hi,

i;m planning to get a notebook.i saw a twinhead with quite reasonable price.
priced at RM3599.any1 use twinhead b4?any complain?thanks for replying....

Twinhead 12DL
Intel Centrino, Pentium M Processor 1.73GHz
Slim & Light Design : 1.7kg
4-in-1 MS/MS Pro/MMC/SD Card Reader Slot
512MB RAM, 80GB
Internal DVD+CDRW Combo
Built-In Wireless LAN
12.1" XGA TFT Screen
Max 128MB VRAM
PCI LAN Combo Card
3x USB, Firewire & VGA Port
Abec LINUX Suite inclusive of Open Office Suite:
Spreadsheet, Word Processor, Presentation Programme .

Twinhead are known as IBM clone..
My uncle was using a Twinhead quite a few years back,about 5-7 years ago..It was pretty good and durable..Not bad..

del

This post has been edited by tohnern: Aug 9 2013, 04:43 PM

Are u sure it heats up very fast.
Its not AMD processor though,its a Pentium M processor..
As for battey life,im not too sure,but its a light and easy to carry around laptop..

Twinhead has two unique features : spill-resistant keyboard & drop-proof

few years back i was considering this brand too but there were complaints about its loose hinges after using for some time.
i'm not sure about its improvement in recent years coz i'm more aware of those major brands

But recently there are lots of complains about this brand..
Few years back was still great,not much problems until recently..

I bought a TWINHEAD for RM7K and after 1 year the CD-Rom broke down and then the fan and then the HD. I swore never to buy this again....Now Happy with DELL....

When did u bought it?

Not recent. The year 2000. By 2001 CD-ROM Konk......

I think Twinhead's hey-days are over... Seems to be losing market penetration for years.... it was pretty hot some time back... hardly see an ad for Twinhead nowadays really.

Yeap.. Twinhead is going down.. Dell and acer are moving up..lol
Local brands are improving..

my advise not to buy twinhead.cause the warranty only cover u 1 year international warranty and not 3 year warranty as the sales person told u.and the dint come with optional that can upgrade warranty to 3 year.after 1 year u will know the cost for u to repair the notebook

i tried twinhead notebook few weeks ago during the pc fair ..
don quite like the material they use ..
feels like the notebook is not durable ..
very "plasticky" feel ..

Guess their quality,sales and everything is dropping..
I almost bought a twinhead..lol..

bought 1 and sold it right after the warranty over
too many problems
sound card, keyboard, combo drive ... @_@

chunhau,i think better not to buy twinhead.
Get Fujitsu or Dell..

Hoho! I just bought Dell Inspiron 6400, and suddenly my mom have the urge to get one too.

At first decided to try other brandsas well...and it came up that twinhead 12D suits my mom's preferences. Hmm, somehow after seeing thru this thread Im starting to have second thoughts.

Haha....whats worse, this thread is being filled with DELL owners....kekeke!

Let see now, maybe I should go and have a look at Fujitsu then...

my bro used twinhead..
less than a year.. LCD kong

Hmm...did my research...and fujitsu is also a no-no...

Well, pusing-pusing last-last come back to DELL again.

Are they really that good? hehe...

Twinhead has nothing to do with IBM whatsoever.

That's only for Durabook semi-ruggedised notebooks.

Been using twinhead 121D for 3 1/2 years now. No problem whatsoever. last march send for repair since my laptop always shut-down after 1 minit thay charge me nothing since it still under waranty. Even after i open my notebook. Service ok. The problem lies in fan (never clean it before) and RAM (kingston) but when take out the RAM, no problem, they even screw back and oil my laptop.

Well, it all depends on luck. Nothing is 100% ok.

u mean the 15 inch model or 12 inch model?

Well, i think their limited warranty for 2 &3 years is a gimmick. They charge you for the spares and free labour. Do you believe it? They might have charge the labour into the parts already. They can state that their warranty only valid for one year only!

As oppose to Fujitsu at least they are fair they charge free for parts and charge you the labour only.

so definately i will told others twinhead only come with 1 years warranty,except for gigabyte that really come with 2 years international warranty part & labour(battery 1 year,adapter 1 1/2 year).twinhead & gigabyte is distribute by abec technology sdn. bhd.

gigabyte notebook are no longer distributed by abec...... nation tech is the sole distributor of the gigabyte range of notebook now......

hehe...my advice , go for fujitsu .....

dont go for twinhead as i heard many complaints regarding their LCD hinges problems....

ASUS and Acer(if u dont mind bout the technical support) , also very nice the notebook...

no no no.. no twinhead pls..
most of their laptops have hinges problem.

yes..agreed! my fren own twinhead notebook...got lcd hinge problems...worst, warranty over edy...now he use some tape to fix it...aih...

twinhead sukcs, the keyboard, quality, performance and price is not so so good now. buy acer, hp, ompaq dell is way way better.

