I have few choices
Acer Aspire V13 i5-6200u/8GB/500GB/HD (rm2499)
Dell Inspiron 13 7000 i5-6200u/4GB/500GB/HD (rm3199)
Asus UX305 Core-M5Y10/8GB/256SSD/FHD (rm2999)
Lenovo U41-70 i5-5200u/4GB/256SSD/FHD (rm2649)
HP Envy 13 i5-6200u/4GB/128SSD/QHD (rm3699- out of busget actually)
For office work/SPSS/PhD works/no games
Need long battery life and reliable (to keep PhD stuff)
Which one is more worthy? budget around rm3000-ish
will buy on 1/1/2016 (due to LHDN laptop rm3000 tax relief)
currently using MBA13 (2012) and Acer S7-391. both already 3 yrs old
TQ
reading a lot about core-M cpu today. almost all review said core-M performance is the same as a 4-year-old i3/i5 (sandy bridge/ivy bridge- same cpu as my current S7 and MBA13). so no point of buying 3-generation prior to skylake. furthermore, MathLab-equivalent softwares (SPSS/AMOS/SmartPLS-statistical analysis software needing min 1ghz CPU) are not suitable for core-M (even for core-M skylake). so now need to find ultrabook with i5-U CPUs.
Choices now
Acer Aspire v13 i5-6200U
Lenovo U41 i5-5200U
Latitude e7450 15-5200U (no inspiron due to ghost touch in reviews)
HP Envy 13 i5-6200U (over budget)
trying to get a 13inch laptop and want to use it for minmum 3 yrs
sigh....
will buy on 1/1/2016 (before price effectively increase... i hope)