Laptops

General Tips

Important Notice about Intel HX CPUs

Stopped recommending all Intel Laptops 100% as of Aug 2025. Lot of issues with those CPUs from heating, high power, instability and most importantely due to oxidatoin issues earlier and the attitude of company on the desktop CPU side puts the long-term usage of these laptops into question.
I will add Intel laptops when a certain price range has no AMD or Mac or Snapdragon alternatives(Yes, I am going to look into those too but they are for very specific people only.)
Even if everything magically fixed itself, the high heat, high temps, high power are still a trouble on laptops that are meant to run on battery.

Further Note: Intel CPUs due to higher temperatures have become unstable and causing the system to crash. Undervolting sounds like a solution but it's not confirmed if it's actually a soltuion or merely a patch which is what it feels more like instead. And even if you can get the temperatures down on the Intel CPUs, the oxidisation issues of the 13th and 14th gen CPU have shown that Intel doesn't want to give your warranty support which means they won't give it to laptop brands also and you will end up swapping motherboards after motherboards if you have warranty and you will never be sure when your machine might die.

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General:

Fuck the sales/discounts/savings. Focus on the laptop.

I have been recommending laptops to people for decades now(Yes, even before youtube) and what I have seen again and again is the fact that in the pursuit of getting the best deals, people don't check what they're buying is even worth buying or not.
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Don't delay buying a laptop if it's for career growth(college kids especially)

Too often I have seen kids waiting upto a year just because they didn't get the laptop at the lowest price that someone else said they did and they want the absolute best deal. The problem with this approach is that they keep waiting and waiting, they forget that time is something you can't get back and try to convince themselves that they can just go by without a laptop even when they desperately need it.

I don't recommend gaming laptops for gaming.

A good laptop should be able to sustain long workloads at the maximum perforamnce for a long time and those who think it's not something they might need, I can tell you from experience you will be surprised with how much a powerful system can do that a simple one can't. There are things that you haven't even realized yet.

Such laptops are called workstation laptops. You can see a few from Asus, Dell, HP & Lenovo.

If you checked those links, you will be surprised to see the huge costs of those machines for a decent new hardware, and that's where gaming laptops fit in.

Gaming laptops are strongly built machines that can run heavy load for long just like the workstation machines and in fact even in corporate world, brands have started to see that they were being ripped off because they were using workstation machiens and actually have started to use gaming laptops instead especially after pandemic when they started to realize that they can make more money with less people in offices.

Now about entertainment:
FUCK GAMING AND FUCK ENTERTAINMENT IN GENERAL. This is a creation machine. You learn skill from this or use it in your life to generate income right away or improve your current income. It is more clearly a money making machine and wasting that time on entertainment(Yes, gaiming is entertainment no matter how many reserach you bring me about hand-eye coordination and strategies).

Before you buy laptop from a brand series

Before you buy Acer Laptop India

Before you buy Apple Laptops India

Before you buy Colorful Laptops India

Before you buy Gigabyte Laptops India

Before you buy Infinix Laptops India

Careful who you take advice from especially YouTubers

They assume that if something breaks, you will simply replace it. Macbooks are fragile machine but they are being recommended all the time is because they know someone buying a Macbook will just buy another one if it breaks. Check online negative reviews of Macbooks and you will see the trap these people fall into who bought it because it was highly recommended.
Hey, they might be good machines but the expectation here is that if it breaks, you will simply buy new.
They assume you have good air conditioned room and environment for running the laptop.
Why do you think all the tests are done at 21°C in an AC with clean air? It's because that's what they live in all the time.
Wherease you might use the machine in a high heat, high humditity, dusty environment and the performance will go down significantly if there is so much restraints or the fans will simply choke up and you will keep on wondering why your system is running so hot all the time and why it keeps stuttering with even simple loads later.
With International YouTubers: Unlike the lawless country like India, Law means something there so putting, "Warranty Void if open" stickers or trying to put the blame warranty help on the customer will get them sued. In India, it is very common for brands to refuse you any warranty even for manufacturing defects by saying it was somehting you must have done(one of the reason I keep shouting, get ADP in my videos all the time.)
Most influencers follow dark stuff which means they don't care what happens to the machine long term. They need to review a machine and be done with it as soon as pososible. Their job is to push you to purchase and as soon as that's done, they are happy.
Of course no one has the time to get into issues all the time but what I am saying is they might simply not talk about stuff they might see troubling in the machine or know for a fact that this will make the machine not last long.
If you are still not satisfied, search any Acer Nitro V reviews on YouTube and then watch these two videos: 1 & 2 and you will understand what I mean.

