1. Preferred brand : HP, Dell, Asus, MSI, feel free to recommend others except for Acer. I prefer if the laptop has a Intel/NVIDIA combo.
2. Budget : <RM3000
3. Usage : It'll will be an university laptop which I'm planning to use for programming, web browsing and gaming. Games such as Doom (2016), GTA V can be playable with frame rates (30 FPS) to say the least, higher the better. I don't mind lowering the settings to make it playable.
4. Screen Size : Anything less than 16' inches is good, but feel free to recommend something bigger if it can fit my needs.
5. Battery Life : At least 3 hours of battery life for gaming usage, and longer battery life during casual use when programming and browsing the web, etc.
6. Ports: At least 1 USB 3.0 port on it, and a couple more USB ports. I'd prefer if the laptop also included a DVD drive but I'm fine without it too.
7. Others: The laptop should include Bluetooth 4 and the charging port must be on the left side of the laptop. Other than that, I want the laptop to be easily upgradable in the future like replacing hard drives and stuff. I'd like the laptop to have an SSD+HDD combo on it. If that's not possible for the price, I'm fine with an SSD only laptop but I'd be better if there's a slot that I can insert my SATA HDD later on without removing the SSD making it a SSD+HDD combo. The laptop also must include manufacturer warranty at least from 1 year+ and could be bought at Lowyat Plaza or somewhere near Petaling Jaya or Kuala Lumpur.
Well thanks for reading my post in advance, looking forward to the recommendations you will come up with
