Thanks for the quick review. The model will have BOTH 1TB HDD and 128GB SSD.
Currently using HP Envy 13 6th Generation 15-6200U with 128 GB SSD. Will become slow with multitasking (Office app-word and excel open together, Stats app, Browser etc) recently.
HP offering 8GB RAM with 2 HDD is quite tempting.

1. Preferred brand : any
2. Budget : RM 2,000
3. Usage : work, assignments,web browsing
4. Screen Size : 13" or 14" in 13inch body
5. Other: light

Perhaps if the programs run from SSD it will not face any slow down. The 1TB HDD is of lower speed so you can feel the difference. I think your Envy might seem tad faster too. I was using HP ProBook 440 G2 before the motherboard gave out.

1. Preferred brand : Any
2. Budget : 4-4.3k
3. Usage : Work (mostly MATLAB) and Gaming
4. Screen Size : 14"-15"
5. Other: Prefer the 8th gen i5 (over i7 if it gets a better GPU like the new MX150)

thank you!!!

actually my envy 13 is a 6th generation i5 with 128gb SSD and 4GB ram... getting slower with multiple win10 updates and multiple apps (word, excel, spss, smartpls, chrome).
thinking of getting hp pavilion 14 with 8th generation i5 with both 128gb SSD and 1TB HDD and 8gb ram, hoping that new CPU will be better at multitasking.

envy 13 price bought rm2899 but suddenly increased to 3699....
pavilion 14 offered at rm3148 (after coupon)

worth to upgrade from envy 13 to pavilion 14?

actually my envy 13 is a 6th generation i5 with 128gb SSD and 4GB ram... getting slower with multiple win10 updates and multiple apps (word, excel, spss, smartpls, chrome).
thinking of getting hp pavilion 14 with 8th generation i5 with both 128gb SSD and 1TB HDD and 8gb ram, hoping that new CPU will be better at multitasking.

envy 13 price bought rm2899 but suddenly increased to 3699....
pavilion 14 offered at rm3148 (after coupon)

worth to upgrade from envy 13 to pavilion 14?

1. Preferred brand : Lenovo
2. Budget : RM 2000
3. Usage : just Google calender and web browsing
4. Screen Size : 10 - 13 in ( a 2 in 1 preferably )
5. Other: light and portable

Am eying on Lenovo miix 320 and a few yoga laptops
( But there's so many yoga's I have no idea what's what )


I'm a very light user ... So most probably a decent screens and a light lappy would be great

For storage I'll use and external hard drive


My Lenovo G480 is kinda dead after 5 years so yeahh

will asus ux331 zenbook come to malaysia? price range?

Though old, Envy is different class of laptop and Pavilion, sadly is more of an entry level laptop which is why from personal usage view, I believe it underperforms. Especially when starting up. Given the price point as well, perhaps you want to compare with similar offering from Dell or Lenovo.

this is the spec of HP Pavilion 14

HP Pavilion 14-bf163TX Laptop
Online Exclusive - 8GB memory & SSD

8th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-8250U Processor
Windows 10 Home Single Language 64
14" diagonal FHD IPS BrightView WLED-backlit (1920 x 1080)
8 GB DDR4-2400 SDRAM (1 x 8 GB); 1 TB 5400 rpm SATA; 128GB SSD
NVIDIA® GeForce® 940MX (2 GB GDDR5 dedicated)
Weight 1.6kg
Dimension similar to other 13.3inch laptop

Price RM3349... with coupon become RM3148
http://h20386.www2.hp.com/MalaysiaStore/Me...01&opt=&sel=NTB

so far... similar Dell is Inspiron 13 2-in-1 but single HDD and onboard graphics and a bit more expensive (rm3699). Lenovo e480 is >rm4k for similar spec.

any other options?

Yeah, in the end it comes down to your personal preference + budget. As a normal work laptop, perhaps the Pavilion will serve good. The graphic cards, in my opinion, doesn't serve much purpose unless you are into gaming or do graphic intensive work, which again, might not be as superior to other higher level laptop. For normal users, onboard graphic should be sufficient.

Go with what you prefer bro

thanks for the input. really appreciate it. i dont play games. mainly for work.
will still continue thinking.

i dont get it.
HP Pavilion 14 (in ur link) has 8GB RAM, 14 inch screen, 2 types of storages: 1TB HDD & 128GB SSD, 940MX. price rm3148 (after MYOFF6 coupon)
vs
HP Pavilion 15 (ur link) has 4GB RAM, 15.5 inch screen, 1TB HDD, MX150. price rm2725 (after MYOFF6 coupon)

rm423 difference. (+4GB RAM, + 128GB SSD)

by the way, i need 8GB RAM for my statistical apps.

if u have any other options at rm3k price range with 8GB RAM, portable and good battery life, will be much appreciated.

TQ sifu

1. Preferred brand : any
2. Budget : rm5k ball park
3. Usage : rpg gaming ie witcher 3, shadow of mordor, skyrim
4. Screen Size : 15"

currently considering illegear raven cny 1 package, but came across acer aspire V nitro around the same price but with i7 instead of i5.

my ideal spec

i5/i7
8gb ram
256gb ssd + 1tb hdd
gtx 1050 ti 4 gb
1080p ips


This post has been edited by ToddStarz: Feb 20 2018, 03:30 AM

1. Preferred brand : prestigous brand
2. Budget : RM2500
3. Usage : Words, Movies, Light gaming ( Dota 2, CS, etc )
4. Screen Size : 14 - 15.6

Hello gurus, please help me to find the best for the buck laptop. Currently i heard MX150 gpu are great for games and are also budget friendly as i really cant afford to get something like gtx 1050. I dont think i can raise my budget more than this.

1. Preferred brand : lenovo/dell/asus
2. Budget : RM2800
3. Usage : Words, Movies, Light-Moderate gaming (RO, CS, gta)
4. Screen Size : 14 - 15.6

Thanks man!

if u wan mainly for work n no gaming.. get la elitebook, latitude... no gpu n better build quality.. y look at those weird keyboard type.. i feel sad bout pavilion keyboard...

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NVIDIA® GeForce® 940MX 2GB GDDR5 Windows 10 Home Single Language (64bit) English
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