Laptops have transitioned to become one of the most necessary item everyone should own today. This is true especially when we consider that most of the people have started working from home. Mobile phones and tablets are just not enough to do office tasks at a pace which is required today. So let's go through a few of the best laptops available today and also a guide to pick the best laptops.
Laptops today come with varying specs and to pick one that works best for you is hard, so we also have a guide to help you with the decision process and help you find a laptop that suites you easily.
The best laptops in India are,
Best Laptops in India
Mi Notebook Horizon Edition
Buy from AmazonProcessor: 10th Gen Intel Core i5-10210U processor
RAM: 8GB DDR4 RAM
Graphics Card: NVIDIA MX350 2GB GDDR5 Graphics
Storage: 512 GB SSD
Display: 14-Inch (1920X 1080 )Full HD Anti-Glare Screen
This is one of the laptops we found most suitable for most of the laptop users. Unless you're a gamer at heart, this is the laptop you should get yourself. The laptop offers the right amount of processing power, battery and RAM.
The laptop is powered by the latest i5 processor. The laptop has an Intel Core i5-10210U processor (quad core) which has a base speed of 1.60 GHz and a maximum clock speed of 4.20 GHz. This is powerful enough to run all the tasks you might encounter on your daily life. 6MB of Intel Smart Cache also increases the overall performance by adding to the data transfer speed of the laptop.
The laptop comes with Windows 10 preinstalled and has lifetime validity. You also get a one month trial of Microsoft Office.
The display on the laptop is a full HD display with a resolution of 1920x1080. It has an anti-glare screen so that you can work outdoors and the rays from the sun won't have an effect on the display quality. The display produces accurate visuals and is a joy to watch movies on.
It has a 2 GB graphics card, an MX350 accelerates your laptop for work and play. It features Nvida Optimus technology to give perfect balance between battery life and performance. You can play the latest titles with this graphics card, but you'll not be able to play at Ultra settings.
The laptop features 8GB of RAM for storage and has 512 GB of SSD storage. The RAM offers perfect balance between speed and performance. 8GB of RAM is enough for most of the daily needs. The SSD also adds to the performance. Both RAM and SSD can not be upgraded if you need more memory or storage, which is a downside to owning this laptop.
The laptop has a robust metal body, and is extremely sturdy. The laptop weights just 1.35kg and is extremely portable. The laptop offers a battery life of upto 10 hours which will help you use the laptop for long hours without needing to search for a plug.
This laptop offers perfect balance between battery life, performance and utility and also great value for money. Overall one of the best laptops available in the market right now.
Lenovo Legion Y540
Buy from AmazonProcessor: 9th Generation Core Intel I5-9300H Processor
RAM: 8GB DDR4 RAM
Graphics Card: 4GB NVIDIA GTX 1650 Graphics
Storage: 1 TB HDD + 256 GB SSD
Display: 15.6-inch screen with (1920X1080) full HD display
A gaming laptop that delivers. This laptop has got great performance and great value for money for every entry level gamer.
This laptop has a 9th generation Intel Core i5-9300H processor. The processor offers great performance with a base speed of 2.4GHz and a maximum clock speed of 4.1GHz. The processor is a quad core processor, this hugely aids in performance of the laptop.
Lenovo Legion comes with Windows 10 preinstalled with a lifetime validity so you don't have to worry about getting another operating system. You can start using your laptop from the day it gets delivered.
The laptop comes with 8GB of DDR4 RAM which helps in gaming performance as well as in everyday productivity tasks. Opening a multitude of browser windows will not result in any sort of sluggishness from the laptop due to its RAM. For more permanant storage, the laptop has a dual drive system.
It has one SSD which has a storage of 256GB and an HDD with a storage of 1 TB. The SSD is a high speed data storage device and helps in faster loading of applications and operating systems. Having your games in your SSD will help in them loading faster compared to having them in an HDD.
For gaming performance, the laptop has an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 graphics card. The graphics card is a 4GB graphics card. This card offers enough performance to play all of the latest titles at high frame rates. You might not be able to play all of the latest titles at Ultra, but you'll defenitely be able to play them at Medium or High.
The laptop weights around 2.3kg and has a battery life of 5 hours. The battery life is long, considering this is a gaming laptop.
Lenovo Legion has a 15.6" screen with a resolution of 1920x1080. This is a Full HD display. The display has anti-glare technology and has a refresh rate of 60Hz. The display features IPS technology to make this one of the best laptops in India.
HP Envy x360
Buy from AmazonProcessor: AMD Ryzen 5 4500U 3rd Gen processor
RAM: 8GB DDR4 RAM
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon Vega Graphics
Storage: 256 GB SSD
Display: 13.3-inch screen
This is really a laptop that makes others envy you. The x360 in the name stands for the 360 degree rotatable screen. The laptop is a great looker and performs excellently as well. If you want a touch screen laptop, this is the laptop to run to.
The laptop features an AMD Ryzen 5 processor. The processor is a 3rd generation processor and has a base speed of 2.3 GHz. This shows that the laptop performs optimally. A Ryzen 5 processor can be thought of as having the same performance as an Intel i5 processor.