Note: I have grown up poor and when I keep shouting get a gaming laptop, I expect that this might be your only computer at home and you want it to last long. The reason I keep focussing on performance and thermals so much is due to this also.

CPUs:

Games are becoming CPU heavy

Non eSports Games are slowly starting to become CPU dependent also like Spider-man and more I will write here later.
Point is, don't drop the CPU performance significantly just because it gives you something else like in the Legion Pro 5 Gen 10 AMD which forces you get an IPS screen instead of an OLED if you chose a higher performing CPU.

Laptop CPU Performance vs. Power

Power vs. Performance: 9955HX vs. 7945HX vs. 395 vs. 285HX vs. 14900HX

GPUs:

Nvidia 5000 series GPUs Laptop Comparision

5000 series has shown driver issues, fluctuating performance on the initial drivers and other driver issues that are common among the desktop cards. This all feels like should be fixed by driver updates so we can only wait on it.

Laptop 5060 vs 4070 at different wattages

Power vs. Performance: 5090 vs. 5080 vs. 4090 vs. 5070Ti vs. 4080 vs. 4070New(0.975V)

5070Ti Laptop Analysis

Summarized by ChatGPT with accurate data. Standard AI cautions apply

🧩 Overview

The RTX 5070 Ti marks the biggest shift in mid-to-high-end gaming laptops since the 4070/4080 lineup. It fills the large performance and pricing gap between the 4070 and 4080 while dramatically improving power efficiency and ray-tracing performance — effectively reshaping the 10,000 yuan gaming-laptop market.

⚙️ Specs & Architecture

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop (GN22-X7)
- 5888 CUDA cores (-23% vs 5080, +28% vs 5070)
- 12 GB GDDR7 VRAM, 192-bit, 140 W TGP
- Built on the Blackwell architecture (“Board 1”), same platform family as 5080/5090
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX (16 C 32 T, 5.4 GHz boost, 64 MB L3, 55 W TDP)
- Based on Zen 5 “Fire Range”, 4 nm process, integrated Radeon 610M
Memory: 32 GB DDR5 5600 MT/s
Test Device: ROG Magic 9 laptop

🧪 Synthetic Benchmarks

Test	5070 Ti vs 5080	5070 Ti vs 4080	5070 Ti vs 4070
3D Mark Time Spy	-21%	-5.6%	+32%
Fire Strike Extreme	-27%	–	+30 % +
Overall Performance	-22%	-6%	+30–35%

The 5070 Ti’s average scores match its theoretical specs almost exactly. Energy efficiency is superb: despite 35 W lower power draw than 4080, it nearly equals it in sustained gaming load.

🎮 Gaming Performance

All games were tested at 2560×1600 Ultra settings.

Black Myth: Wukong — 35 FPS (-5% vs 4080, +40% vs 4070) Assassin’s Creed: Shadows — 3 FPS behind 4080 Monster Hunter: Wilds — ≈ 60 FPS, almost identical to 4080 Call of Duty 21 — 7% slower than 4080 Cyberpunk 2077 — ≈ same as 4080, 21% behind 5080, 50% ahead of 4070 Tomb Raider: Shadows — -3% vs 4080, +40% vs 4070 Far Cry 6 — Almost identical to 4080 (3 FPS gap)

Overall: roughly 5 % slower than 4080, 30 % faster than 4070.

💡 DLSS 4 & Ray Tracing

DLSS 4 frame generation dramatically boosts performance, often making 2 K ray-traced gaming smooth even under 10,000 CNY.
In Cyberpunk 2077, DLSS 4 raises frame rate from 18 → 54 FPS; with frame generation, gameplay reaches e-sports-level smoothness.
Image quality remains high, though some artifacts and stutters exist in early DLSS 4 implementations.
DLSS 4 compatibility can be manually enabled through NVIDIA App overrides; broader support is coming.

🔥 Thermals & Noise

GPU: 139 W draw, 72 °C, 2542 MHz clock (25 °C room temp).
CPU: 87 °C @ 110 W single load; 80 °C dual load.
Keyboard surface: ~40 °C max near ESC key.
Noise: 56 dB under load. → Cooling performance is excellent — no hotspots, controlled noise, stable 195 W combined TDP.

