Thin and Light laptop under 70K

1) What is your budget? (INR or USD)

70K

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

Thin and Light; 12" - 14" screen
Mainstream; 15" - 16" screen

3) What are the primary tasks you will be performing with this notebook?
Android studio and VS code. Sometimes solidworks but that wont be something too gpu intensive.

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

no

4) Are there any brands that you prefer or any you really don't like?
a. Like: Asus, lenovo
b. Dislike: Apple, msi

6) Anything else you would like to say?

Screen resolution whatever is good.
Battery back up - Eyeing 7+ hrs on work.
Purchase place - Offline (Croma and the likes)

Will be carrying this daily so prefer light options solely due to this.
I want good battery backup. Graphics card is really not much required, but would be a good if present. The processor should be good. If suggesting intel, the intel Evo certifications would be nice. Something similar for AMD is also nice. I wont be gaming at all.

Will buy in december start to mid and not during diwali sale.

www.amazon.in/HP-Pavilion-Micro-Edge-Graphics-13-be2057AU/dp/B0BXLP49KJ/

HP aero 13

omega44-xt said:
www.amazon.in/HP-Pavilion-Micro-Edge-Graphics-13-be2057AU/dp/B0BXLP49KJ/

HP aero 13

How much will the price increase If I aim for Ryzen 7 7xxx series processor?? Also how much battery backup to expect?

RumbaMon19 said:
How much will the price increase If I aim for Ryzen 7 7xxx series processor?? Also how much battery backup to expect?

Check battery life of R5 5600U or R7 5800U Aero 13, it is the same CPU, just rebranded. Just check amazon once, it is 10k extra for R7 + 1TB SSD model.

Ryzen CPUs are more efficient than Intel, so can expect 6-7 hrs on normal load, not high load.
www.notebookcheck.net/HP-Pavilion-Aero-13-review-The-Pavilion-series-is-growing-up.553411.0.html

Zenbook 14 is another option, seems to have even better battery life:
www.amazon.in/ASUS-SmartChoice-Zenbook-Backlit-UM3402YA-KP541WS/dp/B0BTWBX34Y
www.notebookcheck.net/Asus-ZenBook-14-UM425U-laptop-review-A-duel-between-AMD-and-Intel.642712.0.html

R5 vs R7 is your call, see if the extra 2 cores are worth it. In some cases, the performance difference is not much. Many laptops with U CPUs score around 7000-9000 points in Cinebench R23, doesn't matter if it is R5 vs R7 or i5 vs i7 because of power limits & thermals.

Well Guys, Ultimately I fulfill my dream of buying another laptop.

I AM NOT A GAMER!!!!!!

Purchased an ASUS Vivobook S14 Flip (2023) with AMD Ryzen 5 Hexacore 7530U
16GB DDR4 RAM
512 GB SSD
2 -in -1 convertible
ASUS Pen 2.0 included
Model :- TN3402YAB-LZ541WS

@whitestar_999 , @omega44-xt , @RumbaMon19 Please give your views regarding my purchase.

kg11sgbg said:
Well Guys, Ultimately I fulfill my dream of buying another laptop.

I AM NOT A GAMER!!!!!!

Purchased an ASUS Vivobook S14 Flip (2023) with AMD Ryzen 5 Hexacore 7530U
16GB DDR4 RAM
512 GB SSD
2 -in -1 convertible
ASUS Pen 2.0 included
Model :- TN3402YAB-LZ541WS

@whitestar_999 , @omega44-xt , @RumbaMon19 Please give your views regarding my purchase.

Price? For under 60k, good enough.

I have 2 touchscreen laptops in my family, my father sometimes does use the touch whereas my cousin was excited about a touch laptop with pen but rarely use its touch or pen now (this is a flip laptop whereas my father's laptop is not flip). See where you end up regarding touchscreen usage.

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kg11sgbg said:
Please give your views regarding my purchase.

