I used it for 1 week liao.... can refer to N53SN thread, many user already.

Im looking for laptop which is at following specs

size: 13"
processor: must be sandy bridge
gc: doesn't matter
weight: less than 2kg
battery life: >5hours
price: less than 2.5k

Any recommendation?Or any laptop in the market have this kind of specs currently?

currently, cheapest Sandy bridge laptop is how much? which brand and model?

Lenovo V470/G470 cheapest now....
2.4k (I think) can get, but Intel HD 3000

intel HD 3000 oso nvm..can play lower end game too..
found this at prevous thread, G470, i3-2310M + AMD Intel HD3000@RM1599, FreeDOS
should be the cheapest?

the only 13" SB laptops in the market now...

Samsung 9 Series, i5-2547M + Intel HD3000 + 128GB SSD@RM4999 [1.3kg]
Sony Vaio SB16, i5-2410M + AMD HD6470@RM3299 [1.7kg], W7P, Colors: Black/Pink/Silver/White
Sony Vaio SB18, i7-2620M + AMD HD6470@RM3999 [1.7kg], W7P, Colors: Silver/Black

if not, there's quite a lot of choices...

Acer TimelineX 3820TG, i3-380M + AMD HD6550[1.8kg]@RM2199 <--- 2nd choice
Dell Inspiron 13R, i3-380M + ATI HD5470 [1.9kg]@RM1999
Dell M301z, AMD Athlon II K645 + ATI HD4225@RM1999 [1.8kg], external OD
Dell Vostro V130, i5-470UM + Intel HD@RM2399 [1.59kg]
HP Dv3, i5-560M + ATI HD5470 + OD@RM2699 [2kg], HP stereo headset
Lenovo IdeaPad Z360, i5-460M + Nvidia G310M + OD@RM2399 [2kg], RM38 for 2 years on-site warranty <--- my pick
MSI X370, AMD E350 + AMD HD6310@RM1699[1.3kg]
Toshiba Portégé T230, U5400 + Intel HD@RM1899[1.7kg], Toshiba external OD

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Added on March 24, 2011, 5:36 pmi rather get this...

Asus X42DE, AMD Phenom II N830 + ATI HD5470@RM1599, FreeDOS, Colors: Black/Blue/Red/White

This post has been edited by astria: Mar 24 2011, 05:36 PM

Update:
These are new Vostro units, 13 inch with SB:
Dell (Specs customizable)
Vostro 3350, i3-2310M + Intel HD3000@RM2209
Vostro 3350, i5-2410M + Intel HD3000@RM2469

Not sure whether they can hit the 5 hours mark or not though since they come with 4-cell battery only

This post has been edited by [PF] T.J.: Mar 24 2011, 05:38 PM

why? AMD Phenom II N830 better than Sandy bridge i3?

This post has been edited by ping0613: Mar 24 2011, 05:42 PM

well, it's a tri core, and has a dedicated graphic card...

zzz now i'm undecisive between Dell Inspiron 15" annd N53SV... One got 2 3.0USB ports but weaker graphics..and the other has nice GPU but NO USB 3.0...

GPU for me...

u can always add a USB3.0 ExpressCard if u really need it in the future... but u can't change the GPU after u fork out ur money...

+1, usually we game more than we transfer stuffs

That is true, but I think in these 1 year time, more and more USB 3 storage items will come out ExtHD, Flashdrive etc. Missing out just one USB3 port is going to be a disaster..

well, seriously do we really need USB3.0?

granted our iPod and handphones maybe can charge faster... but thumb drives and HDD??? how often u see a normal thumbdrive shooting past 10MB/s write speed? how often u see HDDs going past 20MB/s write? USB2.0 can provide max 480Mbps = 60MB/s of bandwidth... we re not even using half of it (which is the commonly agreed max bandwidth in real use scenario)...

My Hdd's can go up to 50Mb/s of writing

Agreed!
If you copy rar a single rar file which is large then yes it can reach about 15Mbps (I tried it once) but those large single rar files are usually you-know-what
Others somehow when you copy a like of items like your whole song library for backup is mostly about 4Mbps?

mate, in the electronic world, no pic = no proof... (even though there's still the problem of Photoshopping...)

not that i dun want to trust u, but that's the rule of the game...

else i also can say my thumbdrive can reach 40MB/s write...

This post has been edited by astria: Mar 24 2011, 07:06 PM

I had the same problems too !!! And Dell Inspiron 15R is Core i7 while Asus N53SV is just Core i5

How sifu ?? There aint any express card slot in N53SV isnt it ??

Got Asus 14" N-series i5 sandy bridge in market now?

Hmmm...My thumbdrive usb 4.0 one~write speed 1GB/s