1. Preferred Brand: Asus or Lenovo or other brands.
2. Budget: RM 2000 - RM2599
3. Usage : Editing photos, Microsoft Office, some movies or anime. Still need an ODD due to the ancient methods still being practiced. Looking for portability with practicality.
4. Preferred laptop/screen size: 15 inches

**Did some browsing and research, so it came down to Asus K551LN-XX251H or Lenovo Z50-70. As these 2 models have roughly the same specs, just minor differences in terms of their CPU and GPU, very minor. So I was wondering which would be better, more like in terms of quality and support.
As notebookcheck.net has only a review for the Lenovo Z50-70 but not for the Asus K series. So I hope someone could shed some light on which brand would fare better.

Thanks

This post has been edited by dark_axl21: Aug 24 2014, 06:28 PM

The Y50 model doesn't not come with an ODD.

But some sellers are bundling it with an external ODD for certain configurations. Maybe that helps?



This post has been edited by dark_axl21: Aug 25 2014, 07:08 AM

That bad eh?

I think so, not really sure.
Try asking the seller for more info or Lenovo retailers to see if they have that kind of bundle.

I know that the Lenovo Y50-70 is already out, loads of dealers are selling it at the garage with a variety different configurations.
As for the Y40, still no news of anyone selling.
The M'sian main website seems to be slow in updating their series and models there.

Space restrictions I guess?

Yeah, it's phasing out but it's still useful when you need it for reinstalling windows or drivers that came in the original DVD.
Or I would need a ODD to create a bootable USB from that DVD too.

That external ODD is actually included by Lenovo, don't think the sellers actually would be kind enough to throw that into the package haha!

ASUS
G56JR-CN260H, i5-4200H + Nvidia GTX760M + (1920x1080)@RM3299[2.7kg], 4GB, 1TB, W8.1, backlit keyboard

Lenovo
Y50-70 (59-422941), i7-4710HQ + Nvidia GTX860M + (1920x1080 anti-glare)@RM3599[2.4kg], 8GB, 1TB, red backlit KB, FreeDOS, 2 yrs

Illegear
Illegear RK-15, i7-4710MQ + Nvidia GTX850M + (1920x1080)@RM3399[2.4kg][SoundBlaster Cinema], 4GB, 500GB(Hybrid), FreeDOS, [CPU Options: i5-4200M - i7-4900MQ]

Lenovo seems to be doing really good with it's new Y series, sleek yet packing quite a punch in terms of performance.

What kinda games are you looking forward to play? With a limited budget, running games that are graphics hungry are kinda impossible at high settings, maybe medium would be fine?
Due to your budget constraint, your choices are quite limited.

Acer
E5-571G-63CGs, i5-4210U + Nvidia 840M@RM1999[2.5kg], 4GB, 1TB, W8.1; colours: red/brown/silver

ASUS
K551LN-XX251H, i5-4200U + Nvidia 840M@RM2299, 4GB, 1TB, W8.1

Dell
Inspiron 15R, i5-4200U + AMD HD8670M @RM2099[2.32kg], 8GB, 1TB(5400rpm), Linux, 65WHr; W8SL@RM2299

Lenovo
Z50-70, i5-4210U,Nvidia 840M + (1920x1080)@RM2399, 4GB, 1TB, W8.1, 2 yrs

MSI
CX61-2PC, i5-4200M + Nvidia 820M@RM2199, 4GB, 750GB, anti-glare, W8.1

*Credits to [PF] T.J. who compiled the price list!

This post has been edited by dark_axl21: Sep 8 2014, 11:07 PM