Hello there. I'm new to this world of laptop as well as... New to everything in computer. Well. I need a laptop here for my College. Will going Lowyat next week. So will get a laptop there. And hope that I could have some guidance here. Just placed an order on Dell's site recently, but due to some problems, the deal is cancelled. So, hope I could get fully prepared for my first laptop. Information, guidance, suggestions, opinions, comments etcs. needed.

Budget -> below RM3,500
Main purpose -> College needs
Second purpose -> Moderate gaming (Games in demand:L4D, CoD4, RA3 and etcs.)
Others ->Best come with backlit keyboard.
-> Hope it has a trustable build

Addtional thoughts -> Hope it comes with the specs below.
Core 2 Duo CPU
more than 2GB rams
Moderate GC (could play the games as listed)
14"- 15" screen will be the best
Does HP has a model that suits the conditions above?

I can't deal with DELL online. Due to some payment method problem. Might going Low Yat.

What brand would you recommend?
What type of CPU and GPU are suitable for my need?

Please leave a message if you need more infomation. Sorry for any stupid question or info. I'm a newbie to computers. =) Thanks.

This post has been edited by zorbyss.: May 1 2009, 10:33 AM

Alot of ppl start thread like u, so wad my suggestion is try to ask around ur frens see which brand is the best or u must think 1 of the brand of laptop u wan to buy so that easy for us to suggest the model. If nt, each ppl suggest 1 brand n model, till u finis study still cant decide which 1 to buy, lol.

Maybe MOD can pinned a thread 'Need Laptop Recommendations' so that we will not be flooded with this kind of thread again

And TS, any brand that you prefer?? Care to tell us? There are a lot of laptop that within the range of your budget & also the range of your specs..if you can narrow it down to a brand or two..a lot more easier for you to choose & for us to suggest...

Acer 4937G(RM2999)
P8400 2.26GHz
2GB DDR3 1066MHz Rams
nvidia geforce g105m 512MB DDR2
320 GB HDD

suggest u get the extra warranty. 3 years for i think RM298?

go search around in mobile computing plus the subforum Mobile Computing QnA. there are lots of thread to answer your question...

get a dell xps

See, already 2 brand of laptop suggestions for you....here's another one...BenQ S42

BenQ S57...

Compaq CQ40, lol. We like try to confusing TS, haha.

HP dv2,dv3

btw, the backlit keyboard requirement will kill a lot of potential models...

actually benq good or nt??

hehe...when come to backlit...of course...STUDIO 15!!!

come spam with us in the BenQ Performance thread... u'll know better.. .

What about Asus N50V?

Im pretty sure it pwns away quite a lot models above

LOL! YEAH MAN! studio 15!! i chosen that and going to buy that. but place the order twice, couldn't make the deal due to some problem. i had some additional options. check it. thanks.

zzzzzzz

This fella brain setting already on Dell jor

Start this thread for kacau only

If I said i prefer HP? Heard that they have some good build quality.

Nah.. HP's webcam is bad

If you wanna get HP, i recommend you get Toshiba instead

ow? what toshiba specialise in?

Quality...

Depends on what spec u looking for... and your budget too..

Asus N50VN then,3900++ with Nvidia 9650.Have a friend just bought it on last Pc fair.Graphic wise,Good.

^If asus, of cuz wise

o.o that was pc fair man. if normal retailer sure pwn me.

Actually retail price for now is still selling 3999.I think you should be able to get it a little bit cheaper even if you not buying
on PC fair.What you mean pwn you?The model is there and the spec for malaysia set is fix and set.No worry about the game you
mention,all will work well.Just get a nice cooler pad and you will be fine.

On lowyat 3rd floor near exculator have a Asus showroom,maybe you should have a look.Within your budget and your usage,
i think N50 give you best buck,except you willing to go for acer.For HP with that budget i do not think you can find a better GC
than 9650M.

This post has been edited by ff8ong: May 1 2009, 03:59 AM

Maybe he can try BenQ S57 too

Ya,How about S42?Not sure the price now.But still depends on TS,design is important as well.Pick wisely.

Hmm. Is backlit keyboard useful? Can actually a normal keyboardof a laptop can be see clearly in a dark room or night?

how often do u use the keyboard in the dark???

sorry than i can't really answer that question as i haven't own a laptop before. that backlit keyboard is kinda used for midnight gaming, and i'm sharing the room with another roommate. impossible i have the on the lights. LOLs. sounds stupid.

kinda useful if you like living in full dark.

