05 Best Budget Laptop for Designers

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Yet again I am writing this. This post is about the best budget laptop for designers or design aspirants. For the last post for Laptop recommendations, I got an overwhelming response and a lot of design students have been benefitted. Since then computer hardware industry has changed quite a bit. Intel introduced its 11th gen of I series processors and AMD brought 5000 series to the market. A lot has also changed in GPU / RAM / SSD industry but covering all those would be out of scope for this article. However, in short, we can understand that the new range of hardware is overtaking thus offering good deals on stock clearance.

Is the latest always better?

This is a valid question with a limited budget in hand when deciding which laptop to invest in. The computer world keeps on upgrading itself in all aspects. Do we really need to chase it blindly like people go crazy about flagship offerings from companies like Apple, one plus, google devices, etc?

The value vs cost proposition must be considered while making an investment specially when it’s absolutely clear that the product is not gonna last a lifetime. Laptops are good for 3 years and can serve you well for another 2 years if properly taken care of with some upgrades. But eventually, new products backed up with ever-evolving technologies are going to outdate the previous ones.

A 64MB Pendrive used to cost INR 1800 when I was in college and people used to put it as a necklace. Now you can get 64GB flash drives for INR 800. Similar is the story with laptops and desktop computers. A smart investment would be buying one generation under if you have a limited budget. A few benefits of that are

• You are buying something which is already tested by many users
• Companies often keep on perfecting the same product until releasing major update with a new version
• The price drops significantly the moment higher generation product is launched

Below I will be listing out a few of the best deals available for laptops. The recommendations are for design students who are going to use moderate to high-end software. The laptops are suitable for all type of practising designers or students who will be running photoshop, illustrator, InDesign, premier pro, after effects, dimensions, Corel draw, 3ds max, Maya, blender, Autodesk cad, etc. The performance of the laptop would depend on the scope of various projects but for students, it would suffice and allow them to sail through their academic journey. It would be a smart decision not to over-invest in a laptop while one is in college because after graduating you will have to get a new laptop anyway.

I have experience of over a decade in design education and my subjects are mostly focused to design software education. On a daily basis, I use the programs mentioned above. Based on the same I would suggest going for a price bracket of 65k to 85k. Below is the carefully picked list of 05 Best Budget Laptop for Designers or Design Students.

Best Deals Available now

Leave a comment if you have found the information useful and it helped you in picking the right laptop.