Budget 51-70k MacBook Air (M1) vs windows laptop

Mukeshmeena

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Hello everyone
My cousin is looking for lightweight laptop. He never used any MacBook. He wants it for long term maybe 3-5 years. As he is thinking it as of one time investment. He is not accompanied with apple OS. His main purpose will be watching Study lectures and Videos. And fill forms for Jobs. And reading pdfs. And one more thing he will be downloading videos and PDF's from internet ( I don't know if Apple laptop allow that). So please suggest what he should go for. Please keep in mind that display must be good.
 

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M1. it does everything in just the browser. if you want to save a bit of money go for ipad as it would be more versatile with pencil but there wont be a keyboard.
 

msankadi

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Requirement doesn't need you to spend a ton so save money . Os is important and shouldn't have restrictions. So windows or chrome os should be good. Also previous usage is there so no learning curve needed.

For this use case look for a good windows laptop in 40k range with a big screen.

Can even go for chromebook and save even more. Look at newly launched acer or asus chromebook around 20 30k
 

Mukeshmeena

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msankadi said:
Requirement doesn't need you to spend a ton so save money . Os is important and shouldn't have restrictions. So windows or chrome os should be good. Also previous usage is there so no learning curve needed.

For this use case look for a good windows laptop in 40k range with a big screen.

Can even go for chromebook and save even more. Look at newly launched acer or asus chromebook around 20 30k
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Do you know what's the avg battery backup of chromebook ??
 

msankadi

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Mukeshmeena said:
Do you know what's the avg battery backup of chromebook ??
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I have been using a 2017-18 bought chromebook for years now. Mine was a 15 inch acer one. roughly 10 hours battery life and get roughly 8 hours to date.

For the newer models launched in india, in one of the reviews I saw that the battery life it gave was 10-12 hours.