Please suggest the better choice. :)

Yes I was using a samsung only, asuis one was for spare use... my samsung had 3 gb ram, 500 gb hdd, i3 and I had been very very happily using it since last 3 years... Don't know how those crooks are treating with my baby now [about to cry!]

CK, i avoided FK for fear of refurbished stuff and settled with dell affiliate. 

Refurbished Really ! Haww !

Av, it's from WS Retail. I think it's the most trusted seller on FK, so, atleast I buy from them with closed eyes. Have bought and seen lot of buying from FK's WS Retail, so, I completely trust them.

Ajit, unfortunately fk doesn't deliver laptops and TVs to my pincode [frustrated]

That's bad. The same one is available for 39K with the Dell Authorised Reseller. Unfortunately, there's no discount.

CK, I know that. WS retail is FK's in-house retailing unit and a lot of people trust it.

 since FK  became an e-commerce, it has always been advised to prefer ws retail over others but there were a lot of complaints against it too.

that is why I bought from the affiliate.

somehow till date I couldn't gather any grudge against ws-retail... I order my shampoo and shaving foam even from them  [grin]

Av, it's never possible to satisfy everyone, no matter how big you are.

Hey CK, thanks for this suggestion! Will help me in future 

Thanks fot thanking, Bushra.

I bought my Dell Vostro from WS retail on Flipkart a month back, had issues with keyboard n got it replaced in 5 days., Still receiving sorry cards one after the other frm FK.. Though am comforatable with Ubuntu OS, having issues with downloading softwares, couldn't download my McAfee software as well, which I got with laptop. Dell CS said Ubuntu is powerful OS very less prone to virus, else I need to chance to windows. Do I need to change OS, any suggestions, wht r the pros n cons of Ubuntu?

Meghana, the Dell people told you quite right. The only catch is that the company that markets it -Canonical, is like MS of the Linux World. (Yeah, I know there is RedHat!) They give you the OS for free, but there are a number of applications that you are required to purchase from Canonical/others. There are free and opensource altenatives to that as well.

As far as virus infection is concerned, it has to be less prone to viruses in comparision to Windows (the largest used PC OS in the world). These people (virus makers) don't quite target an OS which has few takers.

Till a couple of years back, most of the hardware manufacturers didn't pay quite an attention to creating Linux Drivers, but that seems to have been resolved now.

And the pros are now for the manufacturers who save their licensing fees for propreitory OS's like MS Windows.

As for the Antivirus, you can try the free ones like Avast/AVG for your linux installations. For cons, there are quite none except that if you've known computing on windows, you'll miss a lot of applications. 

Will try Avast/AVG.

Yeah missing lot of apps, including Picasa, for editing my pics for the blog. Any alternate photo editing software for Linux? Presently using only online editors.

I think GIMP is one of the best free photo editing softwares out there, more importantly for linux. It probably comes loaded with most linux OS distributions. If not, you can get it from www.gimp.org.

Meghana, if you get used to Ubuntu once and are able to find Linux flavors of all corresponding Windows applications that you use, like GIMP for Picasa, then trust me, you won't move back to Windows again. I have been using Ubuntu for the past 2 years and haven't touched Windows since. The pros of Ubuntu are its fast, does not require an antivirus, is extremely RAM efficient and is highly customizable. The basic cons with an Ubuntu machine are a lack of Adobe Photoshop and that if you get stuck somewhere, you'll need a bit of technical know-how to deal with it. Though there is ample amount of information available on the net in the form of forums and entire Ubuntu OS dedicated websites, I still feel it can get a little frustrating if you are not at all technically inclined. Other than that, its a perfect OS. The only thing that goes ahead of an Ubuntu laptop is a Macbook but personally, I feel Ubuntu is the best OS that you can lay your hands on. If you need any help with Ubuntu, you can definitely send a mailer to me. 

Thank you CK and Anant.. Will get in touch with you on mail.

Yes Even Corporate discounts are there if you are a working professional .

Suggestion noted Ankita [smile]

Budget is the issue.  I can get atleast two Dells (Inspirons/Vostros) in that much.

thats y i mentioned budget

I actually got Sony Viao 6 Years ago , it still holds ground , but you dont get its parts , not even screen !

Every part is costly and and themain thing you wont get the parts !

If you are a techy/geek then I suggest stay away from MacBooks for the obvious reason. Just a personal Suggestion 

Sorry if I spend on a macbook my wallet won't forgive me... never... he'll hate me forever [reflective and remorseful smile]

dell is the best deal .if you are planninng to run your laptop 24/7 

It is not Apple #Fail

Aila! Itna to mujhe bechke bhi nahi milega tumhe VP  [scornful wink]

AS broda its for invite only sale to NSV others excuse

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Why CK? u deleted ur essay?

why :P

That was no essay. I mistakenly posted something here. Since there was no way to remove the reply, I deleted it. 

Remove = deleted ; Right .

Congratz Anunoy...

That's awesome Anunoy. Congrats! Time for you to host an Indiblogger meet in celebration of the same. 

Congos :D

If I do a find I dont see anyone suggesting you Lenovo.

Suno Sabki Karo Man ki !

DvsD, you can say that but it wasn't really the case this time. I was all fixed with a Dell Vostro (though it looked ugly and I was staring at a latitude with longing eyes) when the vendor said it doesn't come with dedicated graphics card. Then only further lookout, analysis and lenovo came to my wide open gaze [shrug]

Thanks Guys...

thanks Pallavi...