Hi guys, I'm going to be traveling quite a bit this year and would need a laptop that's portable and sufficient enough to browse, play movies/music, edit photos, play simple games and microsoft office use. I've searched around and narrowed down my choices to the following three:

1. Lenovo Yoga 500 aka Flex 3 (couldn't find much reviews on this)
2. Dell Vostro 5480 (this seems to have pretty bad wifi issues?)
3. Asus TP300LA (this has the smallest screen size)

I'm looking for around 13"-14" screen size with i5 processor. Can someone suggest which of the 3 is better?

Thanks in advance! =)

This post has been edited by lilwierd: Aug 10 2015, 10:20 PM

I would avoid Asus, have very bad experience with their customer service before over some battery issues.

Vostro 5480 dun really hv WiFi issue de le.... 5470 yes.. terrible WiFi... flex 3 good spec but quality China style lo... need extra Kful when carry around..

flex 3 have good reveiw.. good keyboard too.. much comfortable when typing.. but, if you budget can get i5.. why bother get i3

how bout zenbook? its quite light, slim too.. just its not convertible notebook.
dell offer good warranty service.... the wifi issue is for dell is 5460/5470.. 5480 is ok..

if i get the flex 3 i'll get the i5 one...cuz that day managed to find one around rm2.5k only...

for zenbook the ux305 is core M (scared will be slow?), the other ux303ln and ux32a pricing is around rm3k right? not really sure as didn't check for these models.... =/

try this: http://www.techhypermart.com/notebooks/len...t920m-w8-1.html

good spec for the price you are paying..

Indeed.. good price ratio... but Potong stim wif 920m.. if 930m super good deal

Core M might a little bit slow than i5, but the ssd is multiple times faster compared to standard hdd.

the flex 3 has sshd...if not mistaken it's 500g hdd and 8g sdd....together with i5 should b ok....??

Should be ok, but still can't beat pure ssd. How about lenovo u41-70?

This post has been edited by ashraf095: Aug 11 2015, 10:19 PM

am considering the u41 too...but storage is only 256g...i'm gna be traveling a lot so will need to be able to keep all my stuff with me...scared not enough space...unless i bring along an external hdd with me...and u41 is not touchscreen and convertible like the yoga... =/ so hard to make decision.......

but i think i've kinda ruled out the asus...haha...still keeping dell in the picture cuz of the post-sale service...

Y dun kick vostro out n consider Inspiron 7348

Well go for it then.

i think im gna get the flex 3....hopefully will get a good deal....thanks guys for all the reco n info n stuff! =D

Up unitl today, there hasn't been a perfect Notebook nor desktop in everyway.
It's either one thing or another that gives problem eventually & that would be the lesson.
Pragmatically nowadays, these are my major issues in ascending order, when buying:

1. Affordability price range (Hardware & CPU: don't over buy nor under buy what you need)
2. Screen Size (you would be looking at the screen most of the time)
3. OS (Is that what you want? Avoid OS upgrade & downgrade - troublesome)
4. Service Centres (Fast repairs? Nearby your office/home?)
5. Spare parts availability (Some will tell you: no spart parts after 5 years!)

Other issues are no longer major nowadays e.g.
battery life (now everywhere can charge, just like everyone can fly too)
reliability (Usually OK for first 5 years, if very unlucky, then problems before the 5 years)
weight (all feather weight now)
Wifi (Usually not much problem' just get closer to wifi antenna)

Hope this helps & always buy original & from authorised shops,
as I learnt a bitter lesson i.e. found the shop closed after less than 1 years.
In conclusion; always rememeber - there are no 'cheap & good' things around here!

just got my yoga 500 yesterday....really not used to windows 8....but the laptop is so far so good...the touchpad is not as sensitive as i would like though...but i think i should be able to get used to it or just use the touchscreen most of the time hehe =D