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TechPogo Task: Which Laptop to BUY !
Choosing the Best laptop brand for you!

• Price
• Performance
  
• Service.

While buying a laptop,carefully choose the brand. Here is an introduction:

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VAIO Sony
Buyers: designers, CEO’s, Graphic/Art Workers

• Has a more feminine look and feel
• Most lightweight easy to carry
  
• Expensive from any other laptop brand with same configuration (Starts 1500
  
• High Performance with less problems.
  
• Ideal For working women (Web/Art/Graphic designers, Managers)
• Sales and Service – Average

APPLE
Buyers : Audio & video editor, engineers, animators

• High performance with a dedicated software and hardware support
  
• Most expensive in its category
• Ideal for – Audio/Video Editors, animators etc.
• After Sales Support - Excellent.
• Most of the Apple notebooks come large in size cause their users need bigger screen for their work.
  

HP (Hewlett-Packard)
Buyers MBA, students, executives in marketing, home users

• Looks- Simple design, clean colours and elegant.
• Weighs average
• Price- Above average. (Starting from 1200 $)
• Performance- better than average.
• Normally people who buy HP buy it for the brand look and feel
• Add-on Features like face recognition and free goodies and attractive promotional campaigns.

LENOVO
An HP Subsidiary laptop

Users(Best for Young Executives and Professionals)

• Same parent company so similiar sales and service.
• Performance – Average.
• Price – Mid range Starting from 800-900 $
• Simple and minimalistic design.
• Average in size (More of a general purpose laptop)
  

HCL
General purpose laptop for businessmen, marketing people, school students etc

• Come for a lower price and compromises with the quality too.
• Average performer.
  
• After Sales service is “okay” but not so reliable.
• Looks average and simple.
• Weight more than average.
  

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ACER
Value for money laptop, Buyers: Students, Young executives, MBA ‘s etc

• Competitive price
• Average performance
  
• Better configuration options (Intel and Athlon)
• Looks and Design
  
• Stylish colour options

DELL
The tough guy;

Buyers: IT Companies, Software Developers etc )

• Competitive price
  
• Best performance
• Less of fancy features
• Looks- Simple and minimalistic
• TechPogo Recommends
  

Others Brands on Same levels–

• Zenith, Toshiba,Sahara, Wipro, iBall (General Purpose laptops)

• Relatively new entrants
  
• Most of them Cheapest when come to price.
• Less reliable service.
• Good if you want to buy high configuration laptop for less money.

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