Good Morning Everyone here at LYN. I've been checking out LYN for a few years now, just got an account today though.

Hope to ask the many tech enthusiasts here.

My question is (are, lol)

1. What is the Best Time to buy laptops, at its cheapest, is it December 2011 or January 2012?

2. PIKOM PC FAIR is coming soon, 2nd to 4th here in KL, are the PRICES of laptops cheaper or more worth it comparing with buying @ lowyat or Digital Mall?

3. Read online that the best time to buy a laptop is in April. Does that apply in Malaysia? Can't wait that long tho...

Source



THANKS in advance!

1. Wait for new processor/chipset in 2012
2. Laptop price is still the same in pc fair
3. That depends whether you buy the laptop are necessity. If can't wait, buy now. If can wait, buy later.

simple.

there's no use waiting..just buy if you really need it..

The best time to buy is when u desperately need one.

anytime is the best time to buy a laptop, won't be much difference of prices between pc fair or not though

Buy now, or you'll be in the waiting game forever.
You can definitely get laptops for better prices in Lowyat than in any PC Fair. Guaranteed.

corrected..?

dont go to Lowyat Plaza or Digital Mall, their price is quite high

Not in april, just is ivy bridge + Windows 8 release date.

^ what u mean bro? don't buy in april 2012 because ivy bridge and win8 coming out?

When is the new processor coming out? codename ivy bridge I believe? checked google... That would mean I would have to wait till about mid Year 2012.... ivy bridge have the 3D transistor technology, is there any estimate that laptops would be alot thinner and/or cheaper?

I'm planning to go intel on the laptop

So the prices in Dec 2011 and Jan 2012 are roughly the same?

And that there is almost no difference in price/worth comparing to buying at PIKOM and lowyat?


(psst: the only diff I've gathered from the net is that PIKOM fair gives more freebies and also we see the beautiful showgirls!)

(mainly because PIKOM would be a little to rush for me this year)

I need this by Jan I think, latest March, starting uni! )

thanks!

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Added on November 13, 2011, 6:22 pmIvy Bridge & Haswell

Hey just found something there... apparently Ivy Bridge is for desktops and Haswell is for lappies, which would only enter by 2013?

SOrry for double posting, lack of time spent in researching before replying, my bad ...

This post has been edited by alien1959: Nov 13 2011, 06:22 PM

Ivy Bridge will have better power-saving technology, better integrated graphic. http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2011...ut-ivy-bridge/2

At the same time AMD will release their next-gen GPU for desktop and mobile around Q1/Q2. I'm not sure about Nvidia tho.. probably around Q2 also.

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Added on November 13, 2011, 6:30 pmno.. Haswell will base on a new microarchitecture unlike Ivy-Bridge which is a shrink version of Sandy-Bridge with few more optimization/feature.

Ivy-Bridge = 2012
Haswell = 2013
Broadwell = 2014

This post has been edited by Acid_RuleZz: Nov 13 2011, 06:32 PM

when release that depend by intel, may not mid 2012. google info not 100% true, that is secret.

the cpu price most time is stable. only model/performance update. for examples 2 month ago you buy I7-2630QM, now same price you can buy I7-2670QM. Intel return back the I7-2630QM, that not cut down the price.

Not IT, ivy bridge ....only the *name. that a bussinss market.Intel can bypass the ivy bridge direct to Broadwell. but, how can gain more more money. just stupid user, every year update computer.

^ how to bypass when the product is still in development bro?

I mindfucuk already. Ffuuuu....when it comes out, it comes out.
Sheeeesh

buy when u can't wait anymore... that's the best time...

Ivy Bridge? nah... despite using tri gate transistor, architecturally it's not really a major difference from Sandy Bridge since it is merely a "tick" on Intel's roadmap, so performance is roughly similar...

the major selling point of Ivy Bridge is still performance/watt... in Sandy Bridge Intel raised the overall performance significantly while maintaining the same TDP, this time round they are going to lower the power consumption while maintaining at the same performance... quad core CPU @ 35W TDP? configurable TDP? these are some of the interesting features of Ivy Bridge... it all revolves around power consumption...

