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luotang
post Feb 7 2010, 11:11 AM

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i am looking for a new notebook with budget +-RM2000

I found that acer, dell and many brands has core i3 330 M processor
and the price for acer is even around RM2000
why is i3 330M processor so cheap?
is it good?
how is it performance and temperature?

and i found that compaq don't have much choice for i3 models
instead, it is still using T4400 processor or QL65 which is very long time ago
why compaq don't have new models on it?

Acer also has Turion 2 M520 processor, but i don't see any compaq has this processor
does compaq has it? can anybody tell me?


if intel P series notebook has a price around RM2000, it is also OK.
but i found that P series notebook is very high price

can any one recommends me?
i am looking for compaq, but it has not much choice.
thank you.
luotang
post Feb 7 2010, 11:54 AM

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QUOTE(lee_what2004 @ Feb 7 2010, 11:35 AM)
Well, the i3 is supposed to replace the lower segment, T6xxx...
anyway, what's the usage? what screen size?
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normal student usage
no high end game playing...
just normal usage
and 14 inch screen. because larger screen corresponds to heavier

i am quite particular in temperature of notebook
that is why i am interested in P processors

luotang
post Feb 7 2010, 12:32 PM

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QUOTE(lee_what2004 @ Feb 7 2010, 11:57 AM)
Well, you can't get P series for 2k...
Gaming wise, consider Asus K40AB, Lenovo G450..
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it is really weird
i3 is not as good as P series?
isn't P series already launched for about 1.5 years already? why the price is still so high?
why i3 can have the price around RM2000 and it is new?

no.. i do not play game...
just normal use
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post Feb 7 2010, 07:07 PM

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QUOTE(lee_what2004 @ Feb 7 2010, 12:34 PM)
P will always remain on the performance side... which will be replaced by i5 and some i7
i3 will replace the lower segment, t6xxx
while celeron p4000 will replace t4xxx
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so any compaq uses turion II processor?
i saw acer has it already.
compaq is quite suitable for me.
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post Feb 10 2010, 12:26 PM

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can i know why current CQ40 600 Series notebook AMD bases is using QL65?

i remember last time CQ40 100 series is using RM70.72 instead

isn't it RM is newer than Athlon QL?

why current notebook is even using older model of processor?
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post Feb 10 2010, 07:25 PM

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QUOTE(lee_what2004 @ Feb 10 2010, 12:48 PM)
Clear old stocks perhaps?
Well, the RM and QL isn't really that significant of difference in term of power though..
And also Compaq nowadays doesn't really give much better performance:price ratio...
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how about the speen? also not much different right?

why do you say don't offer much price/performance ratio?
isn't it cheap and has reasonable price?

625AU only costs 1499. i am considering it
but it uses QL65
i don't know why......
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post Feb 11 2010, 11:59 AM

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QUOTE(lee_what2004 @ Feb 11 2010, 01:13 AM)
Speed wise, not much difference unless you can differentiate 0.1ghz difference?
Well, that model is one exception, for other model that around 2k or more, other brand offer much better spec...
There's also Inspiron 14@Rm1499, T4400, GMA4500MHD, 2gb ram, 250gb hdd, but you do get original windows 7 basic for that price..
For that budget, 4740G would offer better value...
netbook with RM 2.4k you mean?
Current value buy would be Acer 1810TZ@RM 1899
Vaio CW26, i5 520M + nvidia GT330M, 14'', 1600x900 resolution@RM3999
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isn't it CQ41-205TU also a good choice?
i3 330M and 2GB DDR3 at RM2049.

i know acer offers a good price, but i don't go for this brand

is there other choice that has the spec similar to CQ41-205TU?

currently i am considering only 625AU which only costs RM1499 and only this model

just want to know if any other brand offers better choice.
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post Feb 11 2010, 02:22 PM

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QUOTE(lee_what2004 @ Feb 11 2010, 12:14 PM)
Well, if you want to exclude acer...
closest would be
Lenovo G460-Core i3-330M 5903-6369 RM2249
I3-330M 2.13GHZ / DDR3 2GB / 320GB / DVDRW / Nvidia 310M 512MB / 14.1"WXGA / CAM / WIFI / DOS

but yeah, that CQ41 is a quite a good buy, though if you want to install XP, I don't really recommend compaq CQ series, since hard to find driver...
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thank you very much for your frequent reply!

I will use windows 7
so maybe CQ41 is my choice...
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post Feb 19 2010, 10:20 PM

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I just bought a new cq41 notebook and also hp care pack.

the person told me that nowadays we don't need to fax the carepack form to hp? is that true?
i remember last time i need to fax the form to hp.
(the carepack does state that we need to fax. but the person sales say no need?)

so should i fax it ?

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