ill b needing it b4 10th feb,is it good for gaming?imean the ati gpu.my budget is around rm2.5k.
on my watchlist are asus x42r,inspiron 15r i5 with HD550v and acer 4820tg
any suggestions on which one shld i buy?

ill b needing it b4 10th feb,is it good for gaming?imean the ati gpu.my budget is around rm2.5k.
on my watchlist are asus x42r,inspiron 15r i5 with HD550v and acer 4820tg
any suggestions on which one shld i buy?

i already replied ur question in 4820TG thread...

anyways, for ur budget 4820TG is still the best choice..

make sure u get the i5-480M + HD6550 version.. Someone stated that you can get for RM2370 in digital mall.. Upgrade ram to 4gb and you're good to go..

If you need a bigger screen and even better performances, go for 5750G with Sandy Bridge quadcore processor and more powerful GPU.. It sells around RM27xx...

Current Sandy Bridget cost more than 2.5K.
You won't see SB i5 by 10 Feb. 

Acer 4820TG is the best in your list. It is the best in its class.
It fits your budget too. It's good enough for gaming.
Get the one with i5-480 & Radeon 6550.

Yes for Asus... But you gotta bare with the way you send ur laptop for repair in certain places.. I am in London now, last time I sent my Asus laptop for repair, I have gotta call them up and request for a courier UPS sticker and have to package the laptop ourselves while writing the faulty of the laptop on a paper... Then call up UPS to collect the laptop... From then on you can only wait for it to come back.. I don't like the fact that you can't explain ur problems directly to the technician... and having UPS send the laptop to the service centre sounds a bit unsafe LOL

Dell warranty is Asia Pacific only if I am not mistaken?

For me, Dell is just normal.

Normal specs, normal price.
People talk about their on-site service a lot.

I had a Dell Inspiron 8 years ago for my office use.
It broke down. On-site service was granted.
The technician couldn't fix the problem on the spot.
There were no quick solution. I still needed to wait for the parts to arrive.
The technician took the notebook and returned it after 2 weeks.
So, common sense tells you on-site service will not fix the real hardware issues on the spot.

Some people love Dell - they should just get Dell.
It is just some personal preference.

All notebooks break down - it just the matter of "luck" and time.
My previous Asus and Acer notebooks had not failed on me before I disposed them.

They brought the new hardware with them without diagnosing the PC?

If you talk about specs and hardwares, all brands are the same.
All hardwares are OEM. You need to pay more for brand and better hardware. It's common sense.

If you talk about hardware compatibility, make sure you stay away from HP/Compaq.
Acer and Asus are quite good in that.

If you talk about after sales service, I think Asus 2-year warranty seems to play a big part in her reputation of service quality.
There are good comments from users that local service centre of Asus did offer excellent solutions to users.

If you talk about price, Acer seems to be quite consistent in delivering the product at the right time, right place and right price tag.

i7-2630 is here. Are you going to wait for i7-2720 or i5?
Do you need the notebook urgently? What's your budget again?

Besides, for CAD, I'd advise you to stick to nVidia GPU.
4820TG has ATI Radeon GPU.

HP really not that good meh???????
  Nvidia or ATI better arr for graphic design

wa i dun think i will be getting HP then

im sure i will be using OpenGL

Yup.

I suppose they would call back in case your paper description is not good enough?

As for the UPS, you should really ask them if they are responsible for anything happens after the laptop is with the UPS. 
I do believe sometime luck does plays a role in getting a good lappy, but time?    It depends much on the owner. 

What defect your laptop facing? Mobo problem?
I thought they would diagnosing the PC remotely before sending in the technicians?

when will it be release and what do you think the price would be??

It was the mobo problem. The mobo was replaced in 2 weeks.

Remote diagnosis? No chance for that.
Dead mobo. No boot up at all.
The technician was checking the power adapter/motherboard/ram modules. 
The technician needed to report to Dell before placing the order for replacement parts.

i see updated list there. cant wait for asus new models!
nice job skycrawler 

1. Brand. - Any ( reliable )

2. Budget. 2k +

3. Specs.  i5 graphic card which can use most adobe softwares. ( design purpose ) , for normal gaming ( no need too high settings )

4. Size. Doesnt really matter as long as it works the way i want to.  maybe ( 14 '' or 15'')  * easy to bring around *