Btw it all depends on you.

hmm. what you guys think about HP DV3510nr?

the least u can do is to list out the spec...

actually someone offering me a laptop with the specs below and a price of RM3,500

• Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T5800 (2.0 GHz , 800 MHz, 2 MB)
• Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (64-bit)
• 2048 MB (2 x 1024 MB) Supports up to 4 GB DDR2 memory
• 250 GB (5400 rpm) SATA Hard Disk Drive
• Super Multi DVD Writer (+/-R +/-RW) with Double Layer support
• High speed 56K modem and Intel® WiFi Link 5100, Bluetooth® wireless networking
• 1280 x 800, 13.3” Diagonal WXGA High-Definition HP LED BrightView Widescreen Display
• NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS up to 1278MB Total Available Graphics Memory with 512MB
• Integrated finger print reader
• 6-cell Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) battery
• HP Pavilion WebCam with Integrated Microphone
• Altec Lansing® speakers
• HP Mini Remote Control
• Backlit keyboard

all i can say is BEnQ S42 has much better spec than this for abt rm100 more...

This post has been edited by astria: May 1 2009, 10:58 AM

BenQ boss in malaysia will definitely be very happy if we quote all those posts recommending BenQ and email over to let him read

hp dv2

go for s42

S57 juz about rm500 more but it is much much more better than S42 , except the look..

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Added on May 2, 2009, 10:40 amLOL.. 9300M GS is a piece of SH*T .. u will know when u playing current game even in medium-low setting ..

This post has been edited by ExHolyAngel: May 2 2009, 10:40 AM

not every one is rich enuf to afford a mainstream GPU...

cant afford a bit more , better dun buy laptop , juz buy desktop , its my 2 cents ...

not everyone need a laptop for gaming... so y waste the moolah on sth that's not used???

Atleast spend a bit more for future proof , shud know that the software over days will nid higher system requirements.

there's no such thing as future proof for computers... at most future resistant...

Montevina is the way to go now... but in a few mths time, when Intel launches Calpella, u sure it's still called future proof???

lol...u will never have enough money to keep up with these manufactures de...no future proof meh...for example u get an alienware laptop today with very high end sli gpu...soon after that..u wil find that it no longer suit the games at this time...but u did spend a lot man...so what proof does it give?? it's better to spend ur money wise...buy those laptop enough for ur daily use that's all..

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Added on May 2, 2009, 5:17 pmhmm..but it's enough for those who r playing football manager ..still there is always a market for it...dun just look down on other ppl's choice..nvidia come out with 9300 ..there must be a reason..

This post has been edited by weiyap_tan: May 2 2009, 05:17 PM

deadly agree with weiyap, but i understand what angel's talking as well..
my opinion is, get a mid range laptop, which decent GPU inside, as well as other specs, that way, you don have to be too rich to get one, and your laptop can last half to one year longer for games, at most cannot play at medium, have to play at low, but that time, low also look very nice edi..

Fren , 5k is mid range , 10k is high range , 2k = ?? since when got a 2k laptop with decent GPU ??

hmm? is BenQ is trustable brand ar? I'm interested with Joybook s42. decent GC and CPU

5k is already high end.... more than that can consider hardcore already...

u re NOT dealing with desktops here...

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Added on May 2, 2009, 11:07 pmso far, at least in this forum, no S42 users ve sent the laptop for servicing...

This post has been edited by astria: May 2 2009, 11:07 PM

dont forget compaq cq40 series ....

cq40 have 2k and decent GPU ? i think "decent" GPU shud be able to play atleast 50% of current games at highest setting with no AA.

most cq40 model dun have decent GPU i think , juz integrated 1 ..

i thought ati hd radeon 3450 is a decent gpu?

fantasia, for *him a decent gpu means that a gpu that can at least play high-end games with the highest settings in the future..for us the cq40 with ati3450 already decent enuff...

lol!!!!!!!!then i think compaq can zap lap already la.i dont think compaq zap lap only,many computing company also zap lap...

can i know wat problems u face on their payment method ? either u bank in to their citibank acc , giv them the cheque or thru citibank or maybank credit card ....

for the games u demand , even my ATI 4670 cant handle it much especially L4D ....

dont go for Benq or acer if possible , either choose dell , hp or asus ....

acer and benq doesnt worth for u to invest at all

which hp laptop will u get with a budget 3.5k and below with a gpu better than ati 4670?i very curious ^^how about dell?ati 4570??well,every1 know 4570 is worse than 4650...asus i think the spec u get will be slightly lower than benq with the same price...just my opinion ^^

well , is that mean u gonna get a quality-not-so-nice laptop bcoz of that ? tats nightmare having tis kind of laptop.... i m using my company's acer notebook ...its a nitemare for me ..but i dont mind as i will claim OT if my doc corrupted and windows corrupted , or any hardware failure

This post has been edited by steventan85: May 3 2009, 10:16 AM

well,from most of the benq user,they very sastify with the after sale service that benq provide

Bro, u hav to noe the 5k he say is in Rm nt $S. So for msia, Rm5k laptop really consider a middle end laptop.

