Light Laptop with best display budget below 80k
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Hello Friends,
What I’m looking for:
- Budget Less than 80k.
- Great 1080p display with good colour – Just for consuming movies with greater colour. I’m not a designer, so colour accuracy doesn’t matter, I guess.
- SSD. PCIe preferred, but SATA SSD is also okay.
- Upgradeable.
RAM must be upgradeable, to make it future proof. (if 12 or 16GB is already there, then it’s not required)
Upgradeable SSD, not mandatory, but preferred . - Moderate battery backup, ~4hrs atleast.
I am not a graphics designer, I want colourful display just for consuming movies .
I will be using the laptop mainly for coding purposes as well as watching videos.
I’ve researched a lot, and confused with many options. I might have missed many models as well.
So these are the models, I’ve considered. (Putting price as well, if others are researching, it’ll be useful for ’em)
- LG Gram Core i5 8th gen (8GB/256 GB SSD/Windows 10) 14Z980-GAH52A2) – 70k
Both RAM and SSD upgradeable. Extra SSD slot is there, not sure PCIe/NVM SSD is supported, can someone please confirm? - Acer Swift 3 Core i5 8th Gen – (8 GB/512 GB SSD/Windows 10 Home) SF314-54-59AL – 52k
- Asus VivoBook Core i5 8th Gen – (8 GB/1 TB HDD/256 GB SSD/Windows 10 Home) S430UA = 55k
Not taking these:
- HP ENVY – 13-ah0043tx – RAM soldered so not upgradeable
- Asus Zenbook 13 – Both latest and old model, RAM soldered and not upgradeable.
- Lenovo Ideapad 530s – It ticks all the requirements other than display, but display is poor.
If anyone is using this, please comment about the display colour reproduction - Microsoft Surface Laptop 2 – Nothing upgradeable, all are soldered.
To other researchers, if you’re looking for an ultrabook with okayish display, then Lenovo Ideapad 530s is the best in the segment IMHO.
I’m thinking about going for LG Gram.
Friends, please help me to decide.
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Thanks for the prompt reply.
Zenbook UX433 has 8GB RAM and it’s not upgradeable . Otherwise it is the best choice.
Also what about MSI PS42 8M-240? It seems good, any idea?
go to notebookcheck and see..
Thanks for the prompt reply. KG
Zenbook UX433 has 8GB RAM and it’s not upgradeable . Otherwise it is the best choice.
Also what about MSI PS42 8M-240? It seems good, any idea?
Just purchased MSI GL 63 8RC though for different reason ….. Gaming Have a look at MSI laptops on flipkart but i don’t know how the TN displays will behave.
Thanks for the suggestion.
TN displays on most MSI laptops are pretty good in colour, so I guess it would be good. But they don’t have much options in ultrabook.
Asus zen book 14
Thanks for the suggestion.
It’s a good laptop, the only problem is, the RAM is not upgradable. I wish to keep my laptop useable for at least 3 years, so I believe RAM should be upgradable.
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To OP:-) Why not buy apple/mac??
80k mey kounsa mac ?
Every model that you have listed barring the Gram suffers from low sRGB coverage. Their 2017/18 models were all in the range 55-65%. You should not ignore contrast. Anything below 1000:1 is best avoided. Colour calibration is mostly limited to the pro series or high-end consumer models. But wildly inaccurate displays are mostly rare other than entry level models. The Ryzen Swift 3 had pretty good contrast 1100/1200:1 but again 55-60% sRGB.
Sorry I couldn’t be more helpful as I can’t go through the grind of scouring through reviews. The petty limitations are very frustrating.
So contrast ratio below 1000:1 is bad?
LG Gram 14z980 has only 835:1 as per notebookcheck https://www.notebookcheck.net/LG-Gram-14Z980-i5...
So is LG gram also having a bad display, what’s your opinion?
and Thank you so much for the detailed replies. KG
Okay, thanks. Please let me know if you find any good one.
Btw, the link you’ve provided is regarding changing the panels, right?
It’s cool, but I guess I won’t be going that far
ideapad display is average .lg gram suits you ..it ll give you arround 10_12 hr battery .
also checm asus zenbook 14 .ux433