⚡ CPU Performance

The 9955HX matches 4080-class GPUs perfectly.
Beats Intel i9-14900HX while consuming ~60 W (less than half Intel’s 140 W).
Single-core ≈ i9-13980HX / 285HX level.
IPC is strongest among Zen 5 mobile chips, slightly weaker than desktop STX-HALO due to onboard memory.

🧠 AI & Productivity

In large-language-model tests, 5070 Ti ≈ 4080 at pp512, -33 % at tg128.
Average combined performance: 11 % below 4080, 29 % above 4070.

🔧 Overclocking

Mild OC (+50 MHz core, +100 MHz VRAM) → +0.6%.
Manual OC (+450 MHz core, +1500 MHz VRAM) → 19058 points = 4080 level.

🌡️ Power Efficiency

Exceptional 140 W TGP efficiency matching 4080’s power budget.
Improved thermal headroom thanks to larger die area.
Power-limited to 129 W in Furmark (software cap issue), full power confirmed at 139 W after adjustments.

💬 Reviewer’s Verdict

RTX 5070 Ti brings true 2K ray-traced gaming under 10 k CNY for the first time.
Only ~5 % behind 4080 laptops but 30 % ahead of 4070 ones.
Superior efficiency and cooling make it an ideal balance of power and value.
With DLSS 4 and Zen 5 CPUs, high-end gaming no longer requires an exorbitant price.
Well-built models from second-tier brands are especially worth waiting for.

🏁 Conclusion

The RTX 5070 Ti laptop is a game-changer: nearly 4080-level performance, vastly better power efficiency, excellent thermals, and true next-gen features like DLSS 4 — all at a mainstream price. For 2025, it’s arguably the sweet spot GPU for gaming laptops.

Source

Laptops bought by users who contacted me

Laptops that were influenced by me are all here.

Laptops India Excel Sheet

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Gaming Laptops

Asus Gaming Laptops

Asus Laptop Brand Mega Blog here

Asus Gaming Laptops here

Asus TUF A16 8940HX 5070 → All details here(Just started reviewing).

Asus ROG Strix G16 8940HX 5070Ti→ Not recommended at all Can't justify high end parts in a "budget" class machine

Asus TUF Gaming A14 with 370 CPU & 4060 All details here

Asus V16 240H 5060 Abandoned review because I couldn't justify recommending to anyone, maybe as a gift to an enemy.

Dell Gaming Laptops

Dell Laptop Brand Mega Blog here.

Dell Gaming Laptops here

(Reviewing Now)Dell Aurora 16 240H 5060 All details here.

HP Gaming Laptops

HP Laptop Brand Mega Blog here.

HP Gaming Laptops here

HP Omen 8940HX/8945HX 5060 All details here.

HP Omen 7840HS 4060 & 7940HS 4070 All detilas here

Omen Transcend 14 285H 5070 → Might review if enough people interested.

MSI Gaming Laptops

MSI Laptop Brand Mega Blog here.

MSI Gaming Laptops here

MSI Vector A18 9955HX 5070Ti - Desktop Replacement machine, NOT A LAPTOP All details here.

Lenovo Gaming Laptops

Lenovo Laptop Brand Mega Blog here

Lenovo.com India Laptops Extra Savings which makes Lenovo the only brand to consider in India if you care about getting most value for money.

Due to 7% Discount Codes, 3% Rebates and Credit Card Cashback

Note: Indian Virtual Credit Cards where you only pay what you use and don't fall into the trap of debt. If you find one, let us know

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Recommended Lenovo Gaming Lapotps here

~₹95k-125k LOQ 250 5050/5060→ Best battery life Budget Gaming Laptop All detials here.

~₹125k-135k Legion 5 Gen 10: AMD 260 5050/5060→ Best battery life Premium Laptop AMD 260 Zen 4 with Nvidia 5050/5060 |
AMD 350 Zen 5/5c with Nvidia 5050/5060/5070.

~₹160-₹190k Legion Pro 5 Gen 10 AMD - 5050/5060/5070→ Best Premium Performance Laptops while being 1" thick (IPS) 8945HX -AMD zen 4 CPU with 5050/5060/5070 Review |
(OLED) 9945HX -AMD zen 5 CPU with 5000 series- Review halted due to lack of data but still worth considering

Not 100% Recommended Gaming Laptops

LOQ 15.6" Intel" 5050 5060→ All details here.

