Although its OT but I'd take a better 2.1 system than cheap 5.1. I take quality than quantity any day

EDIFIER M3500 5.1>>>RM309, EDIFIER HCS2300 2.1>>>RM289~~~

From Garage Sales the best price is RM2499 and from shop is RRP at RM2699. RM200 more though. But i'll rather buy at shop la since from shop can get some free gift but from Garage Sales no free gift.

Better save the RM200 rather than some freegift...

The free gifts are cheap...cooler, mouse pad, cleansing kit, screen protector...the bag and mouse are free from asus. If possible, take the price down to 2599, most of the shops near my house offer 2599

exactly my point

hm yea... leaning towards 2.1 too.
Maybe i'll see the place i'm staying + listen to a sample in store and decide....
btw, i'm probably gonna go for Logitech? any violent objections?
(wait... i think i got the wrong recommendation tread? )

actually, free gift will equal out the money save.... but the thing is no point in getting the stuff...

5.1 is overkill... Normally for the same price, SQ of the 2.1 would be much better lol..

Depends whether you're audiophile or not... 5.1 is good for movies with the surround n correct codecs/setup, it's gonna be awesome..

If not for music 2.1 is better....

If want to save RM200, I need to go to KL and COD with the seller. Petrol + toll is already RM50.

Seriously? This shop is Asus recommended retailer so they selling at RRP. RM2599 also sounds great though. At least can add more RAM or buy a better cooler with RM100.

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Added on February 14, 2011, 12:30 amWell, when is the i5 SB coming eh? Is there any news that Asus is going to come out with i5 SB anywhere SOON? March maybe?

This post has been edited by shahiryusoff: Feb 14 2011, 12:30 AM

i5 SB itself coming out March, when it's gonna be in laptops probably mid-end march..

i'm assuming SQ is sound quality? i'm not so good on these terms.
Anyways, yea 5.1 codecs are tedious... don't even like using my Kave to watch movies, only play games on them.

Bros, I wanna ask about laptops to get a laptop
Decent speakers, decent build quality (more aluminium, less plastic), switchable and not-so-old graphics, i5 proc, working multimedia keys with iTunes (impossible, but really great to have) and good battery life...
I saw ASUS A42JY-VX195V very perfect but just without switchable graphics :'(

Acer 4820TG@RM2499, aluminium lid, better battery life ?
or Asus N43Jf@RM2599, aluminium lid, better speaker..

This post has been edited by lee_what2004: Feb 14 2011, 01:47 AM

Any of them budget at about <2.4k?
The ASUS one is really seductive. 14 inches?

14''

The next best thing is Acer 3820TG, i3 380M + ATi HD6550@RM2199, 13.3'' with aluminium lid, but so-so speaker...

Possibly don't want i3
I'm gonna use for light gaming (or maybe just mediocre, not hardcore).
Okay la, maybe not speakers. Just good audio driver and sound card. Use headphones and my Edifier C3

I firstly saw the Lenovo U460, switchable graphics and meets what I wanted. Then disaster is the 2.3 or 2.4k variant is i3!

GPU is more important for games and Acer 3820TG has the best GPU under RM2.2K, its also switchable GPU and got two cooling fan...

This post has been edited by lee_what2004: Feb 14 2011, 02:38 AM

Not those kind of games. I mean indie games.
Sorry bro, I'm really bad at telling stuffs
I also read that some laptops said got switchable graphics like Lenovo Y560P last few pages and said it didn't switch??
And some video previews of laptops got switch to manually switch instead.

The old Y560p with i5 does have switchable GPU,
the new one with i7 SandyBridge doesn't switch for the moment...

Well, there is two way for switching, manual ( ATi/AMD) vs auto (nVidia)...

If want i5 notebook with dedicated GPU, Lenovo Z460, i5 480M + nVidia 310M@RM2299, but no switchable GPU..

This post has been edited by lee_what2004: Feb 14 2011, 02:42 AM

Aih really dilemma
Fusion APU another one heading for netbooks first.

Where do you check btw? Acer's MY website doesn't update, ASUS one is just lack of information, Lenovo is somewhat weird.

Garage sales would the easiest way...