Hmm ^666^ luckily u mention out. My friend plan to buy twinhead soon~* i will let her know about this issue. Thanks!

I bought a Twinhead 121DL (12.1" screen, 1.75kg and Centrino 1.6) last year. Very minimal use. Sometimes 1 week also never use.

So far, changed 1 motherboard under warranty (refused to boot, no POST), and now in the workshop again for much the same thing. At first, suspect the RAM module loose, but still cannot solve. Now re-format HDD, and dunno what else.

But I must say, ABEC service so far is quite good. Since my latest problem started before end of warranty and continued after end of warranty, I hope they don't charge me anything. If they do, my perception is going to go down.....

Would I buy another? Probably not, but I like the price and the weight. So poor man have no choice.

This post has been edited by ray2k: Oct 8 2006, 07:04 PM

I am a trainer and I use a Twinhead (basic Efio model) for training presentations (the whole day) - no problems at all over 2 years. I don't have any of the problems mentioned above -maybe I am lucky....

Hi there,
Wont be a wise choice going for Twinhead. better go for HP business notebooks or DELL. They will get u ur mone worth.

Thx,
~H*A*R*I~

not all model also not good la,only certain model that consume lots of problem only

i like twinhwad cos it's white,small and lightweight...

me too..

ive been using twinhead for less than a year now...
got problem with the motherboard ( which cost about rm 1k ++ ),
the modem and the proc ( amdd sempron 3000+ )
luckily it is still under warranty.. huuu...

so my advice... dun go for twinhead! huuu ( but the design + color is soo cun! )
acer is a no - no... my bro frens in UKM, most of their acer laptop, having
lcd n cdrom problem... my teacher's ( i borrowed her laptop for quite sumtime )
is using teac brand cdrom... huuu

true..
its a fashion statement notebooks...
not quite an athelete...
hahahaha..
my 2 cents...

Me is using the model as u wanted to buy now. is already 1 year old, so far the problem is wifi and change it before the warranty. so far so good now. But at this price range what i can tell is cant get any other brand with this hardware spec and weight. So is depending on your budget and your luck. Is only my opinion no offence to other?

I'm using a Twinhead model 12K thats using an AMD Sempron 2600+ and its the ultra portable type as you can see from the pics. It weights around 2kg, has 512MB RAM and a 40GB HDD with a Combo drive. Cost me around RM3K when I bought it.




Been using for 2 years+ now so far no problem what so ever. The battery still last around 2 hours. All the keys on the keyboard still works. No hinges problem. LCD still working fine, no dead pixel.

Basically the only complain is the plastic quality. As you can see from the pictures below, the metallic sort of shine will discolor after some heavy use.



FYI I'm a flash and web system developer, so its always running flash + photoshop with IIS + SQL2K. And it has NEVER hang or crashed due to heating or any other problems.

My advice to you is this: If you have the money, get a better brand eg. Fujitsu, Dell, Acer or IBM etc. But if you are cash strapped as me, then a Twinhead might just suit the budget you are aiming for.

Good luck on your notebook purchase.

This post has been edited by terion: Dec 1 2006, 05:03 PM

terion,where u purchase that notebook ?actually u are making a right choice to buy 12KT.12KT have lesser problem compare to others model

I bought it in a shop at the IT Center at Sunway Pyramid and so happened my ex-colleague was working there. I forgot the name of the shop, but if you want, I can get the name from the receipt at home.

Too bad my friend is no more working there, if not can probably get some discount for you.

i am selling notebook la,i know the twinhead distributor sales man .hehe!!

lol

I just reliased that from your signature after posting my reply

yup,its up to the individual itself...
plus the budget...

but...
i still wanna save money for my mbp...
yeah!!!

Hi, yesterday i joined the twinhead club
Twinhead 12HF (turion64x2)

care to share the price and specs?

is it good i mean the 12HF

http://www.twinhead.com.my/product_detail....ctid=226&type=1

not same ler... and their website spec so cacat 1...

ya that one lor... but that price i think dvd-cdrw version.
I put mine dvdrw version.

so far no problem i grind guildwars more than 6 hours(electical source)

mind sharing a few pics of your twinhead?