(Reviewing Now)Legion 5i Gen 10 - 13650HX,14700HX,14900HX with 5050,5060,5070 → Not 100% Recommended (Review almost done)13650HX 5050, 5060, 5070
(To review later when there is enough data)14700HX 5050/5060/5070 & 14900HX 5070

Legion Pro 5i Gen 10 Intel - Upto 5070Ti

14900HX 5070 | 275HX 5070 | (Review almost done) 275HX 5070Ti Legion Pro 7i 16 Gen 10 275HX 5080NOT A LAPTOP

Review | Intel CPU. See Important Note Above

(To Review)LOQ 17" Intel 5050 5060 5070 (NOT 100% Recommended)

Review: Won't touch unless there aren't better laptops in the price

97k Lenovo LOQ 14th Gen 17"-13450HX 80W-5050 115W-100%-16GB-0.5
111k Lenovo LOQ 14th Gen 17"-13650HX 90W-5050 115W-100%-16GB-0.5
120k Lenovo LOQ 14th Gen 17"-13650HX 90W-5060 115W-100%-16GB-0.5
131k Lenovo LOQ 14th Gen 17"-14700HX-5060 115W-100%-16GB-0.5
142k Lenovo LOQ 14th Gen 17"-14700HX-5070 115W-100%-16GB-0.5

LOQ Gen 9 - AMD Customized

LOQ Gen 9 - AMD Quick Delivery 7435HS 4050

Lenovo India Link

Price Breakdown if you use lenovo extra savings

LOQ Gen 9 - AMD Quick Delivery 7435HS 4060

No iGPU which means the dedicated Nvidia GPU will be always on and hence terrible battery life.

Detailed Preview here.

Legion 13650HX with 4060 (NOT 100% Recommended)

Intel CPU. See Important Note Above

Lenovo India→ Newer Version with Office 2024
Amazon India
Flipkart India→ Older Version with Office 2021

Detailed Review here.

LOQ 12th 2050/3050/4050 gen Intel HX Customized(Old) (NOT 100% Recommended).

All details here | Intel CPU. See Important Note Above

LOQ 13th gen Intel HX Customized 3050, 4050 & 4060(NOT 100% Recommended)

All Details here | Intel CPU. See Important Note Above

💩Shit Gaming laptops💩→ Aren't gaming laptops but try to scam people into thinking they are

These apply to all configuration of the machines.

Lenovo LOQ Essentials→ NOT AN LOQ

I didn't even look deep into this when it was announced and I am glad I didn't.
The hinge design is enough in itself to drop these laptops completely as even just moving aroudn with the laptop is enough to break it and if you say you will use this laptop without moving it around, why don't you simply buy a PC?

Acer Nitro V series→ NOT A NITRO

Acer keeps trying to sell it's Aspire Series which also sucks(check below this) by using the Nitro brand to sell it. Nitro is still fine but this is just no-no ever since I first saw the reviews of it.

MSI GF or Thin Series

Non-Gaming Laptops

Thin and Light Laptops - Lighter, lower performance, lasts less than gaming unless a solid build workstation like thinkpad.

Cautions: VVI

Gamign laptops aren't that much heavier(apart from a few) when comparing with non-gaming laptops. It's usually the mandatory charger that becomes too heavy and if you can let go off battery life and can move around with heavier weight, please please please, get a gaming laptop as they are much better value, are much better built and desinged to last long while giving consistent and high CPU/GPU performance.
Thinkpads don't come with the 3 years ADP like other Lenovo laptops. Only one year adp at a discounted price. You can get it but with Thinkpads as I have said earlier, they are built to last(however the quality is going down over the generations so proper review of whichever latpop you buy is still needed. Don't buy it just because it's a thinkpad).
I want people to get the laptop with numpad and hence the larger 15.6" or 16" and since they are thin laptop they don't get much heavy, however I still understand the need for smaller laptops to fit in the backpack easily but I said what I had to. Many people lookover the numpad and realize they need it later. Please be sure you don't need it later and only then go for laptops without it.
High battery life reported you see everywhere is with lower brightness and low brithgness mode and with almost no applications. Keep this in mind before you pickup a laptop just because it said 8+ hrs battery life. Don't beleive me? Check Amazon Macbook's negative reviews about battery and you will understand. All I am saying is, please check proper reviews and try to figure out what use case fits yours and might give you a longer battery life. Because with some tweaks even I have got more than 4 hours on my 14700HX 4060 loq and 5 hours on the 10500H 3050 Legion.
Battery Size matters but how little power a CPU can use in low performance mode also matters a lot. Of course display and all but CPU effeciency plays a big factor.

