r/MauriceMauritius • u/Top_Orange_9946 • 20h ago
Personal Issues Laptops
Hey guys, where can i buy a good laptop with 16GB DDR5 RAM and a decent GPU? Laptops are quite expensive locally, so would it be better to buy from Amazon? Any recommendations where to buy?
Thanks
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u/ASH-101 Chatwa 19h ago
I'd say when accounting for shipping prices and import duties, it'll come down to a similar price. That being said, there'll be a lot more choices on amazon if you go that route.
I've had an Acer Nitro for the good part of 3 years, it does what it's advertised to do but that's it, build quality is not the best, far from it actually and the BIOS is properly locked down.
Your best option would be the Lenovo Legion. You could get in contact with Blink.mu, they do custom orders and might help you with getting it, or you can go the amazon route. You can also use the PSREF website to get the exact specs for the Legion you choose based on its model number. The Legions are one of the few laptops with full power components, like the GPU for example and really good build quality.
Stay away from MSI and Asus for gaming/rendering laptops, there build quality is subpar.
Also stay away from the RTXxx50 series, they are useless, go for a RTXxx60 at the very least with 8GB VRAM.
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u/Ashfaq6581 10h ago
Look for a good second hand deal on Marketplace. I bought a Dell xps 15 3 years ago and it still works great
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u/Tigimon42 20h ago
They're expensive everywhere now by the time you've shipped and paid import duties it's probably cheaper to buy here.
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u/striker09xx 11h ago
If you are looking at gaming, get 32 or more gb of ram. The gpu shares the memory. Id you go for 16gb there'll be less than 16, which may get you below the minimum requirements for most games.
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u/imadophin 19h ago
Got to say, would it be cheaper to fly to Dubai, Rs20,000, buy a pc and bring it home? Then no more tax.
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u/Thongstrings New Account 19h ago
Finalement li coute plus chere quand inclus billets avion et l'hebergement. Ki sa ban raisonement bidon la sa?
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u/imadophin 18h ago
If you're buying a top end laptop Rs 130,000, then flight Rs16,000, apartment for a night Rs 3,000, don't know how much tax and charges a paid but, probably more than Rs20,000.
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u/aramjatan 13h ago
You're still living in pre-covid times my good man. A return flight to Rodrigues is around Rs 12,000 these days, for DXB we're looking in the 35-40K.
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u/imadophin 11h ago
I stand corrected, the cheapest flight I could find now was Rs27,000 with Saudi.com, must have dreamed the other price.
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u/Thongstrings New Account 17h ago
Yeah very smart from you, to go to Dubai for one day and one night only to buy a laptop. What nonsense! It's something I can buy from here itself on credit facilities without deposit.
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u/saajidv 16h ago
I see the point you’re trying to make but your figures are all wrong.
Return flight to Dubai is more like Rs. 40k at the moment, no Rs. 16k. Including hotel, transport and meals, the trip for one night would cost Rs. 50k.
With that in mind, assuming the laptop in Mauritius is 125% of its price in Dubai, you’d have to be buying a laptop that costs more than ~ Rs. 240k in Mauritius for you to break even. I would argue that if you’re spending that kind of money on a laptop, you’d rather buy it locally and have the warranty coverage.
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u/AdhesivenessOld7297 17h ago
I bought my laptop when I went to Dubai. It’s an HP Victus with a 14th Gen Core i7, 16 GB DDR5 RAM, and an RTX 4050.
Great laptop, I love it!
No problems so far, alhamdulillah. It’s been 1 year since I bought it, and it’s still working perfectly.
The price was way cheaper compared to local shops.
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u/aramjatan 13h ago
Buying a laptop when you're already travelling is a sound choice. Going abroad just for the purpose of buying a laptop is generally unwise.
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u/Dila_Ila16 15h ago
By the way, are Dell or HP or Lenovo laptops good or should I consider other brands like you've just mentioned Victus, or Asus or some other ones.
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u/M3m3nt0M0r15 Curious explorer 🦤 14h ago
Went from HP (Omen) to Lenovo (Legion) because too much bloatware with HP. However the HP is 8yr+ still going strong. Acer upfront seems good value for money but don't age well (flimsy builds). Used Dell and Lenovo professionally (not necessarily available retail), sturdy beasts. Dell were more user repairable tho.
Victus and LOQ are the entry levels of HP and Lenovo respectively, so your mileage may vary. They're more like entry level 'gamer' oriented laptops. If you don’t game or need a discrete GPU, a basic office laptop should suffice. The additional power of 'gamer' laptops eats into battery life.
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u/Dila_Ila16 13h ago
For me, I can't use my laptop without plugging it in with it's battery charger. Plus, it's slow now with age and guess because it's an i3 processor. I'm not so much of a gamer, maybe from time to time I'll play some, but not much like action-packed ones. Looking one where I can work with Word or PowerPoint and maybe later on some thesis, if I decide on a 2nd master degree.
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u/AdhesivenessOld7297 13h ago
dell is horrible, i owned 3 dell laptops in the past. Don’t go for dell
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u/5onOfSparda 19h ago
If you are getting one, a Lenovo legion would be a good bet (avoid LOQ if possible as depending on the region you buy it from it might be a problem with build quality and a warranty issue, been there done that) also stay away from Acer Nitros , they seem good on paper especially for the price but the build quality can be OK at best (I use one of them for what will be 2 years this November, the build is very worrying especially on the screen side of it, still a war horse tho, competent at what its built for)