Best Laptops Under 30000 in India (May 2022), Student, Gaming, Office.

I know it breaks the 30000 Rs price bracket, but believe me, it is worth mentioning. After the global ship shortage and new GST rules in India, it is almost impossible to get the latest-gen Ryzen and Intel CPU powered laptops under 30000 Rs; meanwhile, this Asus laptop offers a Ryzen 3d gen with a 32000 Rs price tag, so it value for money deal for those who are looking a budget laptop for multitasking use. This stylish and compact notebook has everything that we can expect from the best budget laptop in 2022.

The stylish design and powerful performance is the main highlight of this Asus laptop. With the beautiful design, the Asus also manages to offer decent build quality, as well. The best thing I like about this notebook is the keyboard. The keys are very comfortable for typing. There is enormous space between two keys that promise the ultimate typing experience.

The Asus Vivobook 14 may be compact and lightweight, but it punches way above its weight in terms of performance. It comes with AMD’s second last 3rd gen Ryzen 3 chipset along with 4GB DDR4 RAM and 256GB SSD. Another good thing is that you can quickly expand ram up to 12GB and install a 1 x m2 SSD for ultimate performance.

The Asus Vivobook 14 features a 14-inch LED-backlit panel with a resolution of 1366×768 pixels. The display is not full HD, and it is also impossible to manage at this price point. Still, the colour reproduction on this panel is very impressive for the price as the colours appear more natural and vivid on this compact panel.

Apart from this, the laptop also comes with a fingerprint sensor, fast charging support, and a USB Type C port. The company also provide preinstalled MS Office 2019 along with Windows 11 Home.

Overall, the Asus Vivobook is the perfect combo of beauty and power and has all the features you are looking for in the best budget laptop of 2022, ideal for students (online classes) and professional office and home use.

The Acer Extensa 15 is our next choice in the list of best laptops under 30000 Rs. This Acer laptop was recently launched in the Indian market with a Pentium Silver N5030 chipset and 256GB SSD.

On the design front, the exterior of this laptop is constructed from high-quality plastic materials, which offer you a premium feel. The laptop doesn’t look very stylish, but there is a nice textured finish on the top, enhancing this notebook’s overall look.

The onboard 4GB DDR4 RAM and 256 GB SSD provide the fastest performance with everyday applications such as Chrome browser, Youtube, and MS Office. If you are looking for a good laptop for office use, then, believe me, it’s the ultimate choice for you.

The Acer Extensa 15 comes with 15.6 inches HD (1080P) Anti Glare display with thin side bezels. The anti-glare glass layer applied on the top of the display blocks unnecessary light reflections and reduces the stress on the eyes. Along with these, the laptop also comes with preinstalled latest Windows 11 and MS office.

The notebook is powered by a 3-cell 41Wh lithium battery in the battery department that provides the power backup for up to 5 hours with moderate to heavy use. The laptop has all the necessary connectivity options, which we mentioned in the specification section.

Overall, This Acer Extensa 15 is the best budget notebook for office users and students. Work tasks like MS office, web-surfing, research, entertainment, and basic level media creation software can be easily carried out on this laptop without any problems.

This is another best laptop from Asus with a stylish design and decent hardware specs. If you ask me to describe this laptop’s build quality and design in just one word, it would be this – gorgeous! It looks very stylish and premium with a unique pattern and Peacock Blue colour theme. The best part is that the laptop is very compact and slim, so you can easily carry it with you while travelling.

Because of its compact size, it does not have a dedicated number pad, but don’t worry; you have a touch-sensitive Numpad on the mouse trackpad, which looks nice and user-friendly. Inside the stunningly stylish Asus Vivobook 14 is the Intel Pentium Quad Core N6000 dual-core chipset clocked at 2.8GHz. Yes, it’s not a powerful processor but more than enough for daily essential productivity tasks such as MS Office work, Accounting, Video calls, and entertainment-related tasks. For faster booting speed, you also have 256GB SSD along with 8GB DDR4 RAM.