The HP Envy comes with 8GB of DDR4 RAM and has a storage of 256 GB. Don't be fooled by the paltry size of the storage as it is a high speed SSD and not traditional HDD. The performance of the laptop is hugely improved due to this. Also keep in mind that you can upgrade the storage, if you feel it is just not enough.
The screen is relatively small at just 13 inch, but that makes this laptop so much more portable. This laptop suites artists more than anyone else due to its touch screen. You can also buy a pen with which you can draw on the surface of the screen. This makes the lapotp also works as a tablet.
The touch screen, combined with the ability of the laptop keyboard to swivel 360 degree and out of the way of the monitor makes the laptop perfect for an artist. It gives you creative freedom and lots of space to draw on. The micro-edge IPS display provides clarity and accuracy of colours for your drawing ventures.
The keyboard is also perfectly layed out with enough space between the keys and great key travel to make typing on the keyboard a great experience.
The laptop also comes with a finger print reader for added security and easier access. Now you don't have to worry about forgetting passwords everytime you want to login to a website.
Acer Nitro 5
Buy from AmazonProcessor: Intel Intel Core i5-9300H processor 9th Gen processor
RAM: 8GB DDR4 RAM
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Graphics
Storage: 1TB 7200rpm hard drive
Display: 15.6-inch screen
An amazing gaming laptop at budget, the Acer Nitro 5 is simply perfect. With a great processor and great graphics card, it has ticked all boxes.
The laptop is powered by a 9th generation Intel Core i5 processor. The processor is excellent for gaming and can be used for long hours without worrying about the laptop overheating. The processor has a base speed of 2.4GHz. This is the frequency at which the CPU is working.
Moving on to graphics card, the laptops has an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 graphics card. This is a 4GB graphics card and offers about 70% more performance than the previous generation GTX 1050. The graphics card is great at gaming all the latest AAA titles.
It comes with 8GB of DDR4 RAM, which is satisfactory. You can upgrade the RAM if need arises, but we recommend you get an SSD for this laptop before upgrading the RAM. This is because the laptop has a 1 TB HDD and lacks an SSD. SSD stands for solid state drive and is around 3 times faster than traditional hard disk drives. This means faster load times for applications and operating system. This will help improve performance in gaming also as your load times will decrease with a faster storage.
The laptop weighs 2.3kg which is normal for a gaming laptop. The weight is contributed by the cooling system equipped on the laptop to prevent the laptop from overheating during long hours of gaming. Acer claims a battery life of 10 hours but we seriously doubt its credibility since gaming laptops need a lot of power compared to normal laptops to function.
It has a 15.6" screen with IPS technology. IPS stands for inplane switching and contributes to the crisp display and fast refresh rates.
Overall this is a great laptop for gaming and other productivity tasks and one of the best laptops available.
HP Pavilion Gaming
Buy from AmazonProcessor: Intel Core i5-9300H processor
RAM: 8GB DDR4 RAM
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Graphics
Storage: 1TB HDD
Display: 15.6" diagonal FHD IPS anti-glare micro-edge WLED-backlit
A versatile laptop that can be used for all purposes. This is a great laptop for professionals who need high graphic requirements such as architects, video editors and so on.
The HP Pavilion is a series of laptops that has been in existence for a long time and HP has decided to powerpack it with a graphics card and this is the result. The laptop has a 9th generation Intel Core i5-9300H processor at its heart. The processor has a base speed of 2.4GHz. This paired with a maximum clock speed of up to 4.1 GHz with turbo boost makes this laptop extremely fast and smooth.
This laptop also comes with Nvidia Geforce GTX 1650 graphics card which as mentioned before has 4GB of video memory. The laptop is good for serious gaming and can also handle loads for editing CAD designs and also for using Photoshop, Illustrator or smilar software.
It has a purple hue which we find extremely appealing and is well designed. The cooling vents on the back side of the laptop keeps the laptop well ventilated and cool at all times. This enables you to use the laptop for long hours without having to worry about heating issues.
The laptop is think making it easy to carry it around without much hazzle and it weights just around 2.2kgs.
The laptop comes with 8GB of DDR4 RAM and a 1TB HDD for storage. This gives the laptop excellent storage capablities.
This laptop can work perfectly as an office laptop since it is easy to carry because of its thin profile and can provide for all your performance needs with its graphics card and processor.
The display in this laptop is a 15.6" FHD display. It has anti-glare technology and has micro edge making it look good. The IPS capabilities of the display makes videos smoother and helps in better rendering of the screen.
It also has all ports required for your travel needs and a great battery life makes this your perfect companion.
ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14
Buy from AmazonProcessor: AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS Processor
RAM: 8GB DDR4 RAM
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650Ti GDDR6 4GB VRAM
Storage: 1TB M.2 NVMe PCIe 3.0 SSD
Display: 14-inch (16:9) Full HD (1920 x 1080)
If you want a laptop that was meant just for gaming, then we would suggest you go for this laptop. The ROG in this laptop stands for Republic Of Gamers, and is the gaming series laptop from Asus.
