Sorry but I'm updating the laptop list, will provide suggestions after I've done

Consider bumping up budget by a bit
Budget including SSD cost?
Max weight preferred in kg? Any preference on battery life?

Budget is not inclusive of SSD, that one will be done separately.
If you don't mind can I see the difference in option between my <2k budget and "bumping budget by a bit"?

No preference in weight and battery life, as long as the laptop is of ultrabook size and easy to carry around.

13 inch:
Asus Zenbook UX331F-ALEG010T - soldered RAM, good IPS
Lenovo Ideapad 720s 13 Intel 81BV000BMJ/CMJ - soldered RAM, good IPS
HP Envy 13-AH0041TX - soldered RAM, good IPS, with dGPU
Asus Zenbook UX331U-ALEG032T/033T - soldered RAM, good IPS

14 inch:
Lenovo Thinkpad A485
Lenovo Thinkpad L480
Asus Zenbook UX430U-NGV176T - soldered RAM, good IPS, with dGPU
Acer Swift 3 SF314-54-55JD/57FD/59T5 +RAM, SF314-55-501C +RAM
Lenovo Ideapad 330S-14IKB +RAM+HDD (optional)
Lenovo Ideapad 320S-14IKB/14IKBR +RAM+SSD

15 inch:
Lenovo Thinkpad L580
Lenovo Ideapad 330S-15IKB +RAM
Acer Aspire 5 A515-52G-547K/58R8/58H9 +RAM+SSD
Acer Aspire 5 A615-51G-53QF +RAM+SSD
Acer Swift 3 SF315-51-54ZB/520J - soldered RAM

1. TBH most laptop speakers have 'nothing special' sound quality, suggest using external speakers/headphones
2. I've excluded 2 in 1

Much better performance (CPU, RAM...)

Cheapest good option would be Lenovo Ideapad 330S-14IKB +RAM or Ideapad 320S-14IKB/14IKBR +RAM+SSD

Any preference on weight, battery life and display quality (sRGB)? Prefer gaming laptop?

Long term usage - performance can barely keep up after 5 years, reliability mainly depends on luck

1. Preferred Brand : any reliable brand with service centre in KL/PJ
2. Budget : 5k
3. Screen size : touch screen 13-15in
4. Main preference : ssd, reliable, not too heavy, long warranty would be great, enough processing power/ram/etc to handle my usage.
5. Usage : ms office, watching movies, video calls (no need hi-res camera), photo editing and other relatively light programs like ms office.

the ones that i have seen online but dont know how good they are....
Inspiron 13 7000 (7380) rm4698.99; i7 8565u; 16gb dd4; 512gb ssd; 13.3in display; 3Yr Premium Support:Onsite Service
Inspiron 14 5000 2-in-1 (5482) rm4998.99; i7 8565u; 16gb dd4; 512gb ssd; 14in touch; 2Yr Premium Support:Onsite Service
ThinkPad T580 rm5051; i5-8250U; 15.6" FHD IPS (1920x1080) AntiGlare 250nits Touch; 8GB DDR4; NVIDIA GeForce MX150 GDDR5 2G; 512GB ssd, 1 Year Depot or Carry-in

This post has been edited by roadie: Dec 18 2018, 11:06 AM

Preferred max weight in kg and min battery life in hours? Need dGPU?

If you want best reliability, premium business laptops
No brand is the 'most reliable' FYI

weight i would say max 2kg but i am not lugging it around everyday so if its slightly over i wont mind. battery life of 6 hours while working with office software will be great. i have no idea about the gpu... what i need is that a movie on the local drive around 5gb size will play smoothly. i dont do much gaming.

HP Spectre x360 13-AE089TU / 13-AP0044TU - soldered RAM
Lenovo Thinkpad L380 Yoga
Lenovo Yoga 730 13 - soldered RAM
Lenovo Yoga 720 13 81C300B4MJ/B5MJ - expensive, soldered RAM
HP Envy 13 (forgot which exact model though - EOL model, no stylus support) - soldered RAM
Acer Spin 5 SP513-52N-58QD - soldered RAM

With shorter battery life:
HP Envy x360 13-AG0003AU - inconsistent battery life and CPU performance, soldered RAM
Lenovo Ideapad Miix 520 81CG01L8MJ/L9MJ - tablet, soldered RAM
Acer Swift 5 SF514-52T-50DZ/59ZV - soldered RAM, no stylus support, poor CPU performance
Dell Inspiron 7373 - soldered RAM
Lenovo Yoga 730 15 - with GTX 1050

All have good sRGB display for photo editing

Perfectly fitting for all my requirements, thanks so much for the recommendation. Please also let me know if there's any more choice in my price range.

If under 2.5k (not including upgrades), also can consider these, however they are 15 inch models:
Lenovo Ideapad 330S-15IKB +RAM
Acer Aspire 5 A615-51G-53QF +RAM+SSD

This post has been edited by ZM Fong: Dec 18 2018, 10:38 PM

1. Budget: around 3.5k. can up to 4k if deal is good haha
2. Usage: movies, Ms office, maybe some light gaming like nba 2k etc. Mainly looking for multimedia laptop.
3. Requirement:
- don't really have any specific brand in mind but tend to prefer Lenovo, Dell or HP.
- 13-14 inch screen
- preferrably ram and HDD/SSD not soldered
- nice screen will be a plus otherwise will be mostly connected to a monitor
- not too thick - less than 2cm and 2kg maybe?
- battery life not really a concern ~5hrs seems pretty ok

Thanks in advance sifus

This post has been edited by boombastick: Dec 19 2018, 12:19 AM

Choose between these 2: Good display (high sRGB) or, upgradable RAM

Need dGPU?

Recommedations for best bang for buck, thin and light, gaming ultrabook?

Any suggestion for gaming labtop
Budget around 4-5k max
Student use for writing light games edit video and good cooling system
Weight around 2kg max maybe 2.5kg
Monitor 14 to 15 inch
Batery not really concern
Prefer ssd
Thanks

can see the choices between good display and upgradable ram? would tend to favour upgradable ram more - but how suck would the display be?

not necessarily need dGPU, but if got something like mx150 would be good.

thanks again

guys... anyone came across or experience the HP Envy 13 (ah1003tx).. the specs are different from other envy..

https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c0614...001_title_r0002

If yes, whats your comment on it..? Yay..?? Nay..??

This post has been edited by yuvanesh: Dec 19 2018, 01:38 PM

Preferred max weight in kg and min battery life in hours? Max budget?

Don't mind good TN panel?

This post has been edited by ZM Fong: Dec 19 2018, 03:23 PM