Yeah baby , u reli knows it, rm 5k is only mid-end laptop , but for deskstop RM5k will be high-end.

i know it's RM, but as i said, we re not dealing with desktops here...

for desktops, even a 9600GT is considered mainstream only, but when comes to laptop, u ve to know that for the same price, u get much less...

and if u look around us, most laptops are priced approx. RM3k/SG$1.5k... these are considered mainstream laptops, and usually they come with hardware like C2D P8000 and at most HD 4570/G 105M...

go ask around, how many ppl would spend rm5k on a laptop... most ppl dun even play games on laptop... a netbook is sufficient for many...

different person have their own point of view la.for me,5k laptop consider high end but not enthusiast class...some may say 5k only a mid-end laptop...

Ya, for those who dint play games , netbook is more than enough,but in laptop ,HD4570 cant handle light games with highest setting like L4D.

u sure???

my 8600M GS already can handle L4D at mid-high settings, 1280x800...

pls, L4D is using an old engine...

This post has been edited by astria: May 3 2009, 11:15 AM

then what is the purpose of producing a low cost laptop??compaq might as well defunct

But in Sg, $S5k is v high end laptop liao,

convert to RM is about RM11000++

Low-Cost laptop is produced to suit daily use , like watching so movies,do so project work, but definately not for GAMES !!

This post has been edited by ExHolyAngel: May 3 2009, 11:25 AM

Yea i noe, but anyone dealing with desktop here?


Majority of ppl will only spend Rm3k+- for laptop, juz only a few ppl who v rich then will spend more than Rm5k for laptop.


Normally laptop is nt for gaming use but nowaday, all ppl using laptop for gaming, lol.

why dun say 5k in US dollar ? haha..

yup....i using my compaq v3751au for light gaming too...

u say it urself...

As well pound, wow~

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Added on May 3, 2009, 11:37 amBut anyone dealing desktop here?

This post has been edited by ic3rock: May 3 2009, 11:37 AM

y not kuwaiti dinar?highest value among all the currency in the world

LOL we are going out of topic , haha

ye, we re not dealing with desktops here... but u go ask around, how many ppl would spend rm5k for a laptop???

i wonder how much do kuwait ppl spend on their laptop.kuwait is 1 of the richest country in the world....

Cos Kuwait no ppl use laptop for gaming,

people...if you are really a hardcore gamer than shouldn't be a problem for those with the riches to buy a powerful laptop that can play the most recent games with ease (highest settings) but for some (like me), whose doesn't have that kind of money, a decent laptop that can play games with mid settings is enough...depend on person, hardcore gamer, get ready to pump-up money to buy a powerful laptop for gaming but for those that is hardcore but don't have the cash, stick down to the level that suit us...if it can play games with mid-settings is enough...

just my 2 cents...

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Added on May 3, 2009, 11:52 amyalor...desktop is better for gaming...

This post has been edited by miahahaha: May 3 2009, 11:52 AM

r u sure??i think they too bz relaxing...too rich to work XD.my dad went there b4.he said they dont use nike,new balance or adidas.they assum these brand are too cheap.the attire that they wear can simply cost more than RM1k

I oso dont use new balance or adidas cos i use BATA, made in msia,

Ur dad went there for work ar? Must well go Dubai, work 3 months then can rest 9 months,

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Added on May 3, 2009, 12:01 pmSry for out of topic, i wont reply anymore,

This post has been edited by ic3rock: May 3 2009, 12:01 PM

support local product lol.....off topic some more...

THE SUPPORT LOCAL COMPUTING PRODUCT!!!what laptop is made in malaysia?

use AMD CPU... made in MY...

REALLY???but my compaq using amd made in china

lol.. then i not sure...

my Phenom II says: Diffused in Germany, Assembled in Malaysia

laptop brand from malaysia....MIMOS-MAKCIK PC...lol...

twinhead from malaysia right?

twinhead from aussie if i'm not mistaken...maybe assembled in malaysia..

TwinHead laptop reli cannot use , LOL , my rich fren who dunno PC at all ,he juz say wan buy laptop and ask his father's company worker buy 1,

after that , bought a 5k laptop ,twinhead with " POOR DESIGN , EASY OVER TEMP,LOUSY SPECS(even lousier than a 2k laptop), OMG

1 more is >> PIRATED windows !!

lesson: always survey before u buy...

anyone could tell me infomation about HP Pavilion DV5 series? the variation of models and price pls? Specs too as well.

i thought dv5 EOL already???

what's EOL?

End of life...

means not selling anymore...