienware.
... and I'm not kidding.

If you want something to browse and view videos on your bed, a tablet is better off.

hsr said:
Do you play games? Don't buy a laptop unless it's an Alienware.
Do you watch 1080p videos? Don't buy a laptop unless it's an Alienware.
Do you plan to upgrade? Don't buy a laptop even if it's an Alienware.
... and I'm not kidding.

If you want something to browse and view videos on your bed, a tablet is better off.

*Ahem*
Introducing.....Lenovo Y510p!
Gaming? Yes!
1080p? Yes!
Upgradable? Yes!(Cpu, gpu, ram, ssd slot, bd drive, DVD drive, screen to matte and Hdd bay)

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Yes, why not spend 72k on a laptop so that he can put it on his bed?
(don't even bother telling me it's 69k somewhere)

But considering the usage tablet is wwhat you should buy. A 10 inch tab would work perfectly for you.

hsr said:
Do you play games? Don't buy a laptop unless it's an Alienware.
Do you watch 1080p videos? Don't buy a laptop unless it's an Alienware.
Do you plan to upgrade? Don't buy a laptop even if it's an Alienware.
... and I'm not kidding.

If you want something to browse and view videos on your bed, a tablet is better off.

I disagree,for me nothing can replace actual Windows for browsing

hsr said:
Yes, why not spend 72k on a laptop so that he can put it on his bed?
(don't even bother telling me it's 69k somewhere)

The point is Alienware is not the solution to mobile gaming needs. Imo it's the last laptop one should consider and only consider if one has a seemingly infinite budget.

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By tablet I did not mean Android cheapware. The Acer Iconia W4 should be fine I guess?

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seamon said:
The point is Alienware is not the solution to mobile gaming needs. Imo it's the last laptop one should consider and only consider if one has a seemingly infinite budget.

How can you justify the price of Lenovo then? Because it's not an Alienware product and is less stigmatic? Lenovo can never come to the level of customer care that Alienware provides. Period.

source: I own 3 Lenovo laptops and my room mate has the said Y510P.

hsr said:
How can you justify the price of Lenovo then? Because it's not an Alienware product and is less stigmatic? Lenovo can never come to the level of customer care that Alienware provides. Period.

source: I own 3 Lenovo laptops and my room mate has the said Y510P.

I beg to differ.

The price of Lenovo is extremely justified and is perhaps the best gaming laptop in India right now with just the right combination of GPU and CPU power and not skimping in any area. With GPU upgrade(which costs 8k including shipping +customs), the laptop performs on the level of Alienware 17 with GTX 770m which costs 1 lakh 89k(I am not talking about the model with GTX 780m which costs 2 lakhs).
Even the stock GT755m is a tad weaker than GTX 765m found in the top model of Alienware 14. Alienware 14's lowest model has GT 750m and costs 1 lakh 18k.

Lenovo has an excellent customer service in India and I would consider it at par with Dell(if not better).

Alienwares are excellent machines no doubt with all their fanfare but they are most overpriced machines in the entire planet and a better machine can be obtained at merely half their price.

Source:Owner of a Lenovo Thinkpad, Lenovo Y500(Y510p's predecessor) and a Dell Inspiron 15 laptop.

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I never said that I want the lappy for gaming purpose, anyways no good games have come from a long time imo. I wanted the laptop for browsing and coding. I am a conventional person and do not like to even browse on tabs/phones as much as on actual PC
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dpanshu said:
I never said that I want the lappy for gaming purpose, anyways no good games have come from a long time imo. I wanted the laptop for browsing and coding. I am a conventional person and do not like to even browse on tabs/phones as much as on actual PC
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Get a general purpose laptop within 15-20k.

I must agree, browsing on a laptop is much better than browsing on a tablet.

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Suggest a model,I think i m gonna wait for some time and buy lenovo z510.

dpanshu said:
Suggest a model,I think i m gonna wait for some time and buy lenovo z510.

Z510 is an excellent all purpose laptop.

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Well, I can never be convinced about how great Lenovo service is. Too many personal incidents that say otherwise. It's better we agree to disagree then.
Alienware laptops are overpriced, yes. That may be because it's a premium brand. I wasn't suggesting OP to buy an Alienware, just pointing out that if he only required browsing, he could have gone with a tablet (the one I said is no less than a laptop if you connect a keyboard/mouse because it runs the Windows 8.1 OS not RT).

hsr said:
Well, I can never be convinced about how great Lenovo service is. Too many personal incidents that say otherwise. It's better we agree to disagree then.
Alienware laptops are overpriced, yes. That may be because it's a premium brand. I wasn't suggesting OP to buy an Alienware, just pointing out that if he only required browsing, he could have gone with a tablet (the one I said is no less than a laptop if you connect a keyboard/mouse because it runs the Windows 8.1 OS not RT).

Service depends differs from city to city. Lenovo service in my city is simply awesome. I am pissed off by Dell shopkeepers. They are selling alienwares with core i7 undervolted processors. (m14x Haswell exists with core i7 4500U which is not available online).
Enough OT, I would still advice op to get a full fledged laptop instead of a tablet with mouse/kb combo.

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hsr said:
Do you play games? Don't buy a laptop unless it's an Alienware.
Do you watch 1080p videos? Don't buy a laptop unless it's an Alienware.
Do you plan to upgrade? Don't buy a laptop even if it's an Alienware.
... and I'm not kidding.

