how about dell D800?? for budget over 8000, u can get 3 years complete cover warranty, with SXGA screen and 128mb nvidia 5650.

what's the main difference between Dell inspiron series with Latitude series? Anyone here try it b4?

every nb now is below 3.5kg... except the new dell inspiron 9300.

engvistlim, i think u can buy FTEC 8050 which is 15.4 screen, with 128mb ati9700....sure can run all those software smoothly! ant the new price is RM45++... u can check it at the their website.

just back from Ikano Harvey Norman.

for those who are looking for HP notebook, u all can go there for a look since now there is RM400 rebate, cheaper than lowyat. However, the rebate is just for the first 20 units only.

This post has been edited by wsl: Mar 4 2005, 03:08 PM

if u are looking for 15.4' widescreen, u can go for dell inspiron 6000, or HP NC8220 (RM5999), or Acer 1682

u have to wait till end of July for dell to come out the coupon again... Normally this online coupon offer available a week b4 pc fair.

yeah... i think this nec m540 1800dr is the most worth buy compare with other brands in terms of its processor and video card. I think it is a good choice. If i have $$$ now, for sure i will grab it too...

u can do some survey in this week pc fair and bargain for the best price.

here's the notebook link:
http://www.nec-asia.com/minisites/M540/M540_features_1.asp

This post has been edited by wsl: Mar 23 2005, 09:58 PM

i dont think they can be upgraded... the other diff is the proc speed, one is 1.6G another one is 1.8G.... huge price diff between these 2.

if u are searching for notebook which has powerful graphic card, may be u can consider compaq B3819, cheapest price i saw is RM5599. It is equipped with radeon 9700 128mb too.

But, in my opinion, M540 1800DR is more worth buy since it has larger screen, dvd burner, larger hdd (80G, not 60G) and faster proc just for the extra RM400, compared with B3819. The only thing is this model is not that popular in europe/us, may be it is a asia pacific model, which is same with B3819.

I havent see the actual product, so dunno how's the quality. I also dunno whether there is issue/prob with nec notebook too.

so, may be this coming pc fair u can get a good bargain.

boringping, the M540 1800DR now selling @ RM5799, with freegift. Do check it out in pc fair.

btw, if u are not a gamer/designer, u may consider IBM R51 (1830KA3) which it's built quality is superb.... RM5188, with 3 years warranty.

if ask me between B3819 with M540, I will choose M540 which are the same price at RM5799.

Between M540 with Dell Inspiron, the main difference is the graphis card. One with 9700, another one with X300. there is not bench mark to compare mobile graphic. But, i think 9700 is more powerful.

If u consider dell inspiron 6000, may be u have late 1 week already bcoz last week dell got online coupon which give u rm1000 rebate after u configure I6000 over RM6500 which is very worth compare with M540 1800DR.

If u have decide I6000 and not in rush to own a notebook, may be u can wait till end of July, a week b4 pc fair 2. I think they will come out the coupon again.

i think they are same=centrino.. the only diff is the sticker with centrino looks prettier.

welcome... act i'm planning to get a nb, but since i'm now in holiday, may be i will wait till july/aug to get one.

remember to give ur comment, the best price u get and free gift when u start to enjoy it!

the precaution when u are getting a nb is make sure all the spec is correct... also, make sure the warranty card is filled in, and check the serial number. Make sure the guy is giving a totally new unit out from the box, with the sealed sticker never open.. For checking reason, may be u can check for dead pixel on the spot first.

last year my fren went to lowyat to buy a nec, the salesman go to store said to take the nb, but we waited for 25 mins only he came, then i found that the nb is hot at the bottom, so i tell my fren that unit is not a new unit, but my fren said nvm..... I think the unit he get is a demo unit during pc fair (he bought a week after pc fair), so, the salesman took 25 mins to install the recovery cd to make it looks like new unit!

ooops, boringpig, i just ckecked from the brochure i get from pc fair, seems that Acer 1691WLMi is very closed spec with M540. It has free upgrade to 128mb X700 (more powerful than 9700), 80G HDD, but centrino 1.6G only. RM 5388.

May be u can have a closed observation on these 2 models.

Also, if u hv extra $$$, may be u can ask for 3 years warranty for NEC, RM299. My fren NEC got more than 5 dead pixels after one year.

frenzy, since ur uncle has the budget of RM9000, may be u can consider DELL Precision M70 notebook. It's the most high end notebook in dell series.

so, how many hours can the battery last? from what i read from cnet, it only last for 2++ hours only...

if u are free, do test run 3dmark03 and 3dmark05 to see how many marks it can reach!

somebody did mention here that asus after sales service is not good... take very long time to rma.

dell u hv to buy it online... want to see the real thing? may be u can look for ur frens who own it, or wait till the next pc fair.

august....

how much is asus v6000v or 6500v selling in malaysia?? i cant any price online.... and I found that they are elegant!