1. Preferred Brand : Any

2. Budget : <RM2500

3. Usage : Movies, Dota2

4. Preferred laptop/screen size : 14", 15"

i want laptop with GPU 840m or above

1. academic discount for MAC which makes it really affordable (especially when you are not using RM)
2. amazing battery life which is really crucial
3. OSX and Unix/ Linux with the ability to run Windows at the same time via bootcamp
4. not everyone is a gamer
5. weight which is another thing
6. superior touchpad

my colleagues at the australian campus for comp sci all uses MAC for the above reasons.
it is an amazing machine if you get MAC Pro.

besides, internationally they have the best warranty.
try looking at Reddit, online forums, YT reviewers and every1 bashes Dell's horrible support/ quality control.
only in Msia, Dell is being glorified as the other manufacturers are doing a bad job here.

This post has been edited by evofantasy: Mar 6 2015, 09:02 PM

Hi all, I'm thinking to get my brother a laptop since he's in college now. He plays dota2. Which laptop can support this game at high setting and the price wise less than RM2,500 preferably. And I've look around at certain laptop, Nvidia doesnt offer GT series anymore? As per above somebody mentioned dell vostro 5480 having GT840m but seen on the website it is only GeForce 830m. Pls enlighten me and advice me thx.

Well I agree most of your point.
1. I got no idea there is discount for MAC machine, I only know of Dell giving this promotion.
2. Well it is good under normal usage, when under load it is not necessary good. But most probably also around 3-5 hours right ?
3. Yes I know this. No need to rephrase it to me again
4. I DIDN'T MENTION about gaming at all.
5. Well for me 2kg and 1.35kg is not huge different. The laptop now is mostly using aluminum unlike last time.
6. Agree
We're talking about MBA aka Macbook Air. I agree Pro is quite good, but most developers are using it is because you NEED an Apple machine to be able to develop Apps for iOS/OSX platform. You also need an Apple Developer ID. Application based developers are using it because it is a requirement for developing Apps on iOS/OSX platform. People tends to go native development (purchase mac) instead of x-platform solution like XAMARIN because in long run it will be cheaper.
If you're developing things related to server, mostly people will avoid Mac and use other stronger machine like Thinkpad or Latitude or even workstation (with Linux as OS / Windows).
When you're performing stress test or penetration test on your server or application, you definitely won't use Mac most of the time.

Well you have a strong point though. No need to argue more as different person have different perspective. Thanks for clarifying to me on the goods on Mac, I meant it

This post has been edited by miong93: Mar 6 2015, 09:43 PM

Hello all the tai kors here. I am looking for a laptop

Preferred Brand: Dell
Budget: 2K
Usage: Homework and lite gaming (Dota 2)
Preferred Size: 14 inch

Thanks! I was looking through the suggestions for Dell 14 3442 but the specs on the website is so much different. Help please, thanks!

I would suggest u take 3542... better screen n gt840m

1. Preferred Brand : Anything with good reputation
2. Budget : RM2100 and below
3. Usage : University work(MS Office), Multitasking
4. Preferred laptop/screen size : 13.3

All in all, i just want a 13.3 inch laptop with 1920x1680p below RM 2100 and below 2kg

MAC Air gives around 11 hours on normal usage and Pro would give you 7 hours.
A similar windows machine would get you around 5 hours only.

PS: http://store.apple.com/my/browse/campaigns/education_pricing apple's academic discount for msia

Thank you! Is it possible to link me to the website? I can't seem to find the one with gt840m the specs on the dell Malaysia is kina different. Thanks again!

I couldn't be happier!

buying a budget laptop for normal browsing, and some office related work.

currently looking at dell inspiron 14 3000 series, the i3 model cost 1649 while pentium N3540 cost 1349.

