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Notebook Specific Discussion Section
ILLEGEAR Z5 & Z7 Discussion Thread V3
ILLEGEAR Custom Gaming Laptops v.3
Gigabyte/Aorus Series
Clevo/Sager Discussion
Alienware
Dell Inspiron Discussion
Dell Latitude Ultrabook 7000 Series
DELL Studio XPS™
ASUS ROG
ASUS A | N | U Series
MSI
Acer V Nitro
Lenovo IdeaPad Y Series
AFTERSHOCK PC Custom Notebook
LEVEL51 Malaysia by AFTERSHOCK PC
THUNDEROBOT

1. Huawei MateBook X Pro
2. Dell XPS 13
3. Asus ZenBook Flip S UX370 (incredible 2-in-1 laptop)
4. Apple Macbook Pro with Touch Bar 13-inch 2018 [Improvement for 2018]
5. MSI GS65 Stealth [The best gaming laptop 2018]
6. Dell XPS 15 2-in-1
7. Acer Predator Helios 300 [budget gaming laptop] *with GTX1060
8. Asus Chromebook Flip
9. Microsoft Surface Book 2 (13.5-inch) [most powerful 2-in-1 laptop in the world]
10. Acer Switch 3 [A great Surface Book 2 competitor at half the price]
11. Apple MacBook 12-inch (2017)[Last year's MacBook is another winner] **Still worth to buy
12. Google Pixelbook [A premium Chromebook]
13. Lenovo Yoga 920
14. Acer Swift 3 [A budget Ultrabook]
15. Samsung Notebook 9 [MacBook Pro alternative]
***Worth Mentioning for Budget Gaming Notebook with GTX1050ti – Dell G7***

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This post has been edited by pandera999: Mar 7 2019, 10:55 AM

thanks for the info

Wow checking in on first page of V31

This post has been edited by DS_Legacy: Sep 19 2018, 04:38 PM

Congrats v.31

gongxi gongxi

Thanks guys.. continuing the legacy of mobile computing... for the growth of community...

wilsonphua Ely bro..lol

Yay first one to ask in v.31.I t's a long one, please bear with me

Budget:
4k +-, max 5k if really necessary, but prefer to spend as little possible as long requirements met

Usage: college use, Visual Studio, web surfing & video streaming. Wanna try video editing and make some youtube videos but that will be just secondary hobby (does discreet GPU help? Sorry if noob question), no gaming

Requirement:
- RAM and SSD must be DIY upgradeable (not soldered)
- Battery life: min 4-5 hours of web surfing or office work. User removable battery a plus.
- Display: no size preference and no need high-end display. Plan to use external monitor in future
- Weight: no preference
- Brand: no preference but must be reliable and don't die within 2 years. International warranty a plus.
- Discreet GPU if it is important for video editing
- Good keyboard
- No need: touch-screen, convertible/2-in-1, thin and light, nice appearance

Thanks all sifu

No one can guarantee on reliability since it kinda depends on luck. I suggest you to try out keyboard on your own as everyone has different preference. dGPU will help in video editing but not 100% necessary.

Prefer regular laptop/Ultrabook or gaming/performance laptop?

Prefer regular laptop as I read that gaming laptop tend to have bad battery life, no?

The reliability requirement is more about avoiding brands that often have cases of their laptop die early. So need suggestion from you experts since you have more knowledge on this issue.

for ur usage i think u need high ram n multicores processor.. video editing eat processor n ram(generally, unless u use some weird software tat eat GPU)... if u scare die fast then better get DELL latitude lo, lenovo thinkpad (skip hp elitebook, coz they no more elite like they used to be)

generally i7-8750h is superb.. but its very hot if u dun repaste with good thermal gel (sadly malaysia only hv thermal grizzly boleh pakai, cooler master mastergel fail)

any laptop to recommend for powerpoint presentation + skype + simple web browsing?

im guessing 15", ips, and tablet mode if you know what i mean

Budget? Preferred max weight and minimum battery life?

most balanced value for money i guess.

no extreme preference on any of those points.

going to start over again, friend suddenly more firm on what he wants


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any laptop to recommend for powerpoint presentation + skype + simple web browsing?
im guessing 13"-14", ips, and tablet mode (2in1?) if you know what i mean, , light enough

below rm4k

This post has been edited by biatche: Sep 20 2018, 01:35 PM

Give me a range on budget (roughly) to make things easier

Need good IPS (high sRGB)? Or low end IPS is enough (low sRGB)?

below 4k, preferably less. looking at yoga 530 right now.

1. HP Envy x360 13 - good IPS display, however Ryzen APU is a wrong choice in such small Ultrabook (performance and battery life issues)
2. Acer Spin 5 13 - good IPS panel, however RAM is soldered and the cooling is OKish (common in 13 inch Ultrabooks)
3. Lenovo Yoga 520/530 with i5-8250U - needs RAM upgrade (only 1 slot), low sRGB IPS panel

If you don't mind smaller battery:
Dell Inspiron 7570 - good IPS panel
HP Pavilion x360 14 cd0036tx - needs RAM upgrade, low sRGB IPS panel

1. Budget : Max 3.8k

2. Usage : Mostly used for digital art and some light gaming. Programs used for digital art - Clip Studio Paint, Adobe Photoshop (and possibly Krita?)

3. Requirements (display size, battery life, weight etc) :
- Display size doesn't matter to me, just want a decent screen with either good colour accuracy. If there's best colour accuracy under my budget would be nice.
- Battery life don't really matter to me, plugged in most of the time.
- Weight doesn't matter.
- Brands I'm not sure... just want reliable build quality that will last years. But if it'll make recommendations from you guys easier, Dell would be my go-to brand.
- I don't need 2-in-1, touchscreen and all since I only work with Wacom Intuos plugged into my laptop.

More additional notes : I'm not too sure whether I want a general use laptop or a gaming laptop tbh. As long it can run my art programs then it's fine. As for gaming, I don't think I play titles that are too demanding and most games I just set settings to low.

I suggest laptops with powerful hardware and good sRGB display

Illegear Raven with 144Hz 100% sRGB IPS
Lenovo Legion Y530 (apply 15% discount code 'EDM15', this week only) with 144Hz 72% NTSC IPS (1050TI only)
Commandos Glock 5 (Clevo NB50TK1) with 72% NTSC IPS