I hope you have purchased the 1+2 years extended warranty incl 3 years ADP pack from asuspromo.in/terms because if not then do it fast as there is a 15 days limit to register for it from the date of purchase.

whitestar_999 said:
I hope you have purchased the 1+2 years extended warranty incl 3 years ADP pack from asuspromo.in/terms because if not then do it fast as there is a 15 days limit to register for it from the date of purchase.

THANK YOU FRIEND!!!!
Doing it just now.

@whitestar_999 , Purchased the 1+2 yrs extended warranty at a cost of Rs.3499.00

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kg11sgbg said:
Purchased the 1+2 yrs extended warranty at a cost of Rs.3499.00

You mean 2999, 3499 is for office H&S offer.

No it is for 1+2 years extension....

There is a glitch though...contacted ASUS Customer Care...they Helped me regarding these....

The dates should be from Today(not 6 months back)...
I haven't got the Bill/Invoice from Flipkart,so couldn't upload to ASUS site. Result is that they are considering the date of Manufacturing/Build of this Laptop....

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kg11sgbg said:
No it is for 1+2 years extension....

Why is it showing remaining months 19 then even if considering warranty start from 6 months back which would make it 24 months total? You should see remaining months as 30 so after adding 6 months you get 36 months which is 3 years.

kg11sgbg said:
I haven't got the Bill/Invoice from Flipkart,so couldn't upload to ASUS site.

You can download invoice from flipkart order history page in app & upload that to asus website.

whitestar_999 said:
Why is it showing remaining months 19 then even if considering warranty start from 6 months back which would make it 24 months total? You should see remaining months as 30 so after adding 6 months you get 36 months which is 3 years.

You can download invoice from flipkart order history page in app & upload that to asus website.

Not available,Today. Will be available from Tomorrow.
What Asus said to me is that I shall get only extension for 2 years...for this amount.

Let me upload my Bill invoice to their website...and then see what happens...

kg11sgbg said:
Not available,Today. Will be available from Tomorrow.
What Asus said to me is that I shall get only extension for 2 years...for this amount.

Let me upload my Bill invoice to their website...and then see what happens...

What was mentioned earlier is that the mentioned price is 3k, not 3.5k. Also 2 year extension is beyond base 1 year + 3 year ADP is what you are expected to get. So end year should be in 2026 (2023 + 1 + 2).

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omega44-xt said:
What was mentioned earlier is that the mentioned price is 3k, not 3.5k. Also 2 year extension is beyond base 1 year + 3 year ADP is what you are expected to get. So end year should be in 2026 (2023 + 1 + 2).

I think they sold him not the usual warranty pack available on asuspromo website but the "retail care pack" available via MyAsus app preinstalled on all asus laptops which come with pre-installed windows. It is similar to packs available on asuspromo site but priced a bit higher.

whitestar_999 said:
I think they sold him not the usual warranty pack available on asuspromo website but the "retail care pack" available via MyAsus app preinstalled on all asus laptops which come with pre-installed windows. It is similar to packs available on asuspromo site but priced a bit higher.

Maybe OP, needs to be vigilant

whitestar_999 said:
I think they sold him not the usual warranty pack available on asuspromo website but the "retail care pack" available via MyAsus app preinstalled on all asus laptops which come with pre-installed windows. It is similar to packs available on asuspromo site but priced a bit higher.

Yes,that's it...feeling duped. :facepalm:

Yes,the warranty was through MyAsus App and NOT asuspromo website!!!!!!

One query,can I upgrade NVME M.2 SSD in this Laptop?
ASUS VivoBook S14 Flip Laptop?

kg11sgbg said:
One query,can I upgrade NVME M.2 SSD in this Laptop?
ASUS VivoBook S14 Flip Laptop?

Yes, its likely a replace job as there might not be a 2nd M.2 slot.

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kg11sgbg said:
One query,can I upgrade NVME M.2 SSD in this Laptop?
ASUS VivoBook S14 Flip Laptop?

