how about the last longer battery

Battery life is a sad case.. lol
Acer just has 3 cells battery so lower power drawn from the battery.. and its capacity is not big also.. I'm not an Acer user, so this part you need to consult Acer user.
For me both laptop battery life is not good.. As my current laptop is 8 cells with big capacity.. lol
But I think under normal web surfing and lowest brightness it can last you 2-3 hours

for your opinion, which have better quality and after sales service

Spec wise and service, Acer
Quality wise, I can't confirm as I'm didn't own any of it.

TQ, please someone give me opinion about quality.

so far i am happy. but i suggest you find a demo unit to see for yourself as opinions differ from person to person.

my only complaint is the Atheros wifi card but acer support (and lowyat community) is helping me look into it now

how about asus

As I mentioned, Asus is not so recommended.. Cause it's single fan.. so heating is not good.. Asus quality is good, no doubt. But their after sales service is terrible
For your price I suggest you get other model, as single fan is not good for 860m.. sure will have heat issue if you're gaming on high settings

does acer use ori or copy windows?

What you means ori or copy ?
I think it comes with OEM windows. or maybe Retail version
But I'm sure it's licensed. Not pirated

if the bottom have a sticky...retail or OEM

If I'm not mistaken, the sticker will indicate it's a OEM version or retail version.
I'm not sure on the sticker though, as I always purchase DOS version laptop

Just look at the Window Activation section of your system in the control panel.
OEM Windows will have the OEM in between the serial number, while the retail version will only have numbers.
The sticker on the laptop will no show that, although most of the time it's OEM.

Need help in finding a replacement laptop. Budget will be under RM4k mark after CNY coz I know that GST will be implemented. It will be a performance oriented laptops, not multimedia ones as I wanted something that has sufficient graphics horsepower while gaming on the go. ANY brand & variants is greatly appreciated. I also noticed that devour didn't help much in my previous post as he managed to recommend me a very old Alienware 14 notebook that has a 2 gen old GPU, in which I do not want. I wanted a fresh kit with 4th Gen Intel Core CPU & a mid range Geforce GTX800M or a GTX900M chip as I just wanted to get a new laptop asap b4 1st April. Pre-owned units are not recommended.

ok, not exactly a recommended kit but still a little old for my needs.

As this thread is discussing about, with your budget you can get Acer V Nitro, Asus G551, Lenovo Y50, Illegear Z5, Aftershock and also Dell Inspiron.
Do you game a lot ? And what kind of game you're playing.. High demanding ?
If you want best price/spec ratio then Acer is the one to go..

I play almost all the games from 2013 onwards, on both Steam & non-Steam. Graphics settings usually I set to High as it's a nice balance between smooth framerate & eye candy. The Aspire V Nitro is a very decent kit, so does the Lenovo Y50, Dell Inspiron 7xxx & ROG G551. I'm not so sure about Illegear & Aftershock since they're somewhat new for our market, so I'll narrow down to the 4 brands for the time being. =)

**Deadline is still 2 months++ before GST, so I'll give some thoughts & decide which will I pick.

FYI, this year high demanding new game I believe 860m is not sufficient to play on high settings 1080p.. so do consider it also..

hopefully I can raise my budget for a GTX970M powered laptop b4 GST is implemented on April's Fool Day... (why set at that date... like wanna troll ppl oni zzz)

970m doesn't come cheap though
The cheapest currently is AW15.. RM4.7k can get it.. excluding those bloatware..
Last time Lazada is selling ROG G751JT, if use credit card got rebate so end price is RM4.7k+.. very worth.. but not sure now still got or not.. you can check it out..
So far only these 2 model I know of is below 5k.
Others are all 5k++
You can also consider ILLEGEAR S5 or AFTERSHOCK S15. Both are based on Clevo which the quality is good and well known. But price may be a bit exp as they're customizable laptop. But good part is you can add in stuff yourself without voiding warranty (as long as you didn't damage the component and ask for permission)
So far I just know of aw, rog, illegear and aftershock got 970m card.. Lenovo and Acer macam no.. not sure..
Most 970m comes with 3GB vram also.. if you mod a lot then get 6gb vram variant.. but will be more exp lar..

This post has been edited by miong93: Jan 30 2015, 10:54 AM