Recommended Thin and Light Laptops

Thinkpad 14" AMD 210 - Late Delivery/Customized: If you can't get the 16"

CPU & Upgrade RAM SSD yourself and install OS/Office yourself.

<68k: (58k+4k+6k): Thinkpad E14 AMD 210 100% sRGB 48Whr → Only if you really want a smaller 14" size otherwise go for the 16"

Customized Version on Lenovo.com

CPU: 210
210 is pretty usable CPU.
RAM: AMD CPU and Windows 11 means you need a minimum of 24GB RAM to function however, any RAM selection was too expensive on amazon hence buying more from Amazon 16GB minimum was better. However, do compare the prices yourself if they increase later.
SSD: Only 256GB available, so you have to buy one off of Amazon anyways as 256GB is unusable. Again, like above, check prices before making this judgement.
Display: 100% sRGB was the bare minimum, that was the whole reason to even boterh with thinkpads in the first place otherwise I would have not.
Note: Don't get the touch screen as it's not color accurate.
Windows and Office: Too Expensive on Lenovo. You can use Windows without activating and of course if you are fine with it, there are other ways to activate it.
Camera, WiFi, Fingerprint Reader, Backlight Keyboard, Charger, better battery: Choose the best most expensive one mainly because the prices were fractional compared to the whole laptop.
Base Cover Material: Although the Aluminium one is more premium many Indian households don't bother with the third ground wire in their household so unless you have grounded your home connection, the laptop body will shock you in which case just get the plastic body.

With extra savings of course.

Thinkapds - E Series: The Cheapest Thinkpads→ Still my no.1 recommendation

The thing with these Thinkpads is that you can find many in sale on Amazon India from recommended sellers or, Lenovo India for cheap if you can let go off a color accurate displays. Trying to choose such display is the reason the thinpads below are so cheap.

All other Thinkpad E14s→

The following are too expensive: Most Thinkpads are <75k is not a price I am comfortable with recommending any Thinkpad E series at. This price range should be for L Series hence proceed with caution.

~80k: ThinkPad E14 Gen 7 (14, Intel) - 21SY 48Whr → Review to be added here if there is a model worth buying.

75k+4k: Cheapest usable version is still very expensive to recommend

Customized Version on Lenovo.com

CPU: 225H is not much more than the 225U so this is the base CPU which is still very very usable.
RAM (+4k): Amazon has afforable laptop RAM, there was no point paying Lenovo extra as this laptop has two SSD slots already. This will incur extra charges later however.
Also, since this is AMD aim for 24GB RAM and higher NOT 16GB RAM
SSD: 512GB isn't much more than the 256GB optoin.
Note: Amazon has afforable SSD if you want to upgrade even more later.
Display: 100% sRGB was the bare minimum, that was the whole reason to even boterh with thinkpads in the first place otherwise I would have not.
Windows and Office: Too Expensive on Lenovo. You can use Windows without activating and of course if you are fine with it, there are other ways to activate it.
Camera, WiFi, Fingerprint Reader, Backlight Keyboard, Charger, better battery: Choose the best most expensive one mainly because the prices were fractional compared to the whole laptop.
Base Cover Material: Although the Aluminium one is more premium many Indian households don't bother with the third ground wire in their household so unless you have grounded your home connection, the laptop body will shock you in which case just get the plastic body.

With extra savings of course.

82k: ThinkPad E14 Gen 7 (14, Intel) - 21TA 48Whr Battery →

~72k+4k+6k: Cheapest usable version is still very expensive to recommend

Customized Version on Lenovo.com

CPU: The 100U CPU is very weak, too weak to run normal Windows 11 properly let along any extra applications on top of it.
RAM(+4k later): Amazon has afforable laptop RAM, there was no point paying Lenovo extra as this laptop has two SSD slots already. This will incur extra charges later however.
SSD(+6k later): Amazon has afforable SSD, there was no point paying Lenovo extra as this laptop has two SSD slots already. This will incur extra charges later however.
Display: 100% sRGB was the bare minimum, that was the whole reason to even boterh with thinkpads in the first place otherwise I would have not.
Windows and Office: Too Expensive on Lenovo. You can use Windows without activating and of course if you are fine with it, there are other ways to activate it.
Camera, WiFi, Fingerprint Reader, Backlight Keyboard, Charger and if an option opens later for battery: Choose the best most expensive one mainly because the prices were fractional compared to the whole laptop.
Base Cover Material: Although the Aluminium one is more premium many Indian households don't bother with the third ground wire in their household so unless you have grounded your home connection, the laptop body will shock you in which case just get the plastic body.