The laptop is powered by a Ryzen 5 4600HS processor. The processor is created in competition to the Intel i5 processor and offers comparable performance. The processor was released in 2020 and is the latest offering from AMD. The processor has a base clock speed of 3.0GHz and a turbo clock speed of around 4.0GHz making it extremely fast. AMD has been making excellent processors for the last couple of years making Intel look obsolete.
It is a hexa core processor and has two threads per processor taking the total thread count to 12.
The graphics card on this laptop is also not something to be taken as a joke. It has an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Ti. This is faster than the GTX 1650 card which most laptops comes equipped with. The laptop is excellent at gaming thanks to the processing power this card provides.
It has a 14" screen which sounds a little too small for a gaming laptop but it makes it easy to carry around. The display is Full HD and has a brightness of upto 300 nits. It has an anti-glare screen so that you can work even in bright conditions and outdoors. The display is pantone validated and has features such as Adaptive sync to prevent ghosting and tearing from happening while gaming.
The laptop has a full metallic body and nano-edge bezels. The laptop is extremely lightweight at just 1.6kg, this doesn't even feel like a gaming laptop. Asus has introduced a self cleaning fan inside the laptop so that dust doesn't accumulate and hamper the cooling. It also has 81 blades in each fan to make the cooling processes efficient.
The laptop comes with 8GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD to make the laptop extremely smooth. The performance offered by the laptop is second to none and we are extremely happy with the laptop. It comes with Windows 10 preinstalled and has lifetime validity.
Google Pixelbook Go 128GB Multi-Touch Chromebook
Buy from AmazonProcessor: Intel Core i5 processor
RAM: 8GB DDR4 RAM
Graphics Card: Integrated Graphics
Storage: 128 GB hard drive
Display: 13.3 Inch screen
When it comes to pure productivity, this is the laptop to go to. The laptop is powered by the latest technology and is made by Google themselves to make a perfect laptop.
Powered by an 8th generation Intel Core i5 processor, this laptop is a powerful machine that is capable of doing all productivity tasks as fast as possible. The Pixelbook Go is the perfect companion for those on the move. If you have to travel on a regular basis for work, then this is what you should buy. This is thin and easily fits into your bag unlike other laptops.
The laptop barely weighs 1kg. That's ridiculously light for a laptop, and especially for a laptop this powerful. It is just 13mm thick, that's just two iPhones together thick, which makes its own statement about portability.
It has a battery life of around 12 hours which means even if you forget your charger at home you don't have to worry about your laptop battery getting drained and you not being able to finish that presentation. It's not only that, if you're in a hurry you can get upto 2 hours of charge by plugging your laptop for just 20 minutes.
Your laptop will boot extremely fast thanks to Chrome OS inside the laptop. The operating system is lightweight and will always feel new. The OS comes with its own anti virus so you don't have to worry about viruses anymore.
The keyboard in the laptop is extremely responsive and spacious. There is enough space between the keys to get things typed faster. Google also have an innovative hush key system to make sure that the keys don't make any sound while you're typing. That way, nobody will even notice that you're typing during meetings.
The touchpad in this laptop is also spacious and easy to use.
Overall this is a great machine, perfect for those who travel everywhere.
Apple MacBook Pro
Buy from AmazonProcessor: Ninth-generation 6-core Intel Core i7 processor
RAM: 16GB DDR4 RAM
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon Pro 5300M graphics
Storage: 512GB SSD
Display: 15.6-inch screen
No best laptop list is complete without listing an Apple product, especially MacBooks. These are the epitomes of perfection. The laptops just oozes class and quality.
Let's get into the specs. The laptop is powered by an ninth generation hexa core i7 processor. The processor has a base speed of 2.6 GHz giving immense performance to the machine.
It has a 16 inch retina display to give the perfect viewing experience. You can watch movies or do coding or whatever it is that you want to on the crystal clear display. It has a maximum brightness of 500 nits, which is one of the highest we have seen in laptops. Most of the laptops have upto around 300 nits. It also has P3 wide colour gamut to give true to life images.
The new heat sink in the laptop cools the laptop efficiently and lets you keep the laptop on your lap itself. The size of the heat sink has also been increased for larger airflow.
The MacBook comes with 16GB of DDR4 RAM to make sure that it never runs out of memory. The RAM is enough for most of the use cases that you might encounter on a day to day basis. With 512 GB of SSD also, the amount of storage that the laptop provides is also great.
The graphics card in the laptop is an AMD Raedon 5300M. Keep in mind that this is not a gaming laptop and is meant for productive purposes. This works perfectly for using graphic intensive tasks such as video editing, photoshop, and other tasks. Most of the designers of today use Apple laptops extensively.
It also has Touch Bar which changes the UI depending on the app you are using. If you're watching a video, the Touch Bar will show you video timeline, voice and other controls and while editing documents, it gives easy access to tasks such as copy and paste and so on.
The butterfly keyboard is a joy to type on and the keys are spaced perfectly to give the perfect typing experience. The laptop comes with four thunderbolt ports for faster data transfer. It also has a six speaker audio system for unrivalled audio performance.
Overall this is one of the best laptops in India, and is perfect for everyone, unless you game a lot.
Hope you have a great time using the laptops in this list.
