I checked with Acer, harvey norman did sell Swift 3 with 8GB but cost 3699.....

inspiron 7566 i5

msi gl62

Hi its me again. Asking for recommendations.

1. Preferred Brand - Any
2. Budget - <2.5k
3. Usage - Browsing, written assignments, movies
4. Preferred Screen Size - <15 inch

- include ssd if possible
- lightweight

also if i want to pay installment, where should find?

thanks

Dear all, I need some recommendations, purchasing laptop soon. Multiple recommendations are welcomed, the more the better!

1. Preferred Brand
Any brand EXCEPT Lenovo.
Lenovo is pretty infamous for their pre-installed malwares/adwares/bloatwares/crapwares.
Currently using Acer Aspire E5-571G, pretty satisfied with everyday performance, but for some reason it crashes occasionally and the motherboard or HDD needs replacement every 10 months to 12 months.

2. Budget
MYR2500 (soft limit), MYR3200 (hard limit)

3. Usage
Multipurpose.
60% web browsing (with ≥10 browser tabs open)
15% videos / music
15% MS Word, MS Powerpoint, PDF document viewing or editing
5% Steam / Origin / Garena games
5% File and data transfer / storage


4. Screen
Approximately 15 inches or 15.6 inches

5. Notes
* Seeking for laptops with long battery life (MINIMUM 7 hours, preferring ≥10 hours)
* Seeking for laptop brands with good after-sales service availability. (Not preferring brands like MSI which only have ONE service centre in the entire country - any repairs will be a big hassle / problem)
* NOT looking for convertible / 2-in-1 laptops or touchscreen laptops, as these laptops sacrifice durability for these functions, or come with hefty price tags for these functions.

Hi guys, can you recommend a laptop below RM5000 ? Can be future proof and not expecting to upgrade in another 5-6 years

Gonna use it for studies and stuff like that.Use alot of time on the internet, big battery,good keyboard. No planning for gaming. Thanks

Acer Aspire F5-573G-52QJ 15.6" i5-6200U, 4GB, 128GB SSD, 1TB, NV 940MX, W10H
Acer Aspire E5-475G-50N0 14" i5-7200U, 4GB, 1TB, 128GB, NV 940MX, W10H

maybe you can check this
HP Pavilion 15-au168TX 15.6" i5-7200U, 4GB, 1TB, NV 940MX 4GB, W10H
HP Pavilion 15-au104TX 15.6" i7-7500U, 4GB, 1TB, NV 940MX 2GB, W10H
Acer Aspire F5-573G-556W 15.6" i5-7200U, 4GB, 1TB, 128GB, NV 940MX, W10H
Acer Aspire R5-571T-59XT 15.6" i5-6200U, 4GB, 1TB, Intel, W10H **


all listed have display 1080 FHD
**im not sure your 5% games. fps or fifa or strategy kind of game, so. expect much on this.
try expand to 8gb ram at least if have spare $$

any specific size of the notebook you preferred?

17" and below

Hi sifus....actually I wanted to upgrade my laptop next month, which is next 2-3 weeks I guess. So just wanted some recommendation from you all so that i can better survey in the market next month.

1. Brand - Any brands provided the brand is good in quality and durable (Used to use Acer Aspire 5580 back in 2010, motherboard fried in 1month usage without any reason, not sure did they improved or not these years)

2. Budget - RM2,000 to RM2,500 (give or take RM100-200 extra MAYBE can korek the money out lah)

3. Specs
VRAM - just have to make sure can run some latest games.
(currently my laptop is just GT425m crying right now, and I think GT900++ is something I want I guess?)

Storage - I think 1TB is standard nowadays? or I actually heard of a laptop with 128GB SSD + 750GB HDD kind of combination? that would be nice as well.

4. Size - been using 14" and now wanted to upgrade to a 15" laptop.
If the spec is nice and within budget, 14" might not be a bad choice also.

Usage???

1. Preferred Brand - Any
2. Budget - RM2.5k to RM3.2k
3. Usage - Work, movies, spreadsheet, web surfing, video/image editing(maybe)
4. Screen size - 13'' to 14'' (FHD is a must)
5. Slim and light weight (ultrabook)
6. 8G ram and i5 processor
7. At least 256G SSD

I'm eyeing on:
(1) Acer Aspire S13 - Dislike THICK bezels, but beautiful screen display, 8G ram onboard, usb type-c port
(2) Lenovo Ideapad 710S - Overall is nice particularly thin bezel screen display, however Malaysia only has 4G ram onboard, not up-gradable.

