There is no shortage of good laptops in the market today. There is one for every purpose and user. In fact, now might be one of the best times to buy one. The kind of hardware laptops priced in the range of Rs. 35,000 to Rs. 45,000 is staggering. There are major processor processors, more options, and thin-bezel displays, even solid-state drives. These models would typically sell at more than Rs. 70,000 not too long back. However, not everyone needs a laptop with the latest processors and the fastest SSDs in the market. Many of us just want a functional laptop that gets the job done and is cost-effective. It’s a bonus, if it’s compact and lightweight. There are a lot of people looking to purchase laptops for their children, since a lot of schools and colleges are now hosting online classes, in the wake of the COVID outbreak. At a time like this, the all-new updated ASUS E402-GA067T is heaven sent, especially when you consider it costs no more than Rs. 17,999*, half that of what we would consider, mainstream laptops.
The Asus E402 is a mainstream laptop too, with its large 14-inch screen. We say large, since it’s unlike a netbook from the early 2010s that were built around 10 and 11-inch screens. It’s also not to be mistaken as a toy, since it’s a properly functional laptop that you can use for practically any purpose. It can be used as an office laptop. A lot of the specifications and hardware on this laptop are identical to laptops in the ₹30,000 price range just a year or so back, so it’s not dated. So many of us have used laptops with similar specifications for extended periods of time without any trouble. Laptops have seen major price drops over the past year.
The Asus E402’s 14-inch screen runs a resolution of 1366 x 768, which is ideal if you typically run no more than one software on your screen at once. The display is fine-tuned so you see realistic imagery, great details and natural colour. It’s powered by a 1.5 GHz AMD E2-7015 processor, which isn’t the fastest processor in the market but it’s more than enough to run what we would call mainstream desktop applications. This includes the usual office suites, web browsers, movie players, chat clients and more. It also ships with 4GB of RAM, which is a lot today for a laptop at this price. The few laptops at this price shipped with 2GB of RAM, for the longest.
The laptop has a few benefits and one of them is that is the AMD Radeon R2 integrated graphics solution, which can play a few games from the past but more importantly help in rendering high-resolution videos and web pages much smoother than most other laptops with integrated graphics. The ASUS E402 even comes with a 1TB hard drive storage, which is much more than enough that you’ll need to install all your favourite software and games on. In this day and age, where most of us are already streaming movies and TV shows online, a large drive isn’t as necessary. However, if you do feel the need to storage data locally, the one terabyte of disk space is more than enough.
All the other essentials are present, such as Wi-Fi 802.11ac connectivity, that enables high-speed wireless data transfer speeds, and Bluetooth 4.1 that lets you connect external peripherals and wireless audio solutions. There are two USB ports for connecting external keyboards and mice, or storage drives. There is also an HDMI port to help you connect external displays such as a monitor, TV or projector. You could very well use the laptop as a full-time media centre solution connected to your TV using a software called Kodi, or even a scaled-down gaming console. A web cam is also present for making video calls.
This is not some half-baked laptop, missing an operating system. It comes with a copy of Windows 10 Home pre-installed. It looks like any other laptop – it’s even got a large trackpad and a good usable keyboard, unlike some of the cheaper laptops of the past. It weighs no more than 1.65kg, nothing compared to some of the larger more powerful laptops. This is the kind of laptop that you can easily dump into a bag pack and head out. There are other enhancements such as the IceCool technology that ensures the temperature of the laptop under the trackpad ranges between 28 and 35C, so you don’t find it uncomfortable. The trackpad we spoke of earlier, also supports gestures that let you switch between apps, and scroll easily. The speakers are SonicMaster-enhanced to offer great detail, good bass and a wider range, despite the speakers being compact.
So, whether you are looking for a laptop for everyday use or an affordable laptop for your child, the Asus E402-GA067T has you covered. The updated Asus-E402 is now available online for ordering at reliancedigital.in or at your nearest Reliance Digital store, at a very attractive price of just Rs. 17,999*.
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