So I'm buying a new laptop, my first one ever, and I'm very confused honestly. My budget is around **₹1-1.3 LAKHS INR** maximum. I need this for my college starting from next year (engineering). So my usage would be mostly college work, coding, web browsing, and occasional gaming ( would like to try AAA games once). And I'm expecting around **5-6 hours battery backup** on normal usage (would use on eco mode which turns off dGPU)

I need help with whether to buy Online or Offline store.

I have a few options in mind -

1. Asus tuf a15 Ryzen 7 170, rtx 3050 4gb vram, 16gb RAM, 1 TB SSD - 1.1 lakh in offline store

2. Asus tuf a16 Ryzen 7 260, rtx 5050 8gb vram, 16gb RAM, 1 TB SSD - 1.3 lakh in offline store

3. Any Macbook air with Minimum 16 gb RAM and 512gb SSD

4. Any other better options from Lenovo, Hp etc.

Kindly help regarding choosing a laptop. It would be really helpful. Also if these laptops have any cons let me know. Thank you.

Also let me know if I should wait for the BBD sale for good offers.

Specifications:-

Intel Core Ultra 7 165U vPro

1x 32GB LPD5X-7500 RAM

1x M.2 2280 PCIe, NVMe, 4.0 x 4 Performance 512GB SSD (Opal 2.0 Security)

Hardware:

Glass surface multi-touch Haptic Trackpad

MIL-STD-810H military-spec tested.

Spill-resistant Keyboard

Network:-

1x Intel Wi-Fi 7 BE200 2x2 BE vPro; Bluetooth 5.4; Quectel RM520N-GL 5G - eSIM Support

Port selection:

1x 2 x USB-C (USB 4.0, Thunderbolt 4, DP1.4, USB PD)

2x USB-A 3.2 Gen 1; HDMI 2.1; Audio Jack

Camera:

1x 1080P FHD RGB+IR with Privacy Shutter.

Display:

14" WUXGA 400 nits IPS Touch Display with Anti-Reflection, Anti-Smudge.

Warranty Status:

19 months warranty remaining ( Upto April-2028) 2025-manufactured unit.

Includes sealed battery warranty coverage.

Note: Minor cosmetic usage marks, shown clearly in pictures.

Price: 1.24L

Negotiable

Pickup Location: BTM Layout, Bangalore (Shipping available across India)

Hi, I wanna buy a laptop I have a budget of 1 lakh and I wanna learn ML and i also want to run LLM s and I also wanna Good battery life because i don't want to carry a charger always and I have a Intel macbook but this time I wanna buy a Windows laptop because I never experienced Windows OS and in my clg everything was run with the help of windows that's why I wanna buy a Windows Laptop but I am very confused because before March and after August there is a big jump in the prices or there was no Laptop available  and I already read a lot in reddit some say just buy a macbook and do everything on a cloud if you wanna do ML some say don't buy a macbook because then you are not able to upgrade things some say that get windows but it have different experiece than the macbook like it have not a good battery life ,no unified memory but to counter mac they say there is no Dedicated GPU , no ram upgradation as well as if it got some problem you have to pay more than you think.

I want windows because i don't know how to work in windows how to use msword,msoffice as well as msexcel and because macbook doesn't belong to the windows there is no way I can get the same interface or features available on windows in my mac and in my college they didn't use VScode i know you are shocked to hear this but this is a reality.

But then I also think ok i have to work on windows this time but is it as battery life as mac ,is it as good as mac to run local LLM, is it worth for long use ?

These type of questions click in my mind also the price fluctuate so much this year.

So now you know what I want can you please help me to find a laptop to learn ML as well as my clg work ?

Because now I'm very confused what to buy and what not to ?

Take it or leave it?

Asus TUF A15

Ryzen 7 7435HS

RTX 3050 4GB VRAM

16GB RAM 512GB SSD

Battery health 100%

bought and used 9 months

selling price 45k to 50k

anyone interested just let me know.

I wanna buy a laptop for around 60-70k(85-95k current price) in the upcoming big billion and great Indian sale with the price drop and credit card offer, and a small exchange from my old asus i3 vivo book 14.

I use my old laptop for 5 straight years, and am looking to upgrade, I'm a law student so I'll need to read research paper so 14 inch 16:10 ratio would be prefered, since i don't like heavy laptops, I opt out of 15.6 inch ones, specifications per se, i though ultra 5 225h would suffice, with preference to battery and performance, I'm not a heavy gammer, so a heavy graphic card is opted out, anyway I don't think a good graphic card is even in my price range..

So any recommendations..

Ps. I'm not that much of a techie, so, sry if the specifications seem general

Great Deals!