EDIT: oh ya, and the size HxWxD

This post has been edited by m4a1rifle: Jan 16 2007, 06:57 PM

just read at today intech last oage got twinhead model.
efio121iL is a good price for 12.1" = rm2599

brother,get other model beside this la

yalor...some people prefer small lappy. can tell me whats wrong with this model?
(i got my H12FL already)

the twinhead technician over at their HQ in pj sucks big time.
never buy a twinhead again.

which tehnician u refer to?for me their are quite good.maybe because i familiar with them

sorry i had bad experience using twinhead notebooks .. the lid actually cracked... and the keyboard stopped functioning after a while too..

and i have no idea where to bring it to warranty..

my advice... get other brands such as hp/acer/asus

what model?

i just got this model today ( efio121iL ) dont know good or not, but the sales person guarantee no hinge cracks in time to come..3 years warranty. Specs okok only la..not too good..i dont need too high spec. looks nice and smaller..

gurantee?3 years warranty?ask him to talk to me la

i forgot the model.. but its the efio series with pentium m processor

that fellow say 1st year covers parts and labor, then 2nd and 3rd year covers labor only....but nevermind la..anything i'll just bring back to that shop and shoot that fella. hahaha

The pentium m processor is rm 1999 ...but they upgraded the spec la..mine is centrino solo.

I am using Twinhead efio12! bought it in May last year. So far so good. It's light and small, not bulky at all. Nothing wrong with my soundcard port, no loose hinges or whatsoever. It's fast, rarely lags unless kena virus loh. Yes its speakers are quite lame, so are the speakers of all the laptops. Battery, a little problem. I juz realized its battery life reduced from 4 hours to 2 hours and a half, dunno why, juz suddenly became so.

My Twinhead 512mb ram efio12! is faster than my friend's 1Gb RAM Dell Inspiron 6400. No kidding. 1 year of international warranty and 3 years of local warranty are included in the original price. No need to pay extra to extend the warranty.
I accidentaly poured water on the keyboard last time and got the keyboard disfunction. Coz it's still under warranty, I sent it in to the Twinhead shop and paid rm30 for the sending fee (according to the guy). I got my laptop back after 5 days and its as good as before. They checked the operating system for me too.

About the Twinhead branches, can be found at lowyat plaza and imbi plaza.
Twinhead, most important thing is ... CHEAP.

This post has been edited by pherac: Jan 23 2007, 05:51 AM

bought a twinhead 12D last week at lowyat plaza. upgrade to 1gb ram total price is RM3200 + 160 processing fee for easy payment.
although the spec is quite old, pentium m 1.75ghz but it's fast enough for on the road usage. battery life also not bad, at aprox 4hrs with wifi on.
temperature is 45celcius on idle. at 1.7 - 1.8kg, it's very light. most important for me, IT'S WHITE!

EDIT: the screen is very bright under flourescent light.

This post has been edited by m4a1rifle: Jan 24 2007, 08:06 PM

which shop u purchase from?rm160 processing fee?

i can give u rm3150 with 1 gb ram plus wat bank u use for easy payment?rm160 processing fee?

let bygone be bygone. he already purchased..later he tension not fun lor.

after a week using/testing H12FL, the cons is quickly build up heat but i've tested by running it more than 16hrs a day(electrical supply) with running background, no explosion with that heat.(still at personel satisfied level)

other con : no booklet manual

the pro : no need to tell la...

the shop is EVERNEW. using citibank for easy payment.
so if u think they juz "luan luan" charge, lets boycott this shop.
coz they let me test with their laptop for long long time, so i buy frm them lor... other shop can't test or no such laptop... pre-sales services no good.

This post has been edited by m4a1rifle: Jan 25 2007, 03:19 PM

aiyo,i charge only rm90 for the processing fee only.y u buy from evernew.ai............nvm la.

test laptop only mah,u already pay it ,i also let u test as long as u want la

whats that small black cylinder clip accersory bundle with it for? i cannot figure it out.

haha rice bcome porridge ady la..

no, they got demo unit.. i tested there without saying that i wanna buy.. other shop dun hav this laptop test unit.

Hey bro, that is one of the laptops that i may plan to get when i sell off my current one (most likely afteR CNY, a bit short on $$ now! )... How is it doing so far?

I saw one on display at the AOne Plus shop in Digital Mall and it is a small, white PC that is very light if the battery is not attached...

no problem at all, nice and cute. temperature of HDD around 41degrees when running heavily and 36 degrees at night. CPU is running at 44 degrees currently. consider very nice temperate range. i didn off my laptop overnight and it doesn hang the next morning, unlike what other notebooks users say it will hang.

battery can last 4 hours initially,but of course this capacoty will fall later on.dont demand too much for the price. the replacement batery is rm 500. Ok la..for 4.4Ah battery. Sony's 7.8Ah battery cost rm 1500....capacity double,but price tripled..hahahahah

not much complaints,just cannot get used to it.3USB 2.0 really not enough for me coz last time my desktop got 7 USB's..alot usb stuffs to connect.

bought it for rm 2599 with credit card and easy installment, no extra charges at all.

Cool, thats the price i saw for the unit sold at that shop... Quite affordable for a Centrino laptop, at least it comes with 512MB RAM!

