Diwali 2016: If you want to gift a laptop, but are confused, here's our list to help you

Diwali is just around the corner. Apart from being the festival of lights, it’s also a time when you indulge in a lot of gifting. With so many sales going on around this time, it only makes sense to make the most out of it. We have you covered with cameras , smartphones across budgets , home theatre systems , TVs , fitness bands  and more. 

Here are the best laptops you can buy for yourself or for gifting it to your loved ones, this holiday season.

Entry level laptops

This category of laptops are best for the first time buyers. Ideally something you can buy for your younger cousins who are at school or college, to help them out with projects and assignment work. Both Intel and AMD have great entry level solutions in this category. Ensure that you will not be able to run high end applications such as Adobe’s Photoshop or even run some high resolution video content on these laptops.

Suggestions

Lenovo IdeaPad 100  (Without Windows out of the box) Price: Rs 18,986

Acer Aspire ES  (With Windows 10) Price: Rs 18,990

HP 15-ba007au  (Without Windows out of the box) Price: Rs 18,299

Multimedia laptops

For those looking at this category, you don’t need to go for a traditional laptop as such. There are many 2-in-1s in the market which function quite well as your daily driver or if you want to relax, you can detach the display and use it to consume content. The thing to look for here is portability and sleeker profiles.

Suggestions

HP Pavilion x360 Price: Rs 48,290

Asus UX360CA Price: Rs 55,640

Dell Inspiron 15 5000 Price: Rs 73,190

Microsoft Surface Pro 4 Price: Rs 73,990  

Lenovo Yoga 900 Price: Rs 1,18,400

Gaming laptops

The only requirement here is to ensure that the laptop has a dedicated graphics solution. Integrated graphics just won’t cut it for your loved one who is into gaming. Also with gaming laptops, you  will really have to increase your budget over Rs 70,000 to get a proper gaming laptop. There’s really no point trying to go for a budget option here.

Suggestions

MSI GL62 6QF Price: Rs 76,900 

Asus ROG G551W Price: Rs 94,990

Alienware R2 Price: Rs 1,53,000

Apple laptops

For those of you wanting to forego the Windows OS, there are the macOS sporting Apple laptops. Apple has neatly divided segments with the Air series meant for those who want a light laptop, the Pro series targetted at content creators. Here are the interesting deals we found on the Macbooks.

Suggestions

Apple MacBook Air (13.3-inch) Price: Rs 60,990

Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display (13-inch) Price: Rs 89,990

Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display (15-inch) Price: Rs 1,40,490

Please Note: Apple is launching its new series of MacBook Pros on 27 October 10.30PM India time. These will take some time getting to India. So it would be best to wait and see how things pan out. The existing models may hopefully get a further price drop over the days.