Get it done at asus service centre because if even a single visible scratch occurred during the process by yourself then in case of any future warranty claim the service centre will mark it as "physical damage" & will only consider free warranty under ADP (accidental damage protection) plan which has a limit of 1 free claim in a year.

kg11sgbg said:
One query,can I upgrade NVME M.2 SSD in this Laptop?
ASUS VivoBook S14 Flip Laptop?

Do you need more than 512 GB for programs and basic stuff since you won't be gaming? You can just get an external HDD/SSD for storing data otherwise.

SaiyanGoku said:
Do you need more than 512 GB for programs and basic stuff since you won't be gaming? You can just get an external HDD/SSD for storing data otherwise.

Actually I needed a higher capacity ssd,as I want this laptop to run in Dual-Boot mode/setup ;with a Linux Distro....

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kg11sgbg said:
Actually I needed a higher capacity ssd,as I want this laptop to run in Dual-Boot mode/setup ;with a Linux Distro....

Instead of dual boot, run linux inside VM in windows using this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqwQ71gdllM

Or run windows inside virtualbox VM on linux.

kg11sgbg said:
Actually I needed a higher capacity ssd,as I want this laptop to run in Dual-Boot mode/setup ;with a Linux Distro....

I agree with Whitestar. If I had to use a linux machine, I'd get a steam deck instead.

But already purchased a 2TB SSD and replaced with the 512GB SSD as provided by ASUS. This 2TB comes from CRUCIAL.

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kg11sgbg said:
But already purchased a 2TB SSD and replaced with the 512GB SSD as provided by ASUS. This 2TB comes from CRUCIAL.

Which model?

whitestar_999 said:
Which model?

P3 will be my guess. Most don't know it is QLC.

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omega44-xt said:
P3 will be my guess. Most don't know it is QLC.

P3 is fine for typical usage as long as at least 20% space is kept free because it has dynamic pSLC cache which is roughly one third of free capacity so for around 400GB space free in a 2TB P3 the pseudo SLC cache will be around 130GB which is more than enough for any typical user as rarely they will transfer more than 130GB in one go from a source which is also a NVMe ssd within same system.

kg11sgbg said:
But already purchased a 2TB SSD and replaced with the 512GB SSD as provided by ASUS. This 2TB comes from CRUCIAL.

Was that 512 GB ssd a Gen 4 drive in any case?

whitestar_999 said:
P3 is fine for typical usage as long as at least 20% space is kept free because it has dynamic pSLC cache which is roughly one third of free capacity so for around 400GB space free in a 2TB P3 the pseudo SLC cache will be around 130GB which is more than enough for any typical user as rarely they will transfer more than 130GB in one go from a source which is also a NVMe ssd within same system.

QLCs are still not cheap enough for me to recommend it. You can were getting Corsair MP600 pro NH 2TB for under 10.3k till last month vs 9k for 2TB P3.

omega44-xt said:
QLCs are still not cheap enough for me to recommend it. You can were getting Corsair MP600 pro NH 2TB for under 10.3k till last month vs 9k for 2TB P3.

I got 2 TB 660p from amazon US back in 2019 for ~14.9k. IIRC during recent sale, similar ones went for CAD 90-100 but I haven't felt the need to get any higher capacity drive mainly because I'm playing more on the PS4 Pro.

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omega44-xt said:
QLCs are still not cheap enough for me to recommend it. You can were getting Corsair MP600 pro NH 2TB for under 10.3k till last month vs 9k for 2TB P3.

Those were some good deals, if S70 Blade wasn't so unreliable then its 2TB model also often went for sale under 10k a few times during last major sales. However the ssd price trend is now reversed so very less chances of getting such deals again.

SaiyanGoku said:
Was that 512 GB ssd a Gen 4 drive in any case?

Yes from Micron.
I bought the Crucial Gen.4 drive of NVME M.2 2TB capacity at Rs.8400/- likewise.

Made it a DUAL BOOT Laptop with Windows 11 & Fedora 39.

kg11sgbg said:
Yes from Micron.
I bought the Crucial Gen.4 drive of NVME M.2 2TB capacity at Rs.8400/- likewise.

Made it a DUAL BOOT Laptop with Windows 11 & Fedora 39.

