Looking forward to your review man
I hope Acer put the fancy screen in the 15" variant out of confidence rather than negligence haha.... they have a pretty bad record when it comes to wobbly screen hinges

i may abuse it more, as i will travel from home to work on LRT (bukit jalil to KL) and use it during on work and transit. most probably in 3 months, the hinge will loosen.

Ehhh the funny thing is the placement of the touchpad. How to use it when the touchpad is above the keyboard Or are they expecting us to use mouse more often?

maybe they expect people to use the touchscreen more kua? haha

thats what they expected. Acer thought of 'who needs touchpad when you have touchscreen?'

I'll keep an open mind on the touchpad for now
The main advantages of the touchpad placement are these, I think
1. palm no longer has to rest on the palm rest area (which usually are a bit warm (personally I just find it uncomfortable).
2. the screen could be moved a lot closer to the user. No longer need to extend the arm across. Really help the utilisation of touch screen.
3. On W8 desktop mode, could push the screen back to "normal" position, and make touchpad available. I will try it out later and see if using the touchpad will make me accidentally press any button on the keyboard But I think sliding the hand up to use the touchpad actually is quite inutitive than cramping the hand down (always found touchpad annoying anyway, I'm a trackpoint user )

Will go look for it and test it out next Friday (this Friday is public holiday, not going into town to work )

Maybe the Metro UI...but for desktop, I can't imagine myself using much of the touch screen

Where did you get to test the Acer R7 ah?

Not sure yet. Normally, every Friday after lunch I will stroll around LYP. Let's see if the R7 will pop up in display in a few weeks time

hi all..
may someone suggest a gaming laptop with budget 2k?

Thanks

i tested the acer R7 at PC Expo. just can say wow after saw that laptop. most of the time when playing with it, i used the touch interface only. touch pad is good and responsive. typing feel on the white backlit keyboard is ok only, cuz they dont give a very tactile feedback as scissor switches do, due to chiclet style keyboards. the laptop itself is quite heavy as a hybrid and it is not suitable for on-the-transit usage if you are a tablet user. viewing angles are great and colours arent washed out if viewed from top to down. thanks to the full HD IPS screen technology used by Acer, just hope the glare can be reduced a bit by adding an anti-glare film.

last feedback for the R7 is, it is a good budget and massive hybrid ever found.

Saw one at Digital Mall as well
Like you said, its massive! Especially when its "converted" into "desktop" mode haha..
But I'm a bit sceptical of the hinge.. it looks pretty strained by the monitor

yeah. i find some time to learn how to turn the monitor and questionable about the hinge durability.

finally another acer digital catalog after more than half year.

https://www.acer-sites.com.my/downloads/025...pp_Roadshow.pdf

no haswell.

This post has been edited by Alpha_Tay: Jun 5 2013, 02:03 PM

TJ, time to update the dell's price list as in official site.

Dell Inspiron 14 i5 ULV GT625M (same spec as in list) - RM1699
Dell Inspiron 14R i5 ULV GT730M W8SL - RM2199
Dell Inspiron 14R i7 ULV GT730M (1366x768 touch) W8SL 8GB 1TB - RM2799
Dell Inspiron 15 i5 ULV HD7670M - RM1749 (W8SL)/RM1649 (Ubuntu 12.04)
Dell Inspiron 15R i5 ULV HD8730M 4GB 750GB W8SL 4-cell - RM1949
Dell Inspiron 15R i7 ULV HD8730M 8GB 1TB 6-cell - RM2349 (Ubuntu)
Dell Inspiron 15R i5 ULV HD8730M 6GB 750GB 6-cell (1366x768 touch) - RM2399
Dell Inspiron 15R i7 ULV HD8730M 8GB 1TB 6-cell W8SL - RM2549/RM2749 (touch)

Dell pricelist updated

Lenovo G400S

i5-3230
4 GB ram
1TB
14
W8
GT740 2GB

1 Yr In'tl

rm 1899

Y410p with new Haswell core i7-4700MQ + GT750m(GDDR5) in MY.
Y410p i7-4700MQ + GT750M(GDDR5)@RM2899, 8GB, 1TB, W8, red backlit, 120w psu, swappable ODD, 2 yrs

G400s affordable slim profile laptop in MY.
G400s i5-3230M + GT740M@RM1799, 4GB, 500GB, W8
G400s i5-3230M + GT740M@RM1899, 4GB, 1TB, W8
http://lnv.gy/10UEiPI


Lenovo updates.
V480, i5-3230M + Nvidia GT740M@RM2305, 4GB, 500GB, W7P/W8P
[Ultrabook]U410T, i5-3337U + Nvidia G710M + 24GB SSD + (1366x768; touch)@RM2699[1.85kg], 4GB,500GB, W8, 2 yrs
[ultrabook]IdeaPad Yoga 13, i7-3537U + Intel HD4000 + 256GB SSD + (1600x900 IPS; touch)@RM3799[1.5kg], 4GB, W8, 2 yrs

This post has been edited by ytlay: Jun 7 2013, 06:34 PM

wowww, you guys saw the killer specs for P34G?
http://www.gigabyte.my/products/product-pa...spx?pid=4636#sp
Will it get here? What will this cost? maybe it can fry eggs too.

Yes, I'd really like to know where in Malaysia I can get my hands on that laptop.

The latest Asus product guide is up:
http://event.asus.com/my/2013/productguide...ly_Notebook.pdf