Overall, the Asus Vivobook 11 is a compact entry-level stylish notebook with appreciable hardware and satisfactory daily performance priced within reach of the average Indian laptop buyer.

This Ideapad Slim 3 is a pretty great laptop for casual users This notebook was recently introduced in the Indian market with some refreshing design and upgraded hardware. If you look for stylish premium-looking notebooks with decent performance, this is the perfect choice for you. I highly recommend this laptop for business and home use.

The laptop comes with the Intel Celeron N4020 chipset with 4GB DDR4 RAM and a 256GB SSD drive. You can also upgrade ram up to 12 GB, and there is one empty drive slot for feature upgrades. Apart from this, it features a 14-inch HD anti-glare display. Speaking of the display, the bezels on this Lenovo laptop is very minimal, and the quality of the display is also decent. But I miss the full HD panel.

I also like the keypad of this laptop, the keys are very soft and have enough keyspace, which offers you ultimate typing comfort. The battery life is also decent, it can last up to 4-5 h on a single charge. The company also bundle the MS Office 2011 with this budget laptop.

Overall, the Lenovo Ideapad Slim 3 is the ideal choice for students (online classes) and professional office or business users.

The next on this list is the HP 14, which comes with an Intel Celeron N4500 chipset. The N5400 is not the latest chipset, but still, the performance is more than enough for a moderate user.

The mid-range HP laptop offers decent build quality with all plastic construction. Overall, the structure of this notebook feels pretty solid and reliable to last for upcoming years. I like to add the lid of this HP laptop is very stable, thanks to the robust hinge mechanism. I agree that the design of this laptop is not very good-looking, but the brushed finish on the lid and base looks robust and, at the same time, gives a classy feel.

For support to Celeron N4500, it has an 8GB DDR4 RAM (2400) and 256GB SSD drive. Yes, you can also easily upgrade RAM up to 16GB or install m2 SSD if you require a faster booting speed.

The HP 14 features a 14-inch HD BrightView panel with 1366 x 768 pixels resolution. The colour reproduction and wide viewing angles of this display are decent and acceptable at this price.

The HP also bundled the MS Office 2019 along with Windows 11 Home. In the connectivity department, it comes with all necessary options along with USB Type -C. Moving to the battery, the laptop 3-cells 41 Wh Li-ion Battery that is rated to last up to 4-5 hours on a full charge, which means it is good at that part.

The HP Chromebook 14 is the best Chromebook under 30000 Rs that you can buy right now. The HP Chromebook 14 is powered by the Dual-Core Intel Celeron N4020 CPU coupled with 4 GB RAM and 64 GB eMMC storage which is expandable up to 256 gigs. Thanks to these configurations, the Chromebook 14 will not lag during your regular work. The Chromebooks are not made for extensive multitasking and the story continues with the Chromebook 14. Although you can open multiple Google pages, and YouTube at once, you might find the performance to be lagging at times.

The Chromebook 14 houses a 14-inch WLED backlit LCD touchscreen display with a resolution density of 1366×768 pixels. The sound quality is great thanks to the top-firing speakers by Bang & Olufsen. The Chromebook 14 is a very comfortable laptop, with a sleek and lightweight design. It weighs only about 1.46 kilograms and of which carrying it around becomes a breeze. If you are a working professional who needs to travel a lot, you would not regret purchasing the Chromebook 14.

The Chromebook 14 also supports Voice-Enabled Google Assistant because of which you can carry out several tasks without having the need to move even a finger. ChromeOS is clean and fast as ever, and it boots up within seconds. You can also download your favourite applications on the Chromebook directly from the Google Play Store and install them. In terms of battery life, the Chromebook 14 is a beast, and it can easily last for about 8 to 10 hours on continuous use.

To sum things up, the Chromebook 14 is a great budget Chromebook available in India right now, and it is a great choice if you want a laptop for your basic office work or online classes. However, do not keep huge expectations from the laptop in terms of performance as it has not been developed for intense tasks.