Hi guys,

Need your advice. I am planning to get a laptop for the requirement below:

budget: 1.6k - 2.2k
processor: intel C2D (or Pentium Core Duo, non-AMD processor due to personal preference)
VGA: depends (i'm not sure, see my Casual Task below)
OS: Preferable Windows 7 (no OS is a pain as have to struggle to find drivers, also don't want kacau by Overseas Kastam)
LCD screen: 13 - 14"
RAM: 4GB preferable (minimum 2GB, is it enuf for Windows 7?)
HDD: 250GB (or more)
optical drive: DVD+/-RW (must need optical drive)
Warranty: International warranty preferable (need to carry it to oversea, New Zealand)
Weight: the lower the better (anything less than 2kg with battery will be great! but not compromise a lot with processor power lah)

My Casual Task: online, Facebook, chatting, watch movie, songs, Adobe Photoshop, Dota

Please recommend...thanks!

bro, any other brand than Asus? kind da hard to find Asus retailer shop & service centre in Penang here...

Also the international warranty period I need is 1 year enough, because I will buy on this November and go NZ for half-year after that......so as long as 1 year international warranty (plus mayb 1-2 years local warranty might be better :-) ) should be ok for me.

So, as Dell is bundle in Windows 7 Home Basic 64-bit, for the model in this web it's giving 3Gb (1Gb+2Gb) RAM, is it really worth to top-up another Rm150 to upgrade it to 4Gb (2x2Gb) ? Or it's more worth to use this rm150 to buy another 1 or 2 years warranty? (fuyoh, 2 years warranty rm217, 3 years for rm294, damn expensive!!) FYI the heaviest task I do is Adobe photoshop & Dota.....the rest is just movie, songs, net....

http://www1.ap.dell.com/my/en/home/noteboo..._14_s510602my~~

just want to know, is DELL & Compaq laptop comes with international warranty? I know for Asus & Acer yes.