Best Laptops under ₹25,000 (September 2023)

The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3i Chromebook costs slightly more than Rs 25000, but if you’re willing to spend a little extra you get a laptop that comes with decent performance paired with decent build quality as well. The laptop doesn't slack in the looks department, featuring an eye-catching brushed metal finish. The overall design is robust and sturdy. The laptop features an Intel Celeron N4020, with 64GB of eMMC storage. However you have plenty of connectivity options when it comes to the IO port offerings. As this is a Chromebook, it runs on Chrome OS, which is fast and efficient, especially for students and working professionals. You've also got a 14-inch FHD IPS touch display, which even supports a stylus if you need it.

The Infinix X1 Neo laptop is on this list of best laptops under Rs 25000 price because it manages to cover all bases as a budget all-purpose laptop for students or working professionals. It comes with a Quad core Intel Celeron processor, paired with 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM which is decent for laptops priced around Rs 25000. On the storage front, you have 256 GB of SSD storage, where the speeds will naturally be much faster than on HDDs. It also boasts an impressive 14-inch FHD IPS display for this price bracket, coupled with decent build quality, which is not something a lot of laptops in this price range can offer. At 1.24Kg the laptop is also among the lighter laptops on this list. The laptop should have no trouble handling tasks for students and working professionals.

When looking for the best laptops under Rs 25000, Acer's Aspire lineup of laptops is one that will keep popping up. Even at a budget, you get decent specs, such as an AMD 3020e dual core processor paired with 8GB of DDR4 RAM. You also get an impressive 2TB of storage, which is a lot more than what laptops even double its price offer. This is in addition to a 256GB M.2 PCIe SSD. You have decent offerings with IO ports as well plus a 14-inch HD display. With all of these specifications what you have here is a decent all-purpose laptop for work or students. There are various configurations of the Acer Aspire 3 as well, if you’re willing to go over the Rs 25000 budget, including more powerful AMD and Intel processors.

Another great Chromebook that you can pick up for under the Rs 25000 price is from HP. The HP Chromebook 14a comes with a 14-inch HD display and the laptop’s entire weight is just over 1kg. The HP Chromebook also has a gorgeous design as the entire laptop is covered in a Snow White colour. In addition to looking good, it is also a performer thanks to an ARM-based MediaTek Kompanio 500 CPU, 4GB LPDDR4X RAM and 64GB storage.

The Lenovo V15 is the only AMD based laptop in the list. It's powered by the Athlon Silver 3050U processor and comes with integrated Radeon graphics. The only thing you need to know about this laptop is that it's a DOS-based laptop and you'll need to install either Windows or Linux to use it.

At around Rs 27,000 the Acer Extensa 15 is slightly over budget for this list, but what do you get for 2000 more? Well you've got an Intel Pentium Silver N5030 processor, which is a quad-core processor. Certainly gives it a leg up over the dual-core processors commonly found in this price bracket. Next, you get up to 1 TB of HDD storage which is great. 4GB of RAM is the norm in this price segment as well, and should more than suffice for the use case of students and working professionals, even allowing for some very light gaming thanks to the integrated Intel UHD 605 GPU. You also get a 15.6-inch, ‎1366x768 resolution screen to consume media content with ease.