Wondering does the 300 justify the performance or i'm just better off with the cheaper 1 since not much of heavy task will be carried on that laptop

This post has been edited by darude87: Mar 7 2015, 02:28 PM

Hi guys, would you be able to help me find a new laptop? My current one is ASUS UL80VT which I've had for 4.5 years and still working fine except that the screen is kaput, now connecting to a LCD monitor at home. Battery life after all those years is still 3 hrs, which is very good considering I never removed the battery even when fully charged.

As per thread requirements:

1. Preferred Brand: Any but preferably ASUS.
2. Budget: RM3,000 to RM3,500
3. Usage: Heavy (Work, Personal, occasionally will bring offshore)
4. Screen Size: 13 to 15 inch

Further minimum requirements
- Windows OS (Preferably Windows 7, I plan to free upgrade to 10)
- i5, 2Ghz Processor
- 8 GB RAM
- Both integrated and dedicated graphics card (Average OK)
- 500 GB SATA HDD
- Very good battery life (> 8 hrs when standby and nothing else running)

Bonus:
- Hybrid SSD (Any size)

Notes:
- I'm not looking for a gaming laptop, DoTA 2 is the most graphically intensive game I would play. I mostly play old-school / indie games.
- I plan to learn Linux OS on the side, so laptop needs to be powerful and compatible enough to run VirtualBox, VMWare e.g. Ubuntu 14.4.4 within Windows 7
- Able to smoothly run graphically-intensive software e.g. SolidWorks, MATLAB
- I thought seriously about a Mac, but VBA ActiveX macros is commonplace in my workplace and I help develop them too.
- I live in Sarawak, but am okay with max 1 month waiting period

Thanks!

This post has been edited by heliosi: Mar 7 2015, 04:17 PM

Sifus, need some suggestions on finding a new laptop for my gf.

1. Preferred Brand : any
2. Budget : around 2.5k
3. Usage : normal college usage, watching movies, no gaming or maybe damn light
4. Preferred laptop/screen size : 13-15

want something lighter, thin if possible. currently looking at Lenovo Flex 2 14", RM2299

Since im going to college I would like to buy a new laptop. I need some suggestions.

1.Preferred brand: Any
2.Budget: Below 3k
3.Usage: normal college usage, lite gaming, daily use
4.Preferred screen size: 14"

Other model:
Dell Vostro 5480, i5-5200u,4gb ram, gt 830m, 500gb sshd, 14" hd - Rm2399 ( Check it back. Dell have many specs configuration )
Acer v3-371, i5-5200u, 4gb ram, 500gb sshd, 13.3" full hd - Rm1999
HP Pavilion 13-b113TU, i5-4210u, 8gb ram, 256gb ssd, 13.3" full hd - Rm2499

~price is SRP

Not much 13.3 laptop around that price. Only Acer v3-371 ( specs as above) fit your requirement.

This post has been edited by ashraf095: Mar 7 2015, 10:15 PM

1. Preferred Brand : Anything with good reputation
2. Budget : RM3000 and below
3. Usage : College and gaming
4. Preferred laptop/screen size : none

Great battery life, solid build quality and full HD (1920x1080) screen

Inspiron 7447

You're quite demanding with that budget. You need to sacrifice some requirement if you budget is RM3500 max.
8 hours of battery life is quite impossible except MBA currently. (there is some option, but it is exceed your budget limit)
Get business grade laptop since you're more into work. The built quality is definitely worth it.
Dell Latitude, Lenovo Thinkpad or HP Elitebook.
But with RM3500 you can just get medium or low end business grade laptop. FYI, with that budget to run graphic intense software is quite impossible.
Currently I just can suggest you, get AT LEAST i7 quad core, 16GB of RAM if you're doing intense processing in MATLAB (iris recognition/data mining).
But business grade laptop with that spec doesn't come cheap. So either lower your requirement or add up your budget

Aiya.. 1 latitude e7440 or 6540 Kao Tim de... just no stock now.. all my latitude finished..

Urgent? No urgent then wait for latitude e6540. Or e5440 if u wan gc