Any other recommendations?

HP Pavilion with 940MX and Core i5 7500U should be fine I think.

check it out
Acer TravelMate P6 TMP648-MG-71X8 14" i7-6500U, 8GB, 256GB, NV 940M
HP ENVY 15-as105TU 15.6" i7-7500U, 8GB, 1TB, 128GB, Intel, W10H
Fujitsu Lifebook E556-6500 15.6" i7-6500U, 8GB, 256GB, Intel, W10P
Dell Latitude 14 L7470-i5308G256SSD-W107 i5-6300U, 8GB, 256GB, Intel, W10P/ W7P
Dell Inspiron 15 7566-70854G-W10-SSD 15.6" i7-6700HQ, 8GB, 500GB, 128GB SSD, NV GTX960M, W10H
Asus ZenBook Flip UX360U-AKC4205T 13.3" i5-7200U, 8GB, 512GB, Intel, W10H

8gb ram and 256 gb ssd for max range 3.2k
pretty hard..... but that s13 is the closest the one that you looking for

Thanks for your advice.

What about Acer Swift 3? What I saw from website is only 4gb ram.
Is that ram upgradable? Or soldered?

Harvey Norman displayed 8gb ram model.

its soldered 4gb ram is kinda the most min for win10...its better get 8gb and above if u r thinking to purchase soldered ram. but the storage is up gradable.

Thanks for your reply. I had already bought a new laptop this morning without checking LYN (I assumed that nobody would ever reply after some waiting).

OH GOD I'M SO ANGRY AT MYSELF NOW

I initially aimed to purchase the Acer Aspire E5-575G-54G7 (15.6" i5 7200U, 4GB DDR4 SDRAM, 1 TB, NV 940MX, W10H), or your third suggestion, Acer Aspire F5-573G-556W (15.6" i5-7200U, 4GB, 1TB, 128GB, NV 940MX, W10H).

I ended up purchasing Acer F5-573G-57VD (15.6" i5 6200U, 4GB DDR4 SDRAM, 1TB, 128GB, NV 940MX, W10H) for MYR2699.

However, I find 4 problems pretty quickly that made me regret my purchase.



1. Battery Capacity
One of the first things I did after the purchase was to check the battery capacity. As you can see from the image above, the battery of my new laptop could only hold about 82% of its design capacity just an hour after purchase. This seems pretty bad for a new laptop, considering that the laptop my mother bought recently had a design capacity of 48000, and could actually hold over 49000+ one month after regular use.

People say that purchasing tech gadgets is always a hit-and-miss. I feel like I have "missed" plenty of times. Is this supposed to be normal for a new laptop, or should I bring this device back to the seller?

2. Battery Design
Given that I need to run my computer(s) for close to 20 hours daily, I thought I could at least attempt to prolong the lifespan of the battery by removing the battery and using the device plugged-in. To my horror, the battery for Aspire F15 F5-573G-57VD is built-in. There is no way to remove the battery without unscrewing the entire bottom panel.

I realized too late. I should have spent more time to check, but given that I was too preoccupied with the specs and the laptop was wrapped in cling film, I couldn't really see until after purchase.

3. Processor
As mentioned earlier, Acer Aspire F5-573G-556W was one of the laptops I planned to purchase. I told the shopkeeper that I wanted to see Acer Aspire F5-573G, thinking that all "573G" laptops are just the same. She recommended the "last 573G model they have", which is on display. Thinking that is the same model as the one I saw online (and you recommended), I didn't notice that the F5-573G-57VD comes with only i5 6200U processor, instead of the i5 7200U processor.

4. Pixellation
The screen will pixellate randomly, and the pixellations will disappear when I mouse over the weird black / colourful pixels. It's not easy to predict (only comes occasionally) and hard to duplicate. Is this something worth worrying about, or just something insignificant?

Bonus: Price
Only after purchasing the laptop for a hefty price of MYR2699, I learned that the exact same model of laptop is available for sale on Lazada for only MYR2448.

Please excuse me while I go stab myself.

Hello fellow Sifus and Dealers,
1. Preferred Brand - Any
2. Budget - <=RM3.5k
3. Usage - Multimedia, mostly work, web surfing, some movies and some games.
4. Screen size - 15.6"
5. Prefer i7-6700HQ, SSD

And I found this deal on lazada which pretty match to my requirements, but haven't use a lenovo b4
http://www.lazada.com.my/lenovo-ideapad-ip...k-17955855.html

Please, any other suggestions is welcome. Thanks!

can consider MSI 62 GL with gtx 960M gpu