Asus TP500LB 15.6” FHD , i7-5500U - 4GB - 500GB + 24GB Msata - GT940M 2GB - W8.1 : RM2830
Acer Aspire R7-572G 15.6” IPS FHD Touch ,  i5-4210 - 8GB - 1TB - GTX850 2Gb - W8.1 : RM3470+/- **Better Display cz IPS FHD, just dont like the design.
Lenovo Z50-70 15.6” FHD , i5-4210U - 4GB - 1TB Hybrid - GT840 4GB - W8.1 : RM2130+/-
Lenovo Z50-70 15.6” FHD , i7-4510U - 4GB - 1TB - GT840 4GB - W8.1 : RM2390+/-
#remaining money can upgrade ram. u might wan save a bit 

anyhow, you can do research for those model first. see which 1 suite you. please consider if you need it portable enough or not. maybe you had to travel somewhere quite often. then 15" might be not suitable.

yes..

Lenovo Z40-70 14” FHD , i5-4210U + 4GB + 500GB + GT820 2GB + W8.1 + 1YR warranty : RM1730+/-
Lenovo Z40-70 14” FHD , i5-4210U + 4GB + 1TB + GT820 2GB + W8.1 + 2YR : RM1910+/-
Lenovo Y40-80 14” FHD , i7-5500U + 4GB + Hybrid 1TB / ATI VENUS XTX R9 M275 2GB + W8.1 : RM2850+/-
lenovo Yoga 3-14 80JH004HMJ - White or 80JH004GMJ - Light Silver – 14” FHD Touch , i5-5200U + 8GB + Hybrid 500GB + W8.1 : RM2660+/- 

if you found other notebook that have display 1920x1080 (1080p) then its FHD. others only HD/HD+ unless 13" there is FHD+IPS    but too small i guess... cz handling excell will be hard a bit

ati nowdays not good as those days... well if you want avoid it. get intel with integrated gpu (HD 4600 series for example). but if its just a graphic card ati.. its ok.. better than using ati processor..

i7 U series still dual core. just its single core speed kinda fast compare to i5 and i3.. ULV is for better power consumption and computing using battery will last longer.. so no need bother much about want plug here and there for at least 3 hours

U wan use dual core for excel? How heavy is ur file lIke?

then u no need FHD mostly dual core will.. more core doesnt mean all those core will be useable while we do computing.. excel stuff and lots of  other computing.

For instance, a dual core processor may have base clock speeds of 3.5 GHz for each processor while a quad core processor may only run at 3.0GHz. Just looking at a single core on each of them, the dual core processor will be able to about fourteen percent faster than on the quad core. Thus, if you have a program that is only single threaded, the dual core processor is actually better. Then again, if you have something that can use all four processors such as video transcoding, then the quad core processor will actually be about seventy percent faster than that dual core processor.

For the most part, having a higher core count processor is generally a good thing but it is a very complicated matter. For the most part, a dual core or quad core processor is going to be more than enough power for a basic computer user. The majority of consumers will see no tangible benefits from going beyond four processor cores currently as there is so little software that can take advantage of it.The only people that should consider such high core count processors are those going tasks such as desktop video editing or complicated science and math programs.

Then u can look for y400 or y500 wif 4th gen quad core

Or some old stocks 3rd gen

Millions of ringgit involves in calculation? 5th gen no quad core yet

And SSD if you are loading big file (If you have the fund). It will load your excel files significantly faster. 

Ulv processor not Design for heavy multitasking so if normal multitasking still ok.. n u need a SSD..

I suggest u look for spec like this

i7-4700mq/HQ or i7-3740qm(not sure bout 3630qm)
8GB ram
256SSD
660m above would be enuf

Spend more on SSD better

Forget to mention dual core oso hv M n H Which better for ur work

If the laptop have an optical drive. You can use a caddy to add in SSD. If not save up and get one  or Hybrid drives

+1  

I agree wif u... coz I hv 32GB msata SSD for cache.. still slow.. the main HDD is using normal 5400rpm...

Get 128SSD if ur budget not enuf for 250

There is but mostly m.2 sata drive which is a more expensive form of a SSD.

Do like Arthur say.. take out the optical drive then use HDD candy to install ur 1TB HDD.. main use SSD.

if the hdd is 1T. u prefer touch screen? 
below is not touch screen
Asus TP500LB FHD also can be the contender.

Acer Aspire E5-551G is amd type.

+1 lenovo keyboard is much comfortable too 

emm... dare to try inspiron 5548 4k touch screen?