75k: ThinkPad E14 Gen 6 (14, AMD) 57Whr Battery →

~75k: Cheapest usable version is still very expensive to recommend

Customized Version on Lenovo.com

CPU: The best CPU 7735HS isn't that much more considering the price of the laptop so I went with that..
RAM: AMD CPU and Windows 11 means you need a minimum of 24GB RAM to function and as goign from 8 to 32GB was not that much differnt that Amazon at the point of writing I went with it. However, do compare the prices yourself if they increase later.
SSD: Even though the cost of a new 256GB is the same since we only have two slots it's stupid to buy one off of amazon and it's better to increase the base SSD to 512GB and then buy more from Amazon later as needed. Again, like above, check prices before making this judgement.
Display: 100% sRGB was the bare minimum, that was the whole reason to even boterh with thinkpads in the first place otherwise I would have not.
Note: Don't get the touch screen as it's not color accurate.
Windows and Office: Too Expensive on Lenovo. You can use Windows without activating and of course if you are fine with it, there are other ways to activate it.
Camera, WiFi, Fingerprint Reader, Backlight Keyboard, Charger, better battery: Choose the best most expensive one mainly because the prices were fractional compared to the whole laptop.
Base Cover Material: Although the Aluminium one is more premium many Indian households don't bother with the third ground wire in their household so unless you have grounded your home connection, the laptop body will shock you in which case just get the plastic body.

With extra savings of course.

ThinkPad E14 Gen 6 (14, Intel) → No variant with 100% sRGB so ignoring this.

All Thinkpad E16s→ Too look into this but if all their 100% sRGB usable variants are also close to 80k ignore this.

~82k ThinkPad E16 Gen 2 (16, AMD)

Customized Version

CPU: 7735HS
7335U is just too weak in my opinion even for basic tasks.
When you add the next CPU, the best available here CPU 7735HS isn't that much more considering the price of the laptop so I went with that so we are selecing that.
RAM: AMD CPU and Windows 11 means you need a minimum of 24GB RAM to function and as goign from 8 to 32GB was not that much differnt that Amazon at the point of writing I went with it. However, do compare the prices yourself if they increase later.
SSD: Even though the cost of a new 256GB is the same since we only have two slots it's stupid to buy one off of amazon and it's better to increase the base SSD to 512GB and then buy more from Amazon later as needed. Again, like above, check prices before making this judgement.
Display: 100% sRGB was the bare minimum, that was the whole reason to even boterh with thinkpads in the first place otherwise I would have not.
Note: Don't get the touch screen as it's not color accurate.
Windows and Office: Too Expensive on Lenovo. You can use Windows without activating and of course if you are fine with it, there are other ways to activate it.
Camera, WiFi, Fingerprint Reader, Backlight Keyboard, Charger, better battery: Choose the best most expensive one mainly because the prices were fractional compared to the whole laptop.
Base Cover Material: Although the Aluminium one is more premium many Indian households don't bother with the third ground wire in their household so unless you have grounded your home connection, the laptop body will shock you in which case just get the plastic body.

With extra savings of course.

ThinkPad E16 Gen 3 (16, Intel) - TG → No 100% sRGB Variant, so ignore this.

Customized Version

ThinkPad E16 Gen 3 (16, AMD) Laptop → No 100% sRGB. Ignore this.

Customized Version on Lenovo.com

CPU: 210
210 is pretty usable CPU.
RAM: AMD CPU and Windows 11 means you need a minimum of 24GB RAM to function however going above 16GB single stick was too much compared to Amazon so you might still have to buy another 16GB stick over it. However, do compare the prices yourself if they increase later.
SSD: Only 256GB available, so you have to buy one off of Amazon anyways as 256GB is unusable. Again, like above, check prices before making this judgement.
Display: No 100% sRGB available that's why I told you to ignore this laptop.
Note: Don't get the touch screen as it's not color accurate.
Windows and Office: Too Expensive on Lenovo. You can use Windows without activating and of course if you are fine with it, there are other ways to activate it.
Camera, WiFi, Fingerprint Reader, Backlight Keyboard, Charger, better battery: Choose the best most expensive one mainly because the prices were fractional compared to the whole laptop.
Base Cover Material: Although the Aluminium one is more premium many Indian households don't bother with the third ground wire in their household so unless you have grounded your home connection, the laptop body will shock you in which case just get the plastic body.

