Hi Fellas,

I'm looking for a laptop for business use. I will also be using it for some gaming like maybe SC2 and Call of Duty, but not serious gaming. What I'm looking for is a laptop that is sturdy, shock resistant, spill resistant and has decent battery life (around 3 hours is good enough), with 14 inch screen.

I was initially looking at the Asus A43SM models as a sales person recommended it as versatile. The laptop looks sturdy enough, but the hinges look kind of fragile, and I've seen more than a few laptops with broken hinges already. But if any of you have feedback on the A43SMs, I'm all ears

Next up are the Lenovos, Y480 and Z480. They're both really sweet with 3rd gen Core i's, but might not have the sturdy and durable design I'm looking for. The Thinkpads are out of my budget.

Then there's the Dell Latitude E5420, it's got all that, and a 180 degree screen, but has a 2nd gen Core i5 processor, and just a built-in vid card


Any recommendation from you guys out there? My budget is approximately RM2.5k

This post has been edited by s2peMocls: Jun 27 2012, 10:45 AM

I've seen the Acer V3 Olympic edition, *almost* bought it last weekend. It was a series of unfortunate and unusual events. First my wallet got stolen, then ok nvm. I got another friend to use her credit card, and for some reason the card didn't work. So I take it as a sign that I shouldn't be getting it.


If I am not mistaken the 14R you are referring to is the 5420. I was going for it, then I realized the Inspiron are economy models, I need more durability than that, like a Vostro. Specs are decent for both laptops though.

I just read the GT630 have 96 cores vs the hundreds of on Radeons have. Can this be the reason for the higher Windows Experience index scores on the Nvidia vs Radeon laptops?