if want dvd drive, consider dell inspiron 13z, unless you need some light gaming, acer 4810TG, asus ul30vt, ul80vt.

I did say run on default setting~

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Added on November 20, 2009, 6:48 pmany requirement on battery life expectation?

unless price is an issue, can consider acer 1810T or acer ferrari one, better spec than toshiba but cheaper.
hp dv2, battery life is quite short comparing to those two.
lenovo s10-2 would be the cheapest but slowest performance.

This post has been edited by lee_what2004: Nov 20 2009, 06:51 PM

K50IN-SX021C-VHP(SRP:RM2699)
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1230221/

This post has been edited by lee_what2004: Nov 20 2009, 10:19 PM

if really heavy multi-tasking, better stay away from culv.
benq s42, same weight with t43 while still got some performance in it

sxps 16 is much better choice though, just invest a better backpack to relieve some strain.

This post has been edited by lee_what2004: Nov 21 2009, 12:11 AM

^not true, some games not even let me run it

multitasking in what?
can just get any notebook with P-series processor.
13'': dell inspiron 13, hp dv3-2111tx
14'': samsung r470 for 2.5k, benq s42, asus u80v, asus k40in
15'': benq s57, asus k50in, dell sxps 16(best of all~)
best cpu can get, i7 on dell studio 15, rm 3999

This post has been edited by lee_what2004: Nov 21 2009, 09:04 AM

sxps 16 is better(gaming), but not much in your usage, but is has good screen, speaker with subwoofer and 1920x1080 resolution (more content of website can be seen). of course its much more expensive than benq s57 at rm 3999.

since you don't need that much gpu power, can consider dell studio 15 with p8700 and perhaps up the screen resolution to 1920x1080 and warranty to 3 years.

but best all rounder for 4k is sxps 16~

c2d is of course better than amd athlon, but in this kind of budget, you can't get good gpu and c2d.

Asus K40AB/K50AB for rm 1999, amd athlon ql-65, ati hd4570, 2 years global warranty.

This post has been edited by lee_what2004: Nov 21 2009, 12:36 PM

better take asus k40ab/k50ab, better gc, hd4570 at the price rm 1999.
flash games is really taxing on cpu, not gc.

but if can, studio 15 is better choice.

This post has been edited by lee_what2004: Nov 21 2009, 04:22 PM

ram can be easily upgrade, win 7 with browsing, playing music, messenger at around 700-900MB

no, my friend when bought it, straight upgrade to 4gb ram.

performance in what?
and athlon x2, what specific model?

amd athlon x2 usually lose to intel cpu in term of power crunching.
but is sufficient for average gaming, which rely more on gpu mostly, rather than cpu,except rts games, gta v, etc.

This post has been edited by lee_what2004: Nov 21 2009, 04:48 PM

copy file speed, application start speed is more on hdd, not cpu or gpu.

might be quite hard to find it since its phased out, consider k40ab, just yesterday got user post he found it on two store at lowyat.

well, yeah that a good one, but you lose the onsite warranty from dell, and smaller resolution compared to sxps 16 to be cheaper rm 200.

This post has been edited by lee_what2004: Nov 21 2009, 04:56 PM

dell, iirc, need to upgrade warranty to 3 years to get international, if the rule haven't change.

but better solution would be to buy it on US, since there got better offer and price just need to tahan for couple months

well, in one way, smaller resolution means better performance in gaming, but in other time, bigger resolution means you will be having larger workspace, can see more lines in coding or less scrolling to read.

This post has been edited by lee_what2004: Nov 21 2009, 05:13 PM

well, on there you can get coupons and such, like hp dv6t with i7 & gt230m for $999, or even last week, lenovo g550, comes with nvidia gt240m just for $580.

can check here for deals everyday
http://slickdeals.net/
or try to look for hp coupon, which usually can cut couple hundred dollars.
example: http://www.logichp.com/2009/11/16/deal-of-...-pavilion-dv7t/

This post has been edited by lee_what2004: Nov 21 2009, 05:20 PM

is the 3 years warranty is international?

well, gt240m and hd4670 is comparable, but gt240m got physx, while hd4670 is slight better.

y550 is not really new, but less user bought it.

the rest is really subjective, the notebook style, resolution.

the toshiba t110 is using SU2700 and cost rm 2299. SU2700 is single core.
while acer 1810T is using SU4100 and cost rm 1899. SU4100 is dual core.
the other difference is toshiba is using ddr3 ram while acer is using ddr2, which is insignificant in performance wise.

can consider acer 1410 at rm 1499, it size a little bit bigger than netbook, at 11.6'' but give much better overall performance than netbook due to dual core used in it,SU2300 and better graphic card, 4500mhd rather than single core atom and 2-old generation gma 950, whilst still can give a good amount of battery life, 5-6 hours browsing.

This post has been edited by lee_what2004: Nov 21 2009, 11:48 PM

corrected

@sg552, sager can only be obtained by online, only got one reseller on malaysia, so pm Mucro.Asia.
http://www.mucro.asia/index.php/Mucro-Sage...ger-NP8662.html
change currency to ringgit.

no way for i5/i7.
dell studio 15, sager np2098, if can increase to 3.2k, go with benq s57
14'': benq s42 at 2.9k

benq s57

you are better off with studio 14 with i7 rather than macbook

This post has been edited by lee_what2004: Nov 22 2009, 09:37 PM