Looking for a notebook within Rs 60,000 budget

I'm looking for a notebook for around 60,000. Kindly suggest a few options.

— Balkrishna Aghav, Henry Pinto, Amot Thakur, Vashist Kant, Piyush Sharma, V K Sinha, Tarun K Modi

With a budget like this, you will be spoilt for choice with all top brands providing at least a couple of options...

Notebooks with fourth-gen Core i5 processors
Intel's fourth generation processors, codenamed Haswell, were announced as recently as July 2013, and are specifically designed to deliver power-saving and performance benefits. Machines with these chips include...
HP Envy 15-J 049TX (Rs 62,000): 15.6-inch LED display, 2.5GHz (3.1GHz Turbo Boost) Intel Core i5 processor, 8GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce GT 740M (2GB) graphics, 1TB hard drive, HD webcam, Backlit keyboard, (4x)USB 3.0, Win8

Dell Inspiron 3537 (Rs 51,500): 15.6-inch LED touchscreen display, 1.6GHz (2.6GHz Turbo Boost) Intel Core i5 processor, 6GB RAM, Intel HD Graphics 4400, 500GB hard drive, HD webcam, (2x)USB2.0, (2x)USB3.0, Win8

Alternatively, if you want a 14-inch screen, you could consider the HP Envy TouchSmart 14-K 011TU (Rs 62,000) or the Dell Inspiron N5437 (Rs 56,400). It should be noted that both Dell machines do not have a backlit keyboard, but instead come with a DVD drive that's not available on the HP machines.

Also, the HP Envy 15-J 049TX is the only model without a touchscreen display, but it comes with a 2.5GHz processor and a 2GB graphics chip that can handle most games at medium to high settings.

With third-gen (Ivy Bridge) i7 chips Core i7 processors feature Hyper-Threading technology (not available on i5) that creates four additional virtual cores to increase multi-tasking performance. And although these are last year's processors, they are more than capable of handling any computing task.

Samsung NP550P5C-S 05IN (Rs 60,000): 15.6-inch LED display, 2.4GHz (3.4GHz Turbo Boost) Intel Core i7 processor, 8GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce GT 650M (2GB) graphics, 1TB hard drive, HD webcam, (2x)USB2.0, (2x)USB3.0, Win8

Toshiba Satellite L850-Y 3110 (Rs 52,000): 15.6-inch LED display, 2.4GHz (3.4GHz Turbo Boost) Intel Core i7 processor, 8GB RAM, ATI Radeon HD 7670M (2GB) graphics, 750GB hard drive, HD webcam, (1x)USB2.0, (2x)USB3.0, Win8

Here, the Samsung machine promises extra in the form of a better graphic processor, JBL speakers and a Blu-ray drive.

With SSDs
The Solid State Drive in these machines guarantees a faster boot-up time; ideal for those who're looking for a system that's up and running as soon as you hit the power button.

Asus S400CA-CA 028H Ultrabook (Rs 58,000): 14-inch LED display, 1.9GHz (3GHz Turbo Boost) Intel Core i7 processor, 4GB RAM, Intel HD Graphics 4000, 500GB hard drive, 24GB SSD, 0.3MP webcam, (2x)USB2.0, (1x)USB3.0, Win8

Lenovo Ideapad U510 [59-349348 ] (Rs 57,000): 15.6-inch LED display, 1.7GHz (2.6GHz Turbo Boost) Intel Core i5 processor, 4GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce 610M graphics, 1TB hard drive, 24GB SSD, HD webcam, (2x)USB2.0, (1x)USB3.0, Win8

Before you finalize a model, we would advise you to physically check the build quality of the device for durability, check its display for viewing angles, and its keyboard for typing comfort.