If you want something to browse and view videos on your bed, a tablet is better off.

the tablet part is true but the alienware one is wrong,i have 3 laptops capable of gaming and none of them are alienwares,one of them is the same price and the other two put together are as expensive as an alienware and can perform similiarly

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Nerevarine said:
I disagree,for me nothing can replace actual Windows for browsing

not really even flash browsers exist for ios
id say op should get an ipad , its worth it and is better than buying some cheap netbook or some lame android tablet, unless he needs it for coding in which case an ultrabook or a full fledged laptop from dell or some other reputed brand(not samsung and hcl for sure)

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seamon said:
Get a general purpose laptop within 15-20k.

I must agree, browsing on a laptop is much better than browsing on a tablet.

netbooks are terrible, get an ipad or a decent 30-35k laptop/ultrabook
ipad is the best for casual browsing except if he wants to code or something

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seamon said:
Service depends differs from city to city. Lenovo service in my city is simply awesome. I am pissed off by Dell shopkeepers. They are selling alienwares with core i7 undervolted processors. (m14x Haswell exists with core i7 4500U which is not available online).
Enough OT, I would still advice op to get a full fledged laptop instead of a tablet with mouse/kb combo.

this is true!! i live in mumbai and only dell and apple to some extent have decent service all others are terrible in my experience
dell and apple arent the best but they arent as bad as the rest

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I myself have been under this dilemma - whether to buy a laptop or build a desktop for a couple of months. I finally decided to go for Y510P. A similarly powered desktop(no monitor) would have cost me about 50k (4570, a decent board, 8GB RAM, HDD, UPS, SMPS, Cabinet, DVD drive, graphics card). Thats about 30k cheaper.
But it simply doesn't beat the peace of mind for 3 years, mobility, and work during powercuts.

PS I also own an iPad which is good enough for reading, browsing, movies, but you simply can't be productive on it.

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mooseontheloose said:
I myself have been under this dilemma - whether to buy a laptop or build a desktop for a couple of months. I finally decided to go for Y510P. A similarly powered desktop(no monitor) would have cost me about 50k (4570, a decent board, 8GB RAM, HDD, UPS, SMPS, Cabinet, DVD drive, graphics card). Thats about 30k cheaper.
But it simply doesn't beat the peace of mind for 3 years, mobility, and work during powercuts.

PS I also own an iPad which is good enough for reading, browsing, movies, but you simply can't be productive on it.

+100000

@OP : Unless you and your desktop have a huge distance between them, are you kidding me? :facepalm:

And no, if you're not gonna use it other than in your bed, it's absolutely not worth it. Really, a desktop and a laptop? How they are even remotely comparable? Only advantage of laptop is, it's portability, and if there's no use of that then it's like buying a F1 car and trying to drive it on normal roads.

I hate laptops to the guts, paid 120k, back in 2009, for some Alienware crap, then paid less than half for the desktop, and it's performance literally mocks the Alienware. Worst purchase I've ever made. Just couple of months ago I had three, sold two of them. Now I've only one, and that's just for MS Excel works when I need to visit my clients.

If you really need one, get the cheapest i3 available. Spending big money behind a laptop can't be any more meaningless, sorry I honestly don't care who agrees with me and who doesn't. For power users like me, it's simply a joke.

And remember, you asked for opinion, I provided mine, as others did above. Commenting here doesn't increase my bank balance, it's your money, you wanna make a wise decision or waste your money is simply up to you. But if you end up buying something expensive by then you might regret it.

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whatthefrak said:
@OP : Unless you and your desktop have a huge distance between them, are you kidding me?

And no, if you're not gonna use it other than in your bed, it's absolutely not worth it. Really, a desktop and a laptop? How they are even remotely comparable? Only advantage of laptop is, it's portability, and if there's no use of that then it's like buying a F1 car and trying to drive it on normal roads.

I hate laptops to the guts, paid 120k, back in 2009, for some Alienware crap, then paid less than half for the desktop, and it's performance literally mocks the Alienware. Worst purchase I've ever made. Just couple of months ago I had three, sold two of them. Now I've only one, and that's just for MS Excel works when I need to visit my clients.

If you really need one, get the cheapest i3 available. Spending big money behind a laptop can't be any more meaningless, sorry I honestly don't care who agrees with me and who doesn't. For power users like me, it's simply a joke.

And remember, you asked for opinion, I provided mine, as others did above. Commenting here doesn't increase my bank balance, it's your money, you wanna make a wise decision or waste your money is simply up to you. But if you end up buying something expensive by then you might regret it.

^This X 1000000

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whatthefrak said:
@OP : Unless you and your desktop have a huge distance between them, are you kidding me?

And no, if you're not gonna use it other than in your bed, it's absolutely not worth it. Really, a desktop and a laptop? How they are even remotely comparable? Only advantage of laptop is, it's portability, and if there's no use of that then it's like buying a F1 car and trying to drive it on normal roads.

I hate laptops to the guts, paid 120k, back in 2009, for some Alienware crap, then paid less than half for the desktop, and it's performance literally mocks the Alienware. Worst purchase I've ever made. Just couple of months ago I had three, sold two of them. Now I've only one, and that's just for MS Excel works when I need to visit my clients.

If you really need one, get the cheapest i3 available. Spending big money behind a laptop can't be any more meaningless, sorry I honestly don't care who agrees with me and who doesn't. For power users like me, it's simply a joke.

And remember, you asked for opinion, I provided mine, as others did above. Commenting here doesn't increase my bank balance, it's your money, you wanna make a wise decision or waste your money is simply up to you. But if you end up buying something expensive by then you might regret it.

Thanks for the answer. I am not gonna purchase it as of now.

And I don't think laptops are meant for rugged use i.e 24/7 running. Thus will avoid buying for now. Cheers