This post has been edited by astria: Nov 13 2011, 07:54 PM

got another pc fair oh ?>.< so much recently

i tot pikom's just passed on the 3-6 nov? another one 2-4 dec? wah lau eh...

go to lowyat plaza. They offer very good deals.

For example, RM2100 , USD800 laptops could come with insane RAM , warranty, and freebies and freebags coming together with it.

if you are buying sony vaio, better wait for sony time deal. Last year, from Nov till Feb, you can a few hundreds cashback.

i have no idea if there will be a Sony Time promo this year.

I think most already finish development. only waiting *one by one release to market.

waco: u bought wat lappy?

dell? lol

You think..

The 'tock' on Intel's roadmap is my and shud be our concern..

So, if I wanna buy a new laptop, I will go for 'tock' which translate into Haswell GPU

Ok, thanks for the replies everyone....
Sorry it has been a busy week.

So in conclusion.

Ivy Bridge does not offer major performance increase or laptop size decrease over Sandy Bridge and only power saving. ie not revolutionary.

PC Fair prices don't have much diff over LOwyat or Digital Mall. (except got more beautiful showgirls)

Buy Laptop anytime when you need it. Since Ivy n Win 8 may take till June 2012.....

Sadly now aint too good a time to buy since the floods in Thailand caused HDD shortage and price increase.... aih.

THANKS!

juz buy whenever u have an urge of need according to ur budget..IT product development juz won't wait for u..and there are always new tech awaiting to be release..so if u always wait for so called 'best time' , u'll end up with endless waiting cycle..

Maybe Acer, Asus. or if must, hp, dell.

Owh, and that Ivy has graphic increase, but got Nvidia 520M Optimus liao.... so...

ok then. Got it guys.

Think my questions are answered. The rest would be out of topic... so er, how to close this thread?

U guys are awesome!

i think specifically based on the brand that u choose, to confirm whens the next line of product coming out. so that lets say u buy a model today, only a week later a new model comes out. Also, buy it when the price just dropped cause in my case i bought it abit too soon and it dropped 200 a week later. yes the models n price are always dropping but get it so that it dosent happen right after u just bought it. This is so u wont go 'arghh shouldve wait a few more days to buy it'

This post has been edited by metaloid: Nov 19 2011, 01:40 PM

what about harddisk?current price is quite high due to flood occur at thailand,when d price wil drop?

So buying notebook is like peeing when you have the urge? Not when you got a nice toilet?

buy when extremely desperate, then the next week after buy, new model release with same price

This post has been edited by pandera999: Nov 19 2011, 04:59 PM

This is the scariest nightmare of buying a laptop. ><

for me, i buy when i feel stable.. hehe..

yeah, when do you guys think HDD price will stabilise? Guess I'm buying when I'm going to need it then, instead of predicting when cheap. of course see the models la... (again, how to close thread?)

see at btm of this thread.. explore it.. ahaha

lol. tot it was at OPTIONS. but its at moderation options... *facepalm* hahaha. still, left the thai hdd flood issue. ah well.... wait awhile longer.... :D

also, why no hackintosh threads here at LYN?

Hackintosh Thread, The Official OSX86 Thread (Hardware)

apple bite... an apple a day keep bill gates away?? zzz

btw, that wat seller tell me... thai flood, electronic things increase in price.. zzz

u mean rock?

Wait until you cannot hold any longer, at the same time making sure new releases of model, processor, GPU, and such, are still far away...

You don't wanna buy something when the new things come out within a week or month... new things as in things that really gives big impact...

But then again, sometimes you may get unlucky on the guessing game...

just buy if u got money,then if u still got money just sell it&get new spec if u can afford.

THANKS GUYS!