Hi all,

need help here, need to have opinions and recommendations:

1. brand - no specific brands (but good to have international warranty)
2. budget - plus minus 3k
3. specs - 15" plus screen (no mobility necessity), 2/4gb ddr3, 500/640gb hd, gpu (prefer 1gb for heavy graphics gaming/ graphics - need to kill a lot of time), good speakers (heavy movie watcher too)
4. size - preferably 15"

I will start working on a ship/vessel and not much activities can be done except playing games and watching movies. will be on a 3 months rotational and sometimes it can bore u to death.

thanks in advance

thanks Lee,

this is based on price or specs? Toshiba (Qosmio izzit?) looks good but i think it is a bit overpriced than Acer based on the processor. correct me if i m wrong. thanks

This post has been edited by badbuddyz: Oct 8 2010, 12:57 PM

if i opt to get a 14" screen.. I guess i can get better spec? what do u think?

Hi again,

just done a small survey and research; a few models caught my attention, need sifus suggestion/recommendation

1. Acer 5742G - i5 560 - GT420 1gb - RM3099
2. Acer 5745G - i7 720 - GT330M 1gb - RM3599
3. Acer 5745G - i7 420 - GT420 2gb - RM3799

4. Asus A52JC - i5 460 - G310M 1gb - RM2599 (plan to upgrade from 2gb to 4gb DDR3)
5. Asus A42JA - i7 740 - Ati 5730 2gb - RM3599 (tempting but only 14" screen - prefer to have 15" screen)

how bout warranty issues? i will be traveling a lot (Malaysia-Dubai-Africa) for the next 2 years. heard Acer only covers 1 year traveller warranty and Asus covers 2 years international warranty.

any recommendation among the listed?
a. budget plus minus 3.5k
b. for gaming n movie
c. mobility not an issue
d. good sound system

thanks in advance

will look into it, i remembered that in one of the thread, upgrading the GPU for XPS, or this is the latest one?

thanks Lee....

googled the 'Dell Studio XPS 16, i5 460M + ATi HD5730, FullHD@RM3702' but didnt managed to get full spec n where can i get it, cross checked with Evernew list n not in the list. huhu