Top 10 Best Laptops Under 80000 in India (2020)

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Buyer's Guide: How to Purchase Laptops: Top 10 Best Laptops Under 80000 in India

Laptops are one of the most essential gadgets one needs to have themselves although there are various other gadgets with the same features like mobile phones and tablets, but still students and businessmen would consider having a laptop as it is very convenient. With the availability of plethora of laptops from different brands at different price ranges, it only adds up to the confusion.

Well, now that you have had an elaborate look at each of the ten laptops you will admit that you really need to know your specific requirement in a laptop before buying it.

Since, there are so many companies, brands and models out there, it can be a difficult choice. But you do not need to worry, I will divide the process in about ten factors or more.

At the end of each factor, you will need to decide what is it that you need and once you have the answers from all the factors, voila, you will be able to pick one or may be two to narrow it down.

Product Pricing

Price of a laptop plays a very important role in selecting a laptop. This is undoubtedly the first step in purchasing a laptop. The buyer needs to be completely honest with themselves about how much they have budgeted for purchasing a laptop and if they have also reserved any extra money in case their favourite laptop is a little over budget.

Once you know the amount you’re willing to pay you can actually narrow your choices down to quite a bit and trust me, it helps. The budget also helps in the determination of other factors which you will learn about as you keep reading.

Laptop RAM

No matter whichever ever laptop you go for, just know that you purchase a laptop with a minimum of 8 GB RAM as it is a necessity. When you will open multiple applications simultaneously, you are going to be frustrated if your laptop starts lagging and crashing on your work time. 

If you are buying a laptop for games then 16 GB would be required for a good gaming experience.

Purpose & Usage

Usage also plays an important role in the purchase of a laptop, one should purchase a laptop according to the work that he wants to do; like casual use, gaming or for coding and programming use. A student might go for a low end laptop whereas a high end programmer might go for a laptop with high specs so that he can easily complete his work.

Once you have decided your use then you can shift onto the next features. There are a variety of laptops available at different prices for various specs. But one must keep in mind the higher/better the specs the greater the price.

Lightweight

The essential factor that differentiates a laptop from a Computer is portability. You cannot carry computers around the way you can carry a laptop. The CPU of the computer will itself be at least as heavy as 5 regular laptops. So, the next thing you need to keep in mind is to buy a lightweight laptop.

Not only is it easy to travel with, but also helpful particularly when it is on your lap while you’re doing your assignment at the last minute, or, giving the final touch-up to your presentation for work, or, watching a movie on your bed.

Needless to say, it also helps your back or hand, saving you from any pain which would have been caused by holding a heavier laptop.

Battery Life

Followed by the light weight is another aspect that may be equally important - the battery life of the laptop. People usually want to purchase a laptop with a good battery life as no one wants to buy a laptop which needs to be plugged on the charger constantly. One should generally avoid buying a laptop with bad battery life. 

Primarily, because not all public places they travel to will have a power charging station and in such cases one will be left helpless. Honestly, any battery which works for 8 or more hours is great for a regular laptop. In case of high end performing laptops, four to five hours should be an incredible deal.

Laptop Processor

Processor plays a vital role in selection of a laptop with a constant upgradation in the processor one should particularly aim at buying a laptop with the recent processor and not going for an old version of processor.

Say for a casual laptop user, a current gen i3 processor is more than enough as the work for which s/he is buying the laptop is for running lite software, browsing and viewing movies and videos.

If someone is thinking of playing a few games as well then Intel Core i5 processor will be very convenient for you to play games as well as work on software which requires intensive specs. Intel Core i7 and Intel Core i9 processors are in recent trend and provide the best performance.

With these processors you can work with intensive software or get an outstanding gaming experience. Although with the choosing of i9 processors you are required to pay more as these processors come with a high price tag.

Screen Size

Screen Size of a laptop should also be considered necessary as laptops usually come with different display sizes varying from 13 inch to 17 inch. Before you look at the pricing or the other features, it’s always advisable to look at the display size as different display types have different features altogether.

