14"
Asus K46CB-WX060H, i5-3337U + Nvidia GT740M@RM2199[2kg], 2GB, 750GB, W8, 4-cell, OD


HP Pavilion 14-N059TX, i5-4200U + Nvidia GT740M@RM2099[2.03kg], 4GB, 750GB, W8; colors: silver/black

*Prices in RRP, negotiable
*Use remaining budget to extend waranty of the HP to 3 years.
*The Asus comes with 2 years warranty already, and warranty extension is pretty expensive, not really recommended. Upgrade to 8GB RAM instead
*If you are interested in getting even faster performance, use the remaining budget in getting an SSD to replace the HDD in both models (you can ask shop sellers to help you at a price). By doing that you will get way, way faster computing experience, and your notebook will become lighter and cooler too

1. Preferred Brand: any brands will do except acer
2. Budget : below 2.8k
3. Usage: for assignment and playing dota 2 (stable and smooth)
4. Preferred laptop/screen size: 14'-15' (prefer ultrabook)

another question....is that ultrabook can last longer if i on my notebook 24 hoours....does it will cause any heat problem?

MacBook Air 13.3 if you want long battery life.

macbook air is overbudget

Why HP Pavilion 14-N059TX is lot cheap compare to HP ENVY Touchsmart 14-k028TX Sleekbook?
both of them around 2kg..and come with a backpack

Why HP Pavilion 14-N059TX is lot cheap compare to HP ENVY Touchsmart 14-k028TX Sleekbook?
both of them around 2kg..and come with a backpack

Asking behalf for a friend

1. Preferred Brand: any brand
2. Budget : 2.3k max
3. Usage: assignments, video streaming, photoshop and lightroom and slight gaming (lol and dota2)
4. Preferred laptop/screen size: any
5. additional needs: good battery and lightweight (if cannot meet the weight criteria wont mind)

Envy Touchsmart 14-K028TX Sleekbook, i5-4200U + Nvidia GT740M + (1366x768;touch)@RM2799, 4GB, 500GB, W8, ext OD

Pavilion 14-N059TX, i5-4200U + Nvidia GT740M@RM2099[2.03kg], 4GB, 750GB, W8

touch screen accounted for ~ RM200-300 of the difference.
The rest, you have to go out and look / touch / poke / type / click / listen / play / carry to see if the "premium" is worth it for you

This post has been edited by nexus2238: Sep 29 2013, 09:04 PM

Asus
K46CB-WX060H, i5-3337U + Nvidia GT740M@RM2199[2kg], 2GB, 750GB, W8, 4-cell, OD

Dell
Vostro 5470, i5-4200U + Nvidia GT740M@RM2249, 4GB, 500GB(5400rpm), W8, 3-cell

HP
Pavilion 14-N059TX, i5-4200U + Nvidia GT740M@RM2099[2.03kg], 4GB, 750GB, W8

Toshiba
Satelite L40-AS125XG/B/W, i5-4200U + Nvidia GT740M@RM2299, 2GB, 750GB, W8

Prices are RSP, negotiable. Use remaining of budget to increase RAM (4G stick ~ RM100 (Asus Toshiba)).

For any laptop (be it ultrabook or not), leaving it on 24 hours is not the determining factor It's what kind of workload it is on that matter. 24 hours idle, 24 hours bit-torrent (only stress HDD), 24 hours doing intense rendering (stretch CPU), generate vastly different amount of heat.

ultrabook, being thin, has less space to dissipate heat.

Generally, it is a good idea to get external cooling solution (eg. cooling pad, table fan ... ) if you game or doing anything that going to stretch CPU or GPU.

