amazed specs provided by this small beast particularly its graphic card n also its processor

Intel® CoreTM i3 processor
Intel® CoreTM i5 processor

Genuine Windows® 7 Home Basic 64-Bit
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-Bit

Mobile Intel® 5 Series Express Chipset (HM57)

Standard Intel® HD Graphics
Optional ATi Mobility RadeonTM HD 5470 1 GB

13.3" Widescreen HD Glossy WLED Display with TrueLifeTM panel

3-Watt (2 x 1.5W) High Definition Audio 2.0 Stereo Speakers with SRS Premium SoundTM

Up to 320GB2 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive.

Optional External 12.7" Tray Load DVD+/-RW with Dual Layer DVD+R Write Capability

6-cell 48WHr Li-Ion Battery

1.3MP Webcam with microphone

Wi-Fi Option:
Standard Dell Wireless 1501 802.11 g/n Half Mini Card

Bluetooth Option:
DellTM Wireless 365 Bluetooth® Internal (2.1+EDR) mini-card

cons is it does not come with optical drive~(thou u can opt externally)

is it worth spending rm2,299?

or should i consider other such as acer,asus,toshiba,etc..

will this lappy able to play current games?cuz im a lil bit into games besides doing my college work

any suggestions r most welcome

whats your budget for a new laptop? is it strictly below Rm2300?

rm2,500 n below to b exact..

Dell Inspiron 13R, i3 330M + ATi HD5470 @ RM2299 will be good deal but the major thing is that it doesn't have opt drive are you fine with that?

if other alternative you can go for

Acer AS4741G-332G50 with Ci3-330/2GB/500GB/DVDRW/ATI radeon 5450 512MB VGA/Webcam/B.Tooth/Wifi/W7HP/3 yrs warranty @ RM2260


There's a post about your budget wise as well in http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1412619


This post has been edited by dRaKoZ: May 6 2010, 11:22 AM

A value laptop with an entry-level / lower middle class DirectX 11 graphic card I can say.
Check out the graphic card performance at:ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-5470

For other laptop or recommendation, check it out at Laptop Recommendation thread

doubtful..but i rarely use dvd drive nowadays..dependent on usb drives

ic.. the acer u referring is it the newest model???

n its predeccesor is the 4740G rite?

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Added on May 6, 2010, 1:10 pmok thx 4 the link n the thread recommendation

This post has been edited by Busquets: May 6 2010, 01:10 PM

still look at 13" lappy, tke a look at acer 3820tg. wil b sell soon in malaysia.

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...54037&hl=3820tg

^Question is, will 3820TG with i7-620M+HD5650 available in Malaysia?
Even the 4820 in Malaysia come with hd5470 only.

is the inspiron 13R on sell now???

bro if u can wait jux wait another pc fair around early of august that time sure show alot latest laptop edy so u can choose better and with off course better price too

Inspiron 13R is available online in Dell Website

Here you go ----> http://configure.ap.dell.com/dellstore/con...s=dhs&cs=mydhs1

better dun take any DELL R series i check edy there is not HDD module allow to to change HDD on ur own in future .. u need to open all the laptop in order to change it ... (no good design) stick with 1464 or 1564 better while the stock ends

This post has been edited by destee88: May 7 2010, 05:24 PM

I think you're really being shortchanged by Dell if they don't give you a DVD writer for a laptop of that price and size. It's pretty common for 13" to come with built in DVD drives nowadays. Normally you see then go away only on the 12 inchers. Furthermore, 13R isn't all the compact.