After doing a great deal of research on laptops i decided to settle on something cheap, portable and most importantly durable.
Since reliability was a big concern for me after a few weeks of intensive digging i found out Asus makes the most reliable laptops.
I have never owned an ASUS product before, i owned to HP laptops and both of them failed on me. I found the x54c to be of a great price and config.
I received my laptop 2 days after booking it online. Flipkart's tracking was accurate an...

good packing.delivered in 5 days to malappuram.its good enough for my usage.

pros:-

-Cheaper i3
-plays newer games like sniper elite v2 and dead rising 2 :otr at low.plays c&c generals (my most favorite game) in high.
-decent battery life(~3 hours regular use.plays 4 hours of HD movies)
-environmentally sound packing materials.
-wiiiiide screen.decent clarity.its an LCD. NOT an LED screen!!
-fast DVD writer
-usb 3.0 ,Bluetooth 3.0
-exceptionally good software bundle.note: software included ...

This laptop is awesome. First time when i thought to buy this i was a bit confused about the keyboard. I am a fan of chicklet keyboards. Everything else was good. Know a little surprise here. Keyboard is awesome. Keyboard is comfortable. Super comfortable.
Now Lets come to other pros and cons.
Pros:
Ram: 2gb, obviously not enough, But at rs. 700, you can buy another one.
Budget: Price increased, when i bought it was 24860. It was the best deal, and cheapest i3 2nd gen.
Speed: Super cool. Wi...

hey i purchased it at Rs24860 and within 2 dayz itz price raises hahahhahah proud to purchase ths lappi.....
i love ths lappi as ths is mah frst gift from dad
but on the other side itz performance is gud
battery last for more then 3 hrs
screen in much better...
as some of u hve issue regardng ths company asus its a awsme UK company not popular in india but soon get popular

awesome laptop.. fast processing speed from i3 2ng gen.. nice sharp bright display.. fast booting time too.. asus software bundle with this packs very gud softwares..
only bad thing is speakers they are not loud enough but do their job.. install windows 7 64 bit and complete ur laptop.. if ur not going to do much of multitasking then 2gb ram is more than enough. but if ur interested in heavy multitasking then a upgrade to 4gb ram is recomended..
over all an outstanding value for money laptop..

10 on 10 @ this price 2nd Generation Core i3 / 2 GB / 500 GB with 15.6 great quality screen full keyboard and much more everything is very nice on this lappy Great thanks to asus and flipkart service is great 10++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

This is one of the few Intel New Generation Core i3 laptops under Rs 25,000 and it does offer good value for money. Other than the processor, it does have a good size (500 GB) hard drive, a 15.6" LED screen, good keyboard and excellent inbuilt features in terms of Bluetooth and Wifi connectivity, 4 in one card reader, Dual layer DVD Writer. The 2 GB RAM makes the laptop feel a little slow at times, and an upgrade to at least 4 GB is advisable. Overall, a good buy.

Flipkart's service, as usua...

This is a very good laptop for the price. Yes, Ivy Bridge is out, but the i3's are coming much later this year. This laptop is good for most purposes: email, running Office, browsing the web, watching HD videos; and some basic video editing, just to name a few. The disappointment is that there are only two USB ports. Yes, one of them is USB 3.0, but being a 15.6" laptop, at least three USB ports ought to be present. Nowadays, netbooks based on the latest Intel Atom platform cost between 17-1...

bought on july 2012, I've been using it from last 2 years. Im in love with it!! Never had a problem. Good hardware good display, strong build. keyboard is good, palm rest never gets hot. I use it daily. play fifa 12 and it plays smoothly. Bought at 24860 Rs.
Im running dual boot with windows 7 and linux mint.
Battery life has reduced but it is acceptable for me.

I bought this Notebook when it was below 25K, it was bank on money I have upgraded the RAM to another 2GB now its just amazing, I did my research for below 25K for 2nd gen i3 this the was the only notebook available then now when I filter I dont see a single notebook for that price... notebook works great except the speaker when connecting external speakers it works great, other thing that I found this not one of those glossy notebooks that you find the TV ads but yeah works the magic of thos...