With extra savings of course.

~84k: ThinkPad E16 Gen 3 (16, Intel) - 21SS →

80k+4k: Customized Variant

CPU: 225H is not much more than the 225U so this is the base CPU which is still very very usable.
RAM (+4k): Amazon has afforable laptop RAM, there was no point paying Lenovo extra as this laptop has two SSD slots already. This will incur extra charges later however.
Also, since this is AMD aim for 24GB RAM and higher NOT 16GB RAM
SSD: 512GB isn't much more than the 256GB optoin.
Note: Amazon has afforable SSD if you want to upgrade even more later.
Display: 100% sRGB was the bare minimum, that was the whole reason to even boterh with thinkpads in the first place otherwise I would have not.
Windows and Office: Too Expensive on Lenovo. You can use Windows without activating and of course if you are fine with it, there are other ways to activate it.
Camera, WiFi, Fingerprint Reader, Backlight Keyboard, Charger, better battery: Choose the best most expensive one mainly because the prices were fractional compared to the whole laptop.
Base Cover Material: Although the Aluminium one is more premium many Indian households don't bother with the third ground wire in their household so unless you have grounded your home connection, the laptop body will shock you in which case just get the plastic body.

With extra savings of course.

ThinkPad E16 Gen 2 (16, Intel) → No 100% sRGB with this so ignoring this.

Ideapads

I have seen the conditions of Ideapad non gaming laptops in the past and even to this day if you check the negative reviews of these machines you will see they are filled with durability issues which makes them not long term.

Yes, you can get ADP and use that whenever something breaks and Lenovo tries to blame it on you but having done that perosnally many times, I can't wish it on my worst enemies. It's not a pleasant expereince where mfs keep closing your ticket and force you to take ADP which you can only claim once a year.
But as I said above in thinkpad section all the usable Thinkpads are getting so so expensive that we have to make some sacrifices and I remember Ideapad Pros being a lot better built than normal Ideapads, though I will need to again look deep into them before even slightly recomemnding them.

Ideapad Pro 5

IdeaPad Slim 5 OLED → Never Mind.

Note: Even though Thinkpads are the only thin and lights I recommend, due to high prices of even the cheapest Thinkpads(E series>80k when they should be near 50k), I am forced to look into alternatives and this one comes to mind as a few people including one of my friends oredered this and they didn't see any problems with it.
The problem I brought was long term and as long you get Lenovo's own 3 years ADP which can later be exteneded to one more year for about 4-5k(wroth paying), atleast it's a good machine for four years. As long as you keep that in mind, I guess it's worth consdiering.

Old Stuff

@Archived/Old

Thinkpads are the only laptops I recommend in thin and light and budget friendly series. There are good sturdy thin laptops from other brands also but they are usually very very expensive.

General Guidelines

Prefer 100% sRGB which are usually avaiable in customized laptops.
Prefer AMD over Intel for longer battery life and less heat.
Prefer 16" model(or models with the numpad on keyboard).

44k: Thinkpad E16 7535U 16GB 512GB Windows + Office + 1200p 67% sRGB Screen + 1 year ADP

Title says all. If you are fine with a slightly dull display and can't buy a PC or a heavy gaming laptop this is my go to recommendation.

Extra savings if buying from Lenovo India. Check details here.

Links→ Lenovo India All E Series Thinkpads on Lenovo

Add Rs.1200 for 1 year ADP and it's under 44k. No mouse, keyboard and any other things are worth getting but use your judgement. In general, avoid all softwares from lenovo and all mouse, keyboard, headphones are shit.

Cheap Thinkpad: Under 40k: ThinkPad E14 7430U 8GB-512GB No OS

Amazon India, Another Thinkpad (Only Clicktech Retail Private Ltd Seller)

Lenovo India

Hindi Video

💩Shit Non-Gaming laptops💩→ Laptops that flourises your relationship with the repair/service people

These are the laptops that makes a person start hating the whole brand whichever one they are. Every brand makes these disposable laptops at high margins while still making money off of the repiars and service. They know that and hence they don't give ADP with many of these machines, if they do, GET IT.

Steaming Pile of Horse Shit starts here:

Lenovo Ideapad Slim 1→ Don't just buy it because it's "cheap"

Hinge is weak and will break even normal usage especially under the display. These will break.

