As stated in the title, im looking to find laptop which uses ssd and using the latest intel sandybridge processor. do any of you guys know if theres any model out there?

Ur budget?

rm3k Acer 5750G, then change it urself?

my budget is actually quite high, as im planning to sell off my macbook pro 15' i7 which is still under 8 months warranty.

i would say that would be around 6k budget.

change harddisk ourselves with ssd, hmm. good thought. didnt know its possible.

well, it is possible for u to change. currently not much laptop come with sandy bridge in mlaaysia with good performance(gaming series)

what would be your view on good performance?

my primary concerns are normally this 3
processor
ram ( i look for at least 6gb ddr3 )
battery life

now im going for an extra feature which is the hard disk

i generally assume sandybridge processors are all good, no?

MSI GT680R rm5999.. Comes with 120gb SSD + 500gb hdd combo.. Full Hd and bluray also

Lenovo Y560P +Rapid Drive(HDD + SSD)..

Is that model available in Malaysia though? If I am not mistaken the SsD partition in the Lenovo is very small only?

hey buddy. thanks for the recommendation on gt680r. interesting. however i fail to find anybody who sell this at the garage sales thread. where do u think i can find one of this? if not what is the price like if i may ask?
thanks alot eugene

not sure where to buy, just know it should be available on Malaysian soil now.. try checking the MSI MY website see? I can't access it now somehow..

http://www.lowyat.net/v2/the-gt680-msi-gam...ndy-bridge.html

http://www.hardwarezone.com.ph/news/view.php?id=17995&cid=9

'currently' the fastest laptop in the world LOL...

since ur are macbook urser, why dont u wait for apple to come out new with sandy bridge

Do you think Apple will include SB inside their upcoming MacBook? I thought they will only put in the previous i5 or i7 processor.

Haha current MBP already Core i series mah... The new one should be coming out soon... Unless they gonna put the same thing again? No, I think the refreshed MBP's would have SB's... And last year they never put any i7-Quads onto it as well because MBP ventilation would definitely overheat even more with Quad.... But with the new Sandy Bridge Quads being cooler than the previous generation, I am sure they would put it into MBP 15 and 17... Maybe MBP 13 would be using old one...

i might be getting a position with Microsoft soon and they have a policy of not using their competitor products, so i think this is a good time to sell of my macbook and get a new laptop with Sandybridge.

You have very few options for now.
You don't have option if you want better i7 than i7-2630QM.

With your budget, you can actually get Sager.
http://www.mucro.asia/index.php?/vmchk/Muc...s.html?Treeid=1
Mucro can send it to your doorstep via DHL.

Happy shopping.

Recently, i found that quite a number of people promoting mucro.asia.

just went through the mucro.asia site and the sager price is quite tempting. i just checked the price for this set of 2.0ghz SB with 8gb ram and 120gb ssd is only 5.5k. im thinking of grabbing this one.

wait sager? seriously? you don't mind the design?
if you dun mind the wait. Its cheaper to import directly from US

No it's not.
I have checked and compared the all-in price at Xoticpc & GentecPC.
It's not really cheap. The postage is high.

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Added on January 21, 2011, 8:57 amYou can compare the price (including postage) and the specs.
Mucro is offering a very competitive price for current SB notebooks.

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Added on January 21, 2011, 8:59 amDon't spend your money on SSD.
You can get your "aftermarket" SSD.

Spend your money on CPU & GPU first.
You can grab yourself an SSD later.

This post has been edited by ALeUNe: Jan 21 2011, 09:35 AM

for a person like me, i dont really mind how the laptop design is. my concern is more on performance.

hmm. what do u mean by aftermarket ssd? interesting. should i get the sager w/o hdd then.

This post has been edited by zeff: Jan 21 2011, 11:08 AM

I pick performance over the transformer-look too.
People will give me a weird look if they see an uncle carrying a transformer-notebook.

Yes, you can customize without HDD.
But I'd suggest you get at least a 500GB 7.2rpm HDD.
This is because Mucro is selling it dirt cheap.
You won't get cheaper 7.2rpm HDD in our garage sales.
You'll can use the HDD as external storage, via either eSATA or SATA 3.0.

As for SSD, you don't really need to buy from Mucro/Sager.
You can buy from our online sellers at garage sales.
Cheaper too.

This post has been edited by ALeUNe: Jan 21 2011, 11:59 AM

Yeah, aftermarket SSD at garage sales is far more cheaper than SSD from mucro and xoticpc..furthermore, the HDD option at both mucro n xoticPC is free ryte..better take them meh..

For Mucro, they will deduct RM100+ if you do not want to get HDD.
No additional cost for 320GB 7.2rpm HDD.
Additional RM63.89 for 500GB 7.2rpm HDD.

So, the price for 500GB is approx RM164.
That's cheap for a brand new 500GB 7.2K rpm HDD.

So, better take la dat HDD kan?

well, Asus G series come with 2 HDD bays... can config to ve 1 with SSD and the other with regular HDD...

Mucro Asia selling the G53JW for MYR4,917.57
Gentech is selling for roughly RM4.5k after conversion.
Shipping will cost below 100 USD, Mine cost 80USD

This post has been edited by DoubleU: Jan 21 2011, 02:23 PM

i see. ok. i think i might as well take the harddisk.


hmm. thats cool. ill have a look at that


i see. can u share more details? how long was ur shipping. hows the process. i dont really have credit card so im not sure if its possible for me to buy with that. apparently mucro asia do COD so that was why i choose to try with that. but im interested to know about the details

Try dis website: http://sgcubehubs.com

Take a look at these 2 machines, the pricing is very tempting!

Option 1

Option 2

For the Sager, see how much the postage was quoted by Xoticpc (in US dollar).
The cheapest one would cost you USD315.

This post has been edited by ALeUNe: Jan 22 2011, 01:59 AM


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The price (for the notebook) is almost the same.
Go check the postage, the domestic postage can cost you from USD50-205.
It will cost you more than that for international shipping.

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Look at the shipping cost quoted by Gentech (in USD) for the Sager.
It's either you got a very special rate or the freight has increased.

The shipping cost by Mucro Asia is only MYR227 (in ringgit, fully insured by DHL).

This post has been edited by ALeUNe: Jan 22 2011, 02:26 AM


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