All brands have lemon

Get this Dell:
Inspiron 14R (Special Edition), i5-3210M + Nvidia GT640M(28nm Kepler)@RM2049[2.38kg], 4GB, 500GB(7200rpm), W7HP/W8

Extend warranty to 3 years. Negotiate. Within your budget.
Any hardware failure, call Dell. Technician at your door to fix it

This post has been edited by nexus2238: Feb 18 2013, 05:56 PM

Buddy, what is medium gaming? Give us some game titles please
Graphic and video editing could use some CPU power (i7 is nice). But then i7 drain battery
All laptop speakers are not good Get a pair of cheap RM100 desktop speakers for better sound.
If you want to upgrade HDD to SSD, SSD 128G ~ RM300+/-, 256G ~ RM600+/-.
Since you want better battery performance, some 14" ultrabook for you

Asus
K46CM-WX090H, i5-3317U + Nvidia GT635M@RM2199[2kg], 2GB, 500GB, W8, OD

HP
Envy4-1204TX, i5-3317U + AMD HD8750M@RM2399[Beats][1.75kg], 4GB, 500GB(5400rpm), W8 (reasonable speakers among laptop)

Prices are RSP, negotiable.
Use your remaining budget to increase RAM (Asus, 4G stick ~ RM80), swap out the HDD for SSD, extend warranty to 3 years (HP).

This post has been edited by nexus2238: Feb 18 2013, 06:03 PM

Unfortunately, Dell don't have any ultrabook within your budget that could do some gaming Closest:
Dell
Inspiron 14z, i5-3337U + AMD HD7570M + 32GB SSD + 500GB(5400rpm)@RM2549[1.87kg], 4GB, W8 *no VGA port, OD (GPU slightly underpower, need to game in low detail)
XPS 14, i5-3337U + Nvidia GT630M + 32GB mSATA+ 500GB(5400rpm) HDD + (1600x900)@RM3849[2.1kg], 4GB, backlit, spill resistant keyboard, W8 (over your budget)

Consider this:
HP
Envy4-1204TX, i5-3317U + AMD HD8750M@RM2399[Beats][1.75kg], 4GB, 500GB(5400rpm), W8

The HD8750M is among the most powerful GPU you will find in ultrabook. HP warranty service is also pretty good Extend warranty to 3 years.

Prices are RSP, negotiable.

Laptop are expensive The RM2.5k may not buy half the power you enjoy in desktop
Dota2 is not GPU demanding. Anything i5 M should handle your software engineering needs pretty well.

Do you need to carry it around? What is the weight that you can handle?
What is important to you? Nice design? Nice spec? Good warranty support?

This post has been edited by nexus2238: Feb 18 2013, 06:16 PM

http://configure.ap.dell.com/dellstore/con...s=dhs&cs=mydhs1
Buy online here.
Negotiate by online chat

As an ultrabook, XPS13 is top notch Also a lot lighter than XPS14 (but the HD+ screen in XPS14 is real nice)
XPS13, i5-3337U + Intel HD4000 + 128GB SSD@RM3399[1.36kg], 4GB, W8, backlit

HD4000 improve leaps and bounds from HD3000. But to play diablo3 and starcraft2, you really have to set it to low setting.

The HD4600 (tentatively named) in Haswell (Haswell CPU may carry differet GPU, unlike Ivy bridge which all have HD4000) is showing GT620/630M level of performance (you can search for the leak in Anandtech), but you have to wait until end of 2013 to get this

Do note that RS-11 is only 11.6"

https://help.ea.com/article/simcity-system-requirements
Look at the system requirement on SimCity 2013.
On PC:
"nVidia 7800 or better, an AMD chipset of at least an ATI Radeon HD 2x00 or better, or an Intel Series 4 integrated graphics or better"
Confused? Don't worry. If you pay attention and look at MacOS section, you will see:
"Players will need at least an nVidia 9400M or Intel HD3000"

So anything with Intel HD4000 will handle SimCity 2013 easily

Dell
Inspiron 14-3421, i3-3217U + Intel HD4000@RM1399[1.99kg], Win8SL, 2GB, 500GB(5400rpm), 4-cell (come with W8)

Lenovo
G480, i3-3110M + Nvidia GT635M@RM1499, 2GB, 500GB(5400rpm), FreeDOS (a bit of overkill Need to get W8 yourself)

Prices are RSP, negotiable (a bit).
Please note the suggestion is based on system requirement provided by EA Btw, if you know anyone who has a laptop with Intel HD4000 IGPU only, download the demo and try the game out, ok?