MSI Stealth 15M, MSI Sword 15, MSI Vector GP66, MSI GF63 Thin

Mainly because of build quality.

Not Recommended Laptop or No Longer Relevent or No longer in Stock

Click to see these.

Rs.80k Gigabyte 13650HX 4060

Niece laptop. Most people don't want to risk with this brand altogether.

Detailed Preview here.

33k→ Cheap Thinkbook Laptop. Worth even bothering?

Lenovo India 16" Lenovo India 14" (Prefer 16") Amazon India (If it ever comes in stock)

Price Breakdown if buying from Lenovo and using coupons, rebates and cashbacks.

Update: Alright, Alright, I will look into it again. But remember if you can get the above Think pad by stretching your budget, you should get that or even a PC if you can build it in this range like I did.

Main reason to look into it was the fact that best seller laptops on amazon are exactly 33k and around it and so people are buying laptops in this range whether I like it or not often without additional warranty or ADP (which companies don't give in this range because they know these machines won't last).

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Quick Look→ No 3 years ADP as expected. One year ADP that costs another 1.5k. And that is the main point. Just stick to the thinkpad above. Avoid this. The 5k difference from this to the Thinkpads above will be sucked from you in the first few years. Thinkpads are the only laptops recommended even without ADP. Thinkbook IS NOT a Thinkpad. I have had the unfortunate moment of using this laptop and it shouldn't have Think in it's name.

In case you're wondering why so suddenly, here are some videos: Thinkpads are the only non-gaming laptops I recommend to buy as New ;), DON'T BUY YOGA SLIM or similar thin laptops just for OLED | They won't last | Thinkpads alternatives

IdeaPad Pro 5 Custom Link Refurbished Gaming Laptops Never really remains in stock to tell anyone about it. It gets out of stock right away. But the other major thing is that we don't know the long term implications of these refurbished laptops.

Refurbished LOQ 7435HS 4050 Link

Went out of stock pretty quickly.

Refurbished LOQ 7235HS 3050

This was delivered to ID:9

LOQ 14th gen Intel HX Customized

It was close to 1 lakh when it launched (104k exactly) but just after a month it was 110k-115k. I already don't recommend budget laptops over 1 lakh in any case for various reasons. Even with a 95W CPU this is a great value for money laptop.

Caution: The problem as with all the LOQ Intel HX Variants is that the initial models have died a lot (3%+ according to my calculations) and for that reason prefer the newer models of the same. The only way to be sure is to check the box's manufacturing date if getting offline or getting the customized variants from Lenovo directly.

Lenovo Link (If model available it will show up) | Amazon India (Proper Seller Selected)

Videos: Short Review for Amazon | English Review | Hindi Review

LOQ 14th gen Intel HX Quick Delivery: 14700HX 4060

Quick Delivery variants of LOQ Intel HX CPUs are not at all recommended because you can't confirm the date of manufacture so you con't say if it's on of the earlier unit or not.

Update: A new variant has launched on Amazon India for Rs.115k. It is similar to the laptop I got earlier. If the Legion above is not available, only then think about this laptop.

Quick Delivery→115k Lenovo LOQ 14th Gen-14700HX-4060 115W-100%-16GB-1TB on Amazon India

Videos: Short Review for Amazon | English Review | Hindi Review

HP Omen AMD 16 (2023) 7840HS/7940HS 4060/4070

HP Omen 16-7840HS-4060-100%-16GB-1TB Amazon India (Only Sold by Clicktech Retail Private Ltd)
HP Omen 16-7940HS-4070-100%-16GB-1TB Amazon India (Only Sold by Clicktech Retail Private Ltd)

Don't get this laptop without ADP.
Already covered in details here.

Waitng for Stock

LOQ Gen 9 AMD

Will review once it comes back in stock again.

Link

Refurbished Laptops

Refurbished LOQ 7840HS 4060 67% sRGB Screen

Lenovo India: 1 year warranty. Warranty can't be extended. No credit card discounts or coupons applicable. Rebates unsure.
Great laptop if you can live with the slightly dull color screen. The screen is better than other brand's budget laptop's 67% sRGB screeen like Asus TUF and more but it's not 100% sRGB so colors will look washed out.
That's the whole problem with this laptop. This laptop was the reason this channel boomed a few years ago. This laptop maintains the four vent design that I recommend in countries with a lot of dust.

Here are some videos I did on this(Might not be in English. Some reviews are about 100% sRGB screen but rest are same. Already cleared the color thing in the line above):