Crucial P3 is not Gen4, P3 plus is Gen4, but still QLC. Usually you get P3 at that price.

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omega44-xt said:
Crucial P3 is not Gen4, P3 plus is Gen4, but still QLC. Usually you get P3 at that price.

P3 & P3 Plus are both same hardware wise though with only difference being the interface (pcie 3 vs 4).

Guys this Laptop specs sheet says upto 16GB RAM.
Means,I can't increase or upgrade RAM modules in future?

Configuration: 8GB DDR4(removable) + 8GB DDR4(fixed) as in RAM SLOTS of motherboard.

kg11sgbg said:
Guys this Laptop specs sheet says upto 16GB RAM.
Means,I can't increase or upgrade RAM modules in future?

Configuration: 8GB DDR4(removable) + 8GB DDR4(fixed) as in RAM SLOTS of motherboard.

Should've checked the reviews/config before buying it.

kg11sgbg said:
Guys this Laptop specs sheet says upto 16GB RAM.
Means,I can't increase or upgrade RAM modules in future?

Configuration: 8GB DDR4(removable) + 8GB DDR4(fixed) as in RAM SLOTS of motherboard.

There is a removable slot. So even 32GB + 8GB is viable. Using non-equal RAM sizes are bad for RAM sensitive applications like gaming, mostly unaffected in most productivity applications AFAIK.

omega44-xt said:
There is a removable slot. So even 32GB + 8GB is viable. Using non-equal RAM sizes are bad for RAM sensitive applications like gaming, mostly unaffected in most productivity applications AFAIK.

Means,If I install a single stick of 16GB DDR4,making the total RAM size as 24GB,is that possible?
I mean,will the Laptop boot up,due to the 24GB scenario?

kg11sgbg said:
Means,If I install a single stick of 16GB DDR4,making the total RAM size as 24GB,is that possible?
I mean,will the Laptop boot up,due to the 24GB scenario?

Yes. Very rare case of not working, works 99% of the time.

kg11sgbg said:
Means,If I install a single stick of 16GB DDR4,making the total RAM size as 24GB,is that possible?
I mean,will the Laptop boot up,due to the 24GB scenario?

yeah my desktop is same setup, using it with 24GB RAM like this. Should be fine

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thetechfreak said:
yeah my desktop is same setup, using it with 24GB RAM like this. Should be fine

Laptops are different, certain laptops have bios/firmware limitation making them unable to boot with more than specified max ram limit.

whitestar_999 said:
Laptops are different, certain laptops have bios/firmware limitation making them unable to boot with more than specified max ram limit.

So,what is your suggestion?
Shall i replace the 8GB RAM module by a 16GB stick,or keep it as it is?

kg11sgbg said:
So,what is your suggestion?
Shall i replace the 8GB RAM module by a 16GB stick,or keep it as it is?

Keep it stock, don't change anything.

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kg11sgbg said:
So,what is your suggestion?
Shall i replace the 8GB RAM module by a 16GB stick,or keep it as it is?

Do you really need more than 16GB ram anyway?

whitestar_999 said:
Do you really need more than 16GB ram anyway?

Want it as 24GB(16GB + 8GB)...

SaiyanGoku said:
Keep it stock, don't change anything.

Any Problems/issues that will occur?

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kg11sgbg said:
Want it as 24GB(16GB + 8GB)...

Do you need it, that's the most important thing to consider?

kg11sgbg said:
Any Problems/issues that will occur?

May or may not occur that's why the question above.

whitestar_999 said:
Do you need it, that's the most important thing to consider?

May or may not occur that's why the question above.

Already purchased (CRUCIAL-16GB RAM Stick) replaced with the original SAMSUNG 8GB RAM Stick(removable) and increased the RAM capacity to 24GB.
Accepted and verified by BIOS, System,...Windows, Linux.
AMD Ryzen -(Radeon Graphics 512SP mobile) iGPU has been allocated 512MB of System Memory.

Windows working flawlessly.

I am not a GAMER anyways...