As per title, generally which laptop brand you recommend as Good in terms of stability and durability.

Thanks

You want durability, get the Panasonic Toughbook lol.

if you define by brand. then you caught up buying faulty unit. seems like you will definitely will blame the brand instead of certain model of the notebook..

sometimes, brand also play important role to influence the price.

same specs but different price due to different brand. in the end of the day, how reliable and durable is the notebook model matters.

i've null the poll

my friend say buy laptop must buy above 2.5k ..others will spoil fast.

The higher your budget goes, the better the built quality of the material and to an extent the internal hardware components. If you are looking for a something of at least an quality aluminum built laptop than prepare to pay at least 3K more or less.

You also have to consider buying a laptop with better specs or crappier built quality or lower specs with better built quality. Choosing all of the above can easily cost you between the 3-6K price mark.

You simply get what you paid for.

This post has been edited by Strik37: Feb 10 2016, 01:49 PM

Not really true.. u buy a 12k msi still shitty n worse than rog in terms cooling.

A 5k illegear own 9k msi n par wif Alienware 15.. a rm4499 Inspiron 7559 own the medium range market.

Really like the sifus up there said.. it's all depends.

Get wat suit u better

This post has been edited by myway1985: Feb 11 2016, 01:31 PM

ur firned's advice is not 100%. although its a safer bet tat premium price will get u premium build.

Reason:

1) expensive laptop doesnt guarantee zero-faulty units.

2) My whole family (around 7 of us), using around 4-5 laptops, and all our laptop are between the price os 1.5-1.7k. All of it lasted at least 4-5 years (minimal gaming). We only change laptop when it lags significantly. [this conclude tat how u use ur laptop also plays a factor]

Cooling is merely one of the factor and not everyone have a problem with it, you would also have to take into account the local environment which the laptop in question is operating which can be less of a factor in say certain regions like in most western countries where its much cooler over there unlike over here where due to the tropical climate having a year summer. It's the exception not the norm.

Price can also be subjective to certain people and on most MSI laptops you are actually paying for extra bells and whistles like mech keyboards and whatnot that most people find to be an overkill and not "worth" their money when they could simply get a more customizable and affordable desktop or mini-PC equivalent.

As per TS title, which laptop is "Good to buy" will largely depend on your budget. Just don't expect getting a laptop with modern mid-range performance with decent enough built quality on a budget less than 1k, you are simply asking for the impossible.

Easier said, though not everyone knowns what suit u better thus why such threads and sections like this exists to give them a general idea.

This post has been edited by Strik37: Feb 12 2016, 10:02 PM

Go to busness class laptop not just looking for brand.

business grade oso not all durable lo.. lenovo thinkpad x1 like slightly above their normal range only

hp probook like shit. only zbook not bad..

dell latitude very hard to get got gpu n precision mainly aim graphical work..

wan lasting get latitude ultra rugged lo.. beat panasonic lo

like that go buy military grade laptop
http://www.ruggednotebooks.com/

U wan? I can source u a few rugged latitude..7404. i5, touch screen, win 7 pro...

Haha.. full military can get second hand fron Thailand. Higher spec than Malaysia 1...

Our militants stil using 2nd gen laptop... no budget since ge13... most office still using c2d n pentium 4 HT... fuk tat jibby.. not only steal education, health funds but country defend funds too.

lol illegear

i actuallly dont know that brand exist, seems pretty new company...
anyway good looking custom laptop from malaysia <3

but have anyone loaded them with linux (just asking some opinion)?

the current problem with linux is to deal with the optimus support from nvidia
and it seems that the custom laptop the offer best compatibility is the u series (intel gpu only)...?

if you buy those high end barebones (not the thin all-soldered-in) models meant for desktop replacement, they don't use Optimus anymore. Its all direct to the dGPU. Even the iGPU from the Intel procs don't get used (iirc they get disabled or something like that)

as long dont use for torrent will be fine

I usually go for Lenovo or Dell.

thanks hyperyouth_firepower, i will try ask around the option to shut off optimus in the bios if illegear have that the next time i buy barebone laptop

but then again kinda worried desktop replacements batteries though, maybe hurtin too much?

personally i use laptop listed in my sig, and battery seems short lived (1 year i think)...

Some new laptops come with smart battery charging nowadays.

For e.g. our S and D series come equipped with battery engine like this

Most welcome.

I see Prince_J has replied to you about the battery. About the part of dGPU and iGPU and Optimus, the way I understand, a lot of games these days aren't build with proper Optimus support. Optimus won't die for the low end laptops, but proper gaming laptops shouldn't have Optimus hardwired (as in forced Optimus) and Illegear's decision to have newer models that disables / discards Optimus is certainly a very, very good move. Too bad I bought my machine 1 year too early. LOL

Ok, I guess that answered my question I think...

I don't know about the current trend about the gaming laptops (i don't own one yet) but looking at budget level newer laptops, option to disable / enable Optimus (aka switch to use iGPU / dPGU / both GPU ) in BIOS seems to not available nowadays

That option seems to be transferred to / handled by Nvidia Control Panel which is available only in Windows drivers

For Linux (as of 2016),
Nvidia provides Nvidia X Config bundled with Linux drivers but it "still" does not include support to handle Optimus which is a pain
Although there is Bumblebee that able to handle the switching option but I need more than that...

If Illegear do have that option under BIOS, that is always welcome...
Currently I don't know Illegear have that option, mind if I ask Prince J that Illegear's laptops' BIOS got that?

Seems that computers manufacturers are more favouring towards Windows these days, even more with Windows 10 /.\

im satisfied with HP , previously using toshiba but overheating issue

do u replace ur toshiba thermal paste? i still hv 1 core 2 duo toshiba kicking le.. toshiba unit u need replace thermal paste/ gel 9 months max.. if not really overheat kao kao

bad experience wif hp call center. vomit blood

already sold it then bought HP ... reason ? when it happen , send to sen q for warranty claim ... it took 14 days till i got back my laptop ... use it for 1 hour then overheat ... the next day send back to sen q , it took another 7 days .. got it , turn on , 2 hours later overheat ... i noticed like they didnt do anything to my laptop , plus there is another pc accessing my laptop windows till i got message need product key verification , surely im clueless that time , then my background turn black ... im so angry and sell it to my friend

Ic.. problem wif sen q la.. Japanese brand aftersales very good 1.. sen Q where got pro in IT things... lesson to learn lo never buy IT from electronic shop...

U try hp aftersales u oso vomit blood 1.. they just very blur.. only the senior r good..

Ic so far my hp didnt get into problem yet .. Will see how later

dun overdo hp can de..

ILLEGEAR S and D series can disable Intel graphics (Optimus) completely in the bios.

noted

Ok, thanks

The poll was setup to determine the best brand that people perceived and top 3 are:
1) Dell (32%)
2) Illegear (21%)
3) Lenovo (15%)
Total % covered are 68%

However, Illegear price is very expensive, meaning most favourable brand at low & medium price range are Dell & Lenovo.