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

Mukeshmeena

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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
 

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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 ??
 

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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.
 

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msankadi said:
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.
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What's the durability.?? My cousin wants to keep it for at least 5 years. btw he was considering chromebook too. But he doesn't need touch screen. So any other laptop like chromebook (lightweight) non touch.
 

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Mukeshmeena said:
What's the durability.?? My cousin wants to keep it for at least 5 years. btw he was considering chromebook too. But he doesn't need touch screen. So any other laptop like chromebook (lightweight) non touch.
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Cant say much about durability as it depends on the usage. I told you about my case, it has been working fine since 4 years.

You can use and throw buy a new one in 2-3 years and still save 50% compared to an M1 despite buying 2 laptops.

Newly launched chromebooks that I am referring to have both touch and non touch models. See below links:

Also, now chromebooks support Android apps out of the box

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i would not buy anything with intel processors nowadays. amd ryzen laptops are pretty good though. i would also stay away from arm based chrome books. would rather buy a notebook without os and install linux. as it may surprise many but ubuntu as a daily driver is very good. my home laptop is m1 and office laptop is ubuntu. if you stick with ubuntu or debian buster you won’t have any problems day to day. i would absolutely stay away from windows or android.
 

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i would not buy anything with intel processors nowadays. amd ryzen laptops are pretty good though. i would also stay away from arm based chrome books. would rather buy a notebook without os and install linux. as it may surprise many but ubuntu as a daily driver is very good. my home laptop is m1 and office laptop is ubuntu. if you stick with ubuntu or debian buster you won’t have any problems day to day. i would absolutely stay away from windows or android.
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I just want it for media consumption I.e watching lectures sometimes Netflix and reading pdfs. But for long term use. And battery backup should be 10+ hrs