This post has been edited by nexus2238: Feb 19 2013, 10:40 AM

Nope If you like MBA, go for MBA Just get a copy of Windows, run it through bootcamp, and you should be able to play your games
Dell Malaysia just offer better on site warranty.

What is "2011 :3 movie" ?
Looking at your usage, 4G RAM should be enough
13" is expensive and most are out of your budget, consider some 14" ultrabook as well

Acer
V5-471PG-53334G50, i5-3337U + Nvidia GT710M@RM1899, 4GB, 500GB, W8

Asus
K46CM-WX059V, i3-3217U + Nvidia GT635M@RM1899[2kg], 2GB, 500GB, 4-cell battery, W7HP, OD
K46CM-WX090H, i5-3317U + Nvidia GT635M@RM2199[2kg], 2GB, 500GB, W8, OD
(You can pretty much just get the re-seller to give you a free upgrade to 4G RAM 4G stick is ~ RM80)

Lenovo
S400, i5-3317U + Intel HD4000 + 24GB mSATA + 500GB(5400rpm)@RM1999[1.8kg], 4GB, W7HB; AMD HD7450M/W8@RM2199

Prices are RSP, negotiable.

Light work as in word processing stuff?

Dell
Inspiron 14-3421, i3-3217U + Intel HD4000@RM1399[1.99kg], Win8SL, 2GB, 500GB(5400rpm), 4-cell

Lenovo
G480, i3-3110M + Nvidia GT635M@RM1499, 2GB, 500GB(5400rpm), FreeDOS (need to get OS yourself)

Prices are RSP, negotiable.
Both come with 1 year warranty. Dell warranty is on site. Lenovo need to send to SC.
To extend warranty to 3 years cost ~ RM250+/-. So still within your budget

Errrr ... there is a "chat" icon on top, in between "order status" and "contact us"

Dota2 or COD is not GPU demanding. Full SSD is expensive now (128G ~ RM300+/-)
Ultrabook to play games generally is not a good idea Make sure you get good external cooling (applicable to all laptop actually) like table fan, cooling pad ...

Asus
K46CM-WX090H, i5-3317U + Nvidia GT635M@RM2199[2kg], 2GB, 500GB, W8, OD (upgrade RAM. 4G stick ~ RM80)

HP
Envy4-1204TX, i5-3317U + AMD HD8750M@RM2399[Beats][1.75kg], 4GB, 500GB(5400rpm), W8

Lenovo
Z400 touch, i7-3632QM + Nvidia GT645M + (1366x768; touch)@RM2699, 4GB, 1TB, W8; backlit, 2 years warranty (not ultrabook, but still pretty slim)

Prices are RSP, negotiable.

So you are young and can carry heavy weight huh?
Laptop speakers are generally not good. Cheap RM100 desktop speakers have better sound
You should know the price of full SSD (128G ~ RM300+/-). Those mSATA (24G/32G) SSD in some of the laptop is factory set for caching, you can't save or install anything on it (won't see it in file explorer) unless you wade into BIOS to change setting.
Even if you buy from your friend's shop, if there were hardware failure, your friend still need to send to SC. Some SC take weeks / months to fix laptop. Consider yourself warned Laptop is unlike desktop, you can't just take out a faulty component but have to send the whole unit to SC.

Asus
A45VS-VX026H, i5-3210M + Nvidia GT645M@RM2199[2.4kg], 2GB, 500GB, W8
N56VZ-S3151H, i5-3210M + Nvidia GT650M@RM2799[2.7kg][B&O], 4GB, 750GB, W8; color: black

Dell
Inspiron 14R (Special Edition), i5-3210M + Nvidia GT640M(28nm Kepler)@RM2049[2.38kg], 4GB, 500GB(7200rpm), W7HP/W8

HP
Envy4-1204TX, i5-3317U + AMD HD8750M@RM2399[Beats][1.75kg], 4GB, 500GB(5400rpm), W8

Lenovo
Z480, i5-3210M + Nvidia GT640M@RM2099, 4GB, 1TB(5400rpm) W8, colors: grey/red/blue
Y400, i7-3630QM + Nvidia GT650M@RM2799, 4GB, 500GB, W8, 120wPSU, swappable ODD
Z500, i5-3230M + Nvidia GT645M @RM2299, 4GB, 1TB, W8; backlit, 2 years warranty (4-cell)