Like 11 to 12 inches laptops usually have the lightest system and are the thinnest, weighing around 2.5 to 3.5 pounds respectively. 13 to 14 inches laptops are usually considered providing the best balance of usability and portability, with the laptop weighing around 4 pounds respectively.

15 to 16 inches laptops are popularly the most desired size for personal use as this size provides a larger screen and you don't need to carry around a notebook with you, you can easily get it done in your laptop.

There are very rare laptops with 16 inch displays however with the advancement 16 inch laptops may become the most desired screen size for laptops in the coming years.

17 to 18 inches laptops are usually laptops which provide a processing power for playing high end games and also to do workstation level productivity with the laptop always laying on the desk all day rather than carrying it around here and there.

Display Resolution / Type

Along with the size of the screen, you will also have to take resolution into account. The minimum resolution you’ll generally find is 1,366 x 768 pixels which can honestly get most of your tasks done just fine. You might even be able to work on multiple applications simultaneously.

The more pixels your laptop has, the more content you can fit on-screen. Needless to say, it will look sharper. Although some personal or business laptops still have 1366 x 768 pixels displays, however, if you can manage paying a few more bucks, you might be able to get upto 1920 x 1080 pixel displays. This is known as Full High Definition or 1080p.

You might also want to keep in mind that display quality is about much more than resolution. IPS panels range in color and brightness, so select a laptop which has the necessary range good for your eyes. You should keep in mind the upcoming and incoming technology like sRGB which is the standard red green and blue.

The sRGB color space is composed of a specific amount of color information; this data is used to optimize and streamline colors between devices and technical platforms. Each color within the sRGB color space provides the possibility of variations of that color.

Keyboard / Touchpad

One of the most important elements for a buyer is to ensure the specifications of the keyboard and touchpad in case they are going to be spending a lot of time entering data. If you plan to do a lot of typing or inputs, you need to ensure that the keyboard has tactile feedback.

You should also ensure that the distance the keys go down when pressed is usually 1 to 2mm. There should also be enough space between the keys. Try to buy a laptop with precision touchpad drivers, if you're buying a Windows laptop. You might want to avoid laptops that give you a jumpy cursor.

An accurate touchpad responds consistently to multitouch gestures such as pinch-to-zoom. Another aspect is to get a keyboard with the pointing stick also known as the nub if you're buying a business laptop. It is usually between the G and H keys and helps you navigate completely without even lifting your fingers off the keyboard.

Graphics Card

Graphics Card plays a vital role in choosing your laptop as well, if you are a casual user then you don't require a good graphics card. Although if you plan on playing games or using intensive software, that would require you to purchase a good graphics card otherwise your work would become very difficult.

To be able to play most of the games and use intensive software a laptop should at least have an NVIDIA GTX 1650TA. A RTX 2060 is a decent graphics card if you don't have a high budget for yourself and still need a laptop for gaming and software purposes at least on Full HD displays. To experience amazing gaming experience once should go for NVIDIA RTX 2070 or higher.

Storage

Storage is another vital component when it comes to purchasing a laptop. The two major type of storage facilities are HDD and SSD. If you want an option that might be a little expensive but faster and responsive you should go for SSD.

SSD is a great addition as it increases the processing speed by ensuring the operating system works on the solid state drive leaving your tasks to the primary drive. Majority of laptops only have one disk space, so it’s necessary for you to keep a check that it’s big enough.

In the present time, high specs laptops have SSDs that use the PCI-Express (PCIe) standard. They are several times faster and better than a regular SSD and can turn out to be a huge difference with respect to the performance of the laptop with its functioning.

So hopefully, now that you have a clear idea about what you’re looking for, go ahead and purchase that laptop you’ve been wanting to. A few factors like brands, ports, connectivity etc have not been dealt with. Honestly, ports and connectivities are helpful only to a certain extent, if you need it you already know about it and if you do not why bother about it.

I really hope that this read was helpful for you and will enable you to make a more informed decision henceforth. In case you still have any queries you can head to the FAQs (frequently asked questions) for clarity.