Asus
K46CB-WX060H, i5-3337U + Nvidia GT740M@RM2199[2kg], 2GB, 750GB, W8, 4-cell, OD

Dell
Vostro 5470, i5-4200U + Nvidia GT740M@RM2249, 4GB, 500GB(5400rpm), W8, 3-cell

Prices are RSP, negotiable.
Use the remaining of your budget to increase RAM (4G stick ~ RM100, 8G stick ~ RM200 (Asus). The 5470 only has 1 RAM slot, so you can only swap out the 4G with a 8G stick), extend warranty (Dell, to 3 years ~ RM300), get SSD (128G ~ RM300, 256G ~ RM600) to replace the HDD (keep as external HDD).

1. Preferred Brand: any
2. Budget : 2.5k to 3k
3. Usage: online, movie, torrent, hopefully can run engineering modelling software, autoCAD, very very litt gaming
4. Preferred laptop/screen size: 14'-15' (hopefully FHD)

am wondering i5 can run engineering software? or need i7?
wanna get y510 but then currently market out of stock? will get a laptop next weekend if possible.
not much choices to get i7 FHD with my budget

thx

Budget : 2.5k~2.8k
Screen size : 15.6"
Brand : Whatever, as long as quality is good
Processor : if possible get me i7 4th gen

This post has been edited by harlo132: Sep 30 2013, 09:37 AM

thx for your suggestion and advice~ watching movie is consider as doing intense rendering?

Nope, watching movie is a piece of cake for notebooks or ultrabooks haha

1. Preferred Brand: Most preferably brands with good customer service
2. Budget : below RM 2500
3. Usage: Engineering drawing + simulation (40% of the time) , gaming, (60% of the time)(eg: skyrim, GTA5, NFS, crysis 3), must be able to support smooth web browsing with multiple tabs (20-30 tabs) at the same time.
4. Preferred laptop/screen size: 14'-15'
5. prefer 2,3 years warranty, but RM 2500 budget is still the priority even if it means only 1 year warranty

Is i7 core more suitable in this case? (heavy multitasking)

Is Toshiba M840-1009X a good choice in this case?

Thanks in advance !

This post has been edited by Night Fury: Sep 30 2013, 01:45 AM

1. May I know what is inside the box for Lenovo Y410P except the notebook with batery and charger...Any installation Disc,driver disc and some one say ecard for mcafee...any other
2. What use for the ecard?
Pls: Need help urgently...have problem with new Y410P.

Hi guys, appreciate the help!

1. Preferred Brand // Any
2. Budget // RM4000
3. Usage // Music Production & Gaming
4. Preferred laptop/screen size // 15"

Someone will recommend you imported set of HP and Lenovo for that price. Best to avoid it if warranty is one of the main priorities.
The HD7670m can support the games you mentioned but it won't run smooth on high or ultra setting.
Ps pink color is nice.

ASUS
N550JV-CN077H, i7-4700HQ + Nvidia GT750M + (1920x1080; IPS matte)@RM3699[2.7kg], 4GB, 1TB, W8, backlit keyboard

Lenovo
Y510p, i7-4700MQ + Nvidia GT750M(GDDR5) + (1920x1080)@RM3099[2.7kg], 8GB, 1TB, W8, red backlit, swappable ODD, 120w psu, 2 yrs
Y510p, i7-4700MQ + Nvidia GT750M(GDDR5) + (1920x1080)@RM3999[2.7kg], 8GB, 1TB, W8, red backlit, GN37 exGPU & ODD, 120w+170w psu, 2 yrs

MSI
GE60-2OE, i7-4700MQ + Nvidia GTX765M + (1920x1080; anti-glare)@RM4299,8GB, 750GB(7200rpm), W8, backlit keyboard

Illegear
RE-15, i7-4700MQ + Nvidia GTX765M + (1920x1080)@RM3799[2.6kg][Onkyo, SoundBlaster Cinema], 8GB, 500GB 7200RPM, FreeDOS, [CPU Options: i7-4700MQ - i7-4900MQ]

prices are RRP and negotiable. for Illegear, please negotiate with the representative or authorized resellers.

Didnt see anyone recommend Acer Aspire v5-437PG, can I know why? Thinking to buy that particular laptop.Is there any other better option guys for below 2.5k? Planning to put 128GB ssd.