I was looking to buy a cheap top of the line laptop. Cheap
and top of the line sums up every Indian’s disconnect between reality and want.
We always want the best but do not want to spend the money that quality
commands. In the ideal world of an Indian guy, Mac books should be sold in
Dollar Tree. When I set out to buy a laptop, obviously I stated with the best
possible specifications. I wanted a 12- or 13-inch laptop. Should definitely
have SSD. Processor has to be i7 or i5. Even though I will use it just to watch
movies or browse cheap deals. With these specification in mind, I set out to
look for a laptop. I found a lot of them. From mac books to Dell XPS to HP
elite. These were really good laptops. But the only issue was that they were
expensive. My determined Indian mind dismissed these options labelling them as
glorifying examples of crony capitalism of USA. How convenient of me. Humans
(read it as Indians) always come up with such convenient incorrect baseless
generalization when the reality is far from the bubble that we have built in
our heads.
I started looking at
other avenues. Undeterred and oblivious of the realities, I was adamant to find
a laptop with specifications wort 1000 dollars that can be bought in mere 300
dollars.