Prices are RSP, negotiable.
For most of the models, you can swap in a full SSD that it's still within your budget
Laptop of 14" and above usually has standard RAM slots for user to upgrade RAM. The HDD bay also is usually accessable for user to swap HDD or SSD.
13" or smaller, depend on model. Some model has fused RAM and no RAM slot. And due to slimness, the HDD / SSD normally is of < 7mm thick.
Again, laptop components are a lot more fragile than desktop counterpart. Lots of things can die on you

For RM2.5k, you can get touch screen.
Acer
M5-481PTG-53316G52, i5-3317U + Nvidia GT640M + 20GB mSATA + 500GB HDD@RM2999, 10-point touch, W8
Lenovo
Z400 touch, i7-3632QM + Nvidia GT645M + (1366x768; touch)@RM2699, 4GB, 1TB, W8; backlit, 2 years warranty
Z500 touch, i5-3230M + Nvidia GT645M + (1366x768; touch)@RM2699, 4GB, 1TB, W8; backlit, 2 years warranty

If you expect stylus input, and still want to play game, NO
Most of the hybrid (Surface Pro is one) only come with HD4000 (or worse) IGPU (unless you want to play in the lowest setting and still with some lag ... )
Acer 11.6"
Iconia W700, i3-2365M + Intel HD3000 + 64GB SSD + (1920x1080; touch)@RM2199, 4GB, W8 (now RM2.6k with keyboard and stylus)
Samsung
ATIV Smart, Z2760 + Intel GMA + (1366x768; touch) + 64GB SSD@RM2499[774g w/o keyboard], 2GB, stylus, W8; color: mystic blue
ATIV Smart Pro, i5-3317U + Intel HD4000 + 128GB SSD + (1920x1080; touch)@RM3599[884g w/o keyboard], 4GB, stylus, W8; color: black

This post has been edited by nexus2238: Feb 19 2013, 11:44 AM

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2491914
Read this

Built in GPU like HD 4000 in Intel CPU is good enough to process FHD movies You don't need discrete GPU (Nvidia or AMD) for that.
MS Office? There is 2010, or the recently launched 2013 or 365 (no 2011) This is not included in the laptop (some laptop come pre-installed with trial version, if you could get softwore key, then you can unlock the full version ). Prepare to shell out RM200-600 (depends on version).

If you only use Words (and don't want to spend the money or go Jack Sparrow), consider alternative like LibreOffice. Also has a good spreadsheet, but formula is different from Excel

This post has been edited by nexus2238: Feb 19 2013, 12:42 PM

XPS13 is top notch
But Latitude 6430u has a few tricks up its sleeve:
Matte screen. LAN, VGA, HDMI port if you ever need it Can expand RAM more easily. Can opt for HD+ screen.

Nope
Not joking, there is no other laptop under 12.5" with that kind of raw power.
13" closest
Vaio SVS13125CV, i5-3210M + Nvidia GT640M LE@RM3099[1.72kg], 4GB, 750GB(5400rpm), W8; colors: maroon/white/black/pink; Vaio carrying case (but still rather weak)

14"
Alienware M14x R2, i5-3210M + Nvidia GT650M (1GB) + (1600x900)@RM3999[2.92kg][Klipsch], 8GB, 1TB(5400rpm); [CPU Options: i7-3630QM - i7-3840QM], W8, 2 years warranty
Y400, i7-3630QM + Nvidia GT650M@RM2799, 4GB, 500GB, W8, 120wPSU, swappable ODD

Yup, you pretty much pick up the good one
Asus
A45VS-VX026H, i5-3210M + Nvidia GT645M@RM2199[2.4kg], 2GB, 500GB, W8
Dell
Inspiron 14R (Special Edition), i5-3210M + Nvidia GT640M(28nm Kepler)@RM2049[2.38kg], 4GB, 500GB(7200rpm), W7HP/W8 (this one. The one you pick up from TJ's price list may not be there in Dell. Dell website was being updated for new models and specs, and therefore price list not stabalise )
Lenovo
Z480, i5-3210M + Nvidia GT640M@RM2099, 4GB, 1TB(5400rpm) W8, colors: grey/red/blue
Y400, i7-3630QM + Nvidia GT650M@RM2799, 4GB, 500GB, W8, 120wPSU, swappable ODD

Prices are RSP, negotiable.
Yes, please use cooler pad or table fan while using laptop
Get a nice piece of headphone from your remaining budget.
Also use your remaining budget to increase RAM (Asus), extend warranty (Dell, 3 years).

Those are Recommended Selling Price from brands. You can get much better price from re-sellers (still can negotiate a bit, but for low margin product, don't expect too much).
If you buy the Dell from Dell Online, negotiate by online chat (use the chat button).