512 nor really enough for this laptop,just dont know y..it seems that they installed alot useless stuffs for me and autorun it when my laptop starts.

by the wayi'm having a problem now,whenever i use wireless, the mouse goes abit "gila" dont listen to my instruction.when off wireless then ok back ...sometimes not precise. i thought it might be my sweaty palms or finger.anyone can help here?

if not, i'll send it back to the shop where i bought and shoot that fellow.

wat do u think about twinhead H12ML

just get the 1 suits your application...more powerful machine doesn mean better or what if you dont use them.and what can be run on powerful machine can be run on less powerful machine.just slower abit.no problem at all.further more powerful machine will consume more power,although they say itsaves energy..that is comparing to 2 single core consumption la.

i'm with dell. a bit expensive but well worth the money. their after sales support is excellent too. i've got 3 dell laptops and a desktop. no regrets so far.



This post has been edited by Proteus: Feb 21 2007, 05:08 PM

So what? U dell fanboy? I think you post wrong place.
This thread to discuss Twinhead product.

guess...he thought TS asking for a suggestion...

u post at the wrong place too . u should post at Football Lounge instead of here

~joking

This post has been edited by steventan85: Feb 21 2007, 06:57 PM

twinhead seldom give any prob
but u should consider getting a notebook cooler, coz it will easily heat up(below the keyboard and besides the trackpad) mine is the model wif amd 1.4g n my fren also using twinhead 12dl(also abit hot)

hello all. i'm planning to buy one (Twinhead 12DL - reason : lightweight, white colour, purpose of using for office word, internet access thru 3G in kuching, sarawak) by end of this week. any last word? anyone? or should I wait for PC Fair II next month? perhaps will get better price/spec/gifts if i wait? HELP, anyone...this forum been quiet for a while. THX

I bought Twinhead J13S. The product is cheap but its environment is expensive. Requires a cooling pad always and air condiitioned room. Without these things system hangs after 5 mins. Without aircon keyboard hangs after 1 hour. Any solutions to work on these cute gadget without aircon?

I once used Twinhead 125A. Bad battery life and system is unstable, periodically kena format. But notebook very durable.

i'm using Elfio 12iL (forget the model). but it's with Centrino.so far so good..drop once and the casing broke already but the laptop still serve me well since 2005

what do u guys think of the J13S?

hey does twinhead include an adapter n battery in their package? or we have to buy it as separate accessories? Thx a lot.
Btw...I'm a newbie here....checking out lap tops.

alamak. when buying a notebook, of cos la u should get the battery n the adapter...if not how r u going to turn it on? =.="

unless u get a 2nd hand notebook, u need to ask the seller....hehe.

Hmmm... I'm also looking at the J13S model. It looked sleek and solid to me. The one I was looking at came with 2.0GHz processor and 2GB RAM (but no OS). You guys think this notebook is worth buying for RM3399? My iBook is in need for replacement.

What about the heat build-up problem? Hinges problem? LCD screen problem? Guys, please let me know if I should buy this? Any known problem with this model or not?

let me just say u avoid twinhead better than u avoid acer

ok, gotcha! thanks mate.

*kysham throw twinhead idea into the drain*

personally for me, twinhead is not bad wat.......
im still using an ancient 12'' twinhead & is still serving me very well........ using it daily for almost 5 years old already.

Recently thinking upgrading cos mine still using pc133 ram n worst of all max 384mb onli

i think the spec for twinhead is just an average for personal but not for gaming ..not bad

I owned Twinhead J13S too, but i didn't put any cooler pad. My house didn't equipped with air-con, it is true that J13S produce some heat at its bottom. So far, it never hang and the keyboard oso functioning fine all the way. Even i on it overnight for downloading stuff from internet. Usually, i'll on it for 2~3 days non-stop. It still working smoothly.

My opinion:
I think u should send your product to Service Centre for service. U may encourtered OS or some installed software problem.

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Added on January 29, 2008, 11:07 amI did installed games (PES2008 and C&C3), its performance quite ok. I did playing C&C3 more than 3 hours, it didn't occurred hang. Average, i quite satisfy with it.

My opinion:
I agreed with u. J13S is not gaming. But, it can considered as a fair laptop with their price.



This post has been edited by Jasonwoon: Jan 29 2008, 11:07 AM

Dear Friends

any one has use twinhead E12KT notebook i amlooking for replace my HDD but cant's find HDD on my notebook is there any how to for this model i really need this new hdd to put on my lnotebook but i cannot open my HDD

Thank You

You drop any notebook also will break lar.

Tak kan cannot find? Post a of the bottom of the notebook. It's either directly accessible after opening the bottom cpu cover or it's slide out from the side.

I also looking to the Twinhead notebook. Especially the J13SE model. It because this notebook are cheap. But i dont know it reliable or not