you have to remember the battery life and portability of the 4820TG... still rather awesome laptop.

yea now of days no more driver cd included...

the i5-450 is not slow. the reason why the cost is high is mainly because it uses bamboo to build thus its enviromentally friendly

another laptop similar (but not bamboo of course...) is the Acer 3820TG.

well, 13" mbp is quite a good laptop for normal usage... assuming you can afford it.

Lol.. lee_what hard at work today

@christopher, then you're pretty much settled for the mbp 13. Unless you want a bigger laptop...

well, the main thing you need to consider about the mac
1) can you afford it
2) can you use OSX (i have alot of trouble using my friend's mac, but web browsing is quite awesome on a mac)

If you want a laptop to just do normal stuff (eg, web browsing, word processing, music video) and just some gaming (in your case HoN i think you'll have to either run parallel or bootcamp, which will cost extra money to get that, so need keep that in mind)

Also, mbp 13 is 3,899.00, without apple care plan, that's another 900 ringgit and factoring other stuff like office for mac (unless you use open office) [oh i forgot iWork, selling at RM199] and then there's the windows license... well, you get the idea.

The mbp 13 can meet your requirements, assuming you don't plan to take up any more gaming (i.e black ops and such) Imo, its rather expensive but if you can afford it, why not?

The one that can rival the mbp line, is the XPS 15, just make sure to upgrade the screen, its still cheaper and more powerful than the mbp 15. It'll lose when it comes to web browsing experience (the touchpad on the mbp is quite awesome) but other than that... the XPS 15 has a better screen, better speakers, better warranty....

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Added on November 28, 2010, 10:48 pmoh yea christopher, you need to review your budget, what's your max? because 3.5k cannot get you an AW (beside the AW netbook)

This post has been edited by DoubleU: Nov 28 2010, 10:59 PM

The M11x is a netbook, so the processor is downclocked (less heat, less power consumption)

well, i've never seen anyone check your operating system at custom before... so...

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Added on November 28, 2010, 11:04 pmAnd HoN (heroes of newarth right... just making sure) isn't very demanding.

This post has been edited by DoubleU: Nov 28 2010, 11:04 PM

the 900 ringgit is for the warranty. the Office (iWorks) would cost RM199, then windows license.. i'm not sure what's the price. And instead of pirated, i think you can bootcamp linux... i think... need ask lee_what about that.

M11x is a netbook, its not great for gaming, its better than mbp 13, but its okay. Laptops like Acer 4820TG,Sony EA36 is better,.

aiya, 11.6" and got no cd-rom, Long battery life... Netbook la...

This post has been edited by DoubleU: Nov 28 2010, 11:11 PM

@sirlordwanz

well... if its dell, you could just browse their online shop. But anyways.. for 3k, XPS 15, XPS 14, Dell Inspiron 15r
(oh just note that the XPS line does not have a VGA port, might not be suitable for work.)

see here for the inspiron >>> http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1656053

This post has been edited by DoubleU: Nov 28 2010, 11:15 PM

well you said work... so if you're gonna do presentations, the projector probably uses VGA only since its old.

Acer 4820TG... (but roughly same price as inspiron 15r, but in 14" form, and longer battery life)

well, like lee_what kae's suggestion the Sony EA36 (edit, my mistake sorry)

This post has been edited by DoubleU: Nov 29 2010, 01:22 AM

well, the Asus A42Ja price drop to RM2999... the specs are quite powerful tho.

There's also the Acer 4820TG... (btw when you need the laptop?)

i5 = dual core
i7 = quad core.

i5 is generally better for day to day usage and gaming, while video editting, photoshop, performs better on i7.

lol, march or april? then can wait long long, new tech coming out next year.

unless i7 quad ULV + downclocked dedicated GPU
M11x

when the i7-740qm overclocks itself, it will shut down 2 cores, so it will be a dual core.

well if you want something stronger, there's the Thinkpad T series. Its not as powerful as the Dell XPS 15, but its definitely very tough. (how strong do you need your laptop to be?)

lol 3k budget and you want a mac? 2nd hand?

why? i think buy online is better, just wait for it to be delivered to your house...

the Asus A42Ja is better than those, i7 and HD5730...
better take the i7 if ur gonna do so much photo/video editting