@riku2replica,

motive: too old,too heavy(4kg smth) and want to buy a new one..

erm..now i only used for play dota..
now studying at uni..my laptop now keep need use adaptor always..finding plug in uni ><
mostly want to change because of too heavy and only last for 1hrs ONLY..with even lowest brightness

now only go for facebook..but want to learn after effect, sony vegas and etc...
do play some games but not long..maybe want try cod or etc

my laptop now is using sony vaio-17"inch
http://www.ciao.co.uk/Productinformation/S...lt;<<here is it..
specs almost the same..just the ram upgrade!
using windows xp and tried windows 7 Pro..but not support for the drivers...
few years a d..not sure..around 3 to 4 yrs!

i confuse which one to choose..asus a42ja or acer 4820tg???
i7-740QM vs i5-460M..
rm2999 vs rm 2780(which is the cheaper i found)
4gb ram vs 2gb but upgrade to 4gb plus 3 yrs total warranty
2gb hd 5730 vs 1gb hd 5650 switchable graphic
640gb HDD vs 640gb HDD

This post has been edited by karyaw: Dec 16 2010, 12:46 PM

looking at ur use, u would only fully use a quad core some times...

stick to dual, imho...

This post has been edited by astria: Dec 16 2010, 01:23 PM

Then again, it's for video encoding. In situations such as games, quad cores are not fully utilized and in cases, dual cores with higher clocks get more favorable performance.

Besides, you need the extra battery life.

ok..thx for information from u all guys o! xD

For average performance and battery life,
better get U41Jf i5-460m GT425m@RM2999

fast dual core and can able to play the game at high setting without AA/AF
performing sony vegas is still ok with it(of course not on par with i7, but good enough since u use it once in a while)
10hours battery life claimed by Asus

too expensive!

Budget?
edited: I saw your choise of A42Ja, u got budget for that don't have for this?


This post has been edited by [G]ooD_DaY: Dec 16 2010, 07:41 PM

haha..if compare to that, i rather take a42ja...

Well, that's quite subjective, if u don't like better battery life and lighter in terms of weight u can go for A42Ja

hahaha..if u suggest me u42jf..
i would rather upgrade the acer 6-cell battery to 9-cell battery
can last long 12 hrs! why not?

Then it will be only rm100-200 difference
Don't forget U series is more special

Special as in ?

agree with lee! special in what?

This post has been edited by karyaw: Dec 16 2010, 08:57 PM

U series is Asus Special edition ma(got bamboo version, etc)

U = battery life...

that's wat the series is abt... besides, it's not the first bamboo laptop from Asus...

the most special of all is VX series...

VX Lamborghini is like Acer Ferrari
depends on which sports car u like imho
xD

well, in that respect Asus is doing a better job than Acer...

however i think VX7 is disappointing in terms of look... still prefer VX5...

Didn't research more on these models, as I can't afford it either

sifus. how good is a i7-640M with a gpu of GeForce® GT 330M?? on a 13in lappie.

Good as in ?