The upcoming festive season is one of copious gifting, apart from interesting discounts. We’ve compiled a list of some of the best laptops currently available in the Indian market for you, laptops which truly stand out in their categories as top performance, reliability, and feature-set models.

Apple MacBook Air 13 inch

The MacBook Air sports a 13 inch high resolution LED backlit glossy widescreen display. The laptop is ultra compact and very lightweight. It has a 1.7GHz Intel Core i5 processor, with 3MB L3 cache with 4GB of DDR3 memory. It also includes a Intel HD Graphics 3000 processor built-in, with 384MB of video memory to offer that is shared with the RAM. For storage it offers variants of 128GB and 256GB SSD drives. The battery backup of MacBook Air is 7 hours of basic to medium use, making it simply outstanding. It is available in India at Rs. 73,900 for the 128GB SSD version, and Rs. 89,900 for the 256GB SSD version.

Dell XPS 15Z

Dell XPS 15Z laptop is designed for professionals and for certain home users. It delivers solid build quality with a sleek design. It sports a choice of 2nd generation Intel Core i5-2430M and i7-2640M processors, running at 2.4 GHz and 2.8GHz respectively. Other choices include 4GB or 8GB of RAM , a choice of Nvidia GT 525M 1GB or 2GB. The display is a 15.6” inch full HD widescreen. It comes with 750GB for storage. All this makes it an ideal deal this Christmas. It is available on the Dell website for a starting price of Rs. 70,800. Dell provides 3 year warranty with 6-month EMI options.

Asus Zenbook UX31E

The Zenbook UX31E is the latest addition to the Asus stable. Asus designed this ultra-slim laptop with just 3mm thickness at the front and 9mm at the rear. It has a spun metal and brushed aluminium finish for incredible beauty. It is powered by an Intel Core i7-2677M processor with 4GB of RAM, and features integrated HD graphics from Intel HD 3000 and 256GB SSD SATA 3 compatible providing exponential transfer speeds.  It sports a 13.3” inch HD+ (1600 x 900) display with LED Backlight. The laptop is powered by a 50Whr lithium polymer battery and it weighs only 1.3 kgs. It is available in India for Rs. 89,999. Asus provides 2 years warranty on Zenbook UX31E.


HP Pavilion dv6t series

HP Pavilion dv6t laptops are the perfect blend between mobility, size and performance, designed by HP. It is powered by a 2nd generation Intel Core i7- 2760QM running at 2.2 GHz with 6MB L3 cache and Turbo Boost up to 3.1 GHz and 4GB of DDR3 RAM. It comes with AMD Radeon 6490M with 1GB dedicated video memory. It has 750GB of storage space. It has 15.6”inch HD HP LED Bright view display with 1366x768 resolution. It runs on a 6-cell Li-Ion battery. HP Provides 1 year limited warranty. HP Pavilion dv6t series is available in India and the price starts from Rs. 40,000.


Dell Alienware M11X

Alienware M11x is an ultra compact powerful gaming laptop for enthusiasts and gamers. It is powered with an Intel Core i5- 2467M at 1.6GHz (2.3 with Turbo Boost) with 3MB L3 cache. It has 4GB of DDR3 1333MHz RAM, with Dual Graphics of Intel HD graphics 3000 and 1GB DDR3 Nvidia GeForce GT540M. It has a 11.6-inch WLED 720p HD display with a WXGA 1366 x 768 resolution. For storage it offers 750GB hard drive running at 7200RPM. It runs on a powerful 8-cell Li-Ion battery (63Whr). It is available in India and the price starts from Rs. 67,900.