FHD is okay la but if you really doing photoshop and stuff sRGB is important - so opt for the 4K screen due to 100% Adobe Colour

For me , I don't need that

consumer laptops - this is why i decided to jump to business laptop and a durable one - although thinkpad are now starting to becoming like apple...macbooks

Business laptop can tahan...anyway look for T480 with MX150..then pimp display for the sRGB

Else get one of those gaming laptops with 100% sRGB la...illgear or something...

RM 2500 eh ? Just go for consumer laptops..normally consumer laptops should be okay la


Can it tahan - all it depends , probably would last for 3 years ...

Anyway , since that guy is going to game , i would get an AMD laptop (should be okay la for the uni work , you don't need an i7 to crunch the numbers anyway). At the back of all uni students , they just want to play DOTA , MOBA games with a decent frame rate

Thinkpad E585 - sure it looks boring like heck , but with the current promo of RM 1 upgrade to 8GB of RAM + 128GB SSD + 1TB hard disk + Ryzen 5 = RM 2502 , probably if you ask for student discount you can get it lower...

RM 4527 with Illgear Raven , i7 + 16GB RAM + 128GB SSD + 1TB Hybrid HD + 144Hz IPS + with their freebies (its 1050Ti)

Two options

1. Buy a refurb thinkpad (they cost like < RM 1k , and then the extra money - buy it to upgrade RAM , SSD and few others. It would be worth while and also a new battery/extended battery)

2. Buy a E485 - I am not too sure about linux support (thinkpads have good linux support with intel - but not too sure with amd)

Btw for long battery life and 2K ...it's pretty hard....

Y530 as it looks like less of a gaming laptop instead

FIFA/PES , you can fire up one of the MX150 ultrabooks , it can handle those games pretty well...if those are the only games that you play

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3d4XLgndAU - look at the performance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyxHFBvNuaU

MX150 - got a few la..me i prefer a business laptop la

ThinkPad L480 with 3 year warranty around RM 3150 , it uses AMD card which is about the same as MX150


I am assuming your primary job is good working laptop la...however if you are really into gaming , these laptops aren't for you....i am assuming you are more into work and play games like FIFA

T490 is bad series...you can't even upgrade the ram...pretty much its like a cheap macbook

T480 - you can have 2 HDD - one is your 2.5" + 2242 slot

2242 slot you can use the WAN slot and it works. Can refer to Reddit

If you are serious about thinkpad , head over to reddit - you can get better recommendations

https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/...nd_ssd_to_t480/

You are trading build quality. I have never been a fan of HP Pavilion series anyway .....build quality is questionable

What's with the Ryzen , what sort of application are you going to run for your uni ? I'm super curious

You can get Windows 10 Pro upgrae keys for free. Psst - normally your educational provider has access to MSDNAA , you can then get a Windows 10 Pro key for free (since you are doing IT). Most uni have MSDNAA...poof Windows 10 Pro

That's how I upgraed my Lenovo - used back my old key.

Like ZM said - T480 is business laptop , Y530 is a gmaing laptop

If media/gaming is higher to you , Y530. If you think that you need a solid laptop that allows you to upgrade , lasts long , replace parts - opt for T480

Lots of typing eh ? Thinkpad keyboard for the win , I am not sure about the rest

http://www.gloo.com.my/brands-store/joi?product_id=100305

Take that instead , Joi is a malaysian brand - China OEM ....You get SSD - 256 , a touch screen + stylus...pretty much you can do the tasks

Personally I find Chuwi laptops are okay , for the price you pay - you get pretty good specs

It's marketed as Malaysia as JOI..you can just search - if you want local support/brand presence

You pay slightly more but then you know they have shops here la and can assist you with it

Tell your parents , buying online or customizing it means you get fresh new stocks , vs something that is there for couple of months in the warehouse...

Few options

Thinkpad L480 - for RM 2650 - you can get a Full HD IPS Panel + 8GB RAM (add 1 GB) + 3 year warranty next (add RM 1) + SSD . But it's an i3 , but then you get some durable laptop vs their ideapad series

Their ideapad 330s which is newer one , for RM 2650 you get an Core i5 , 4GB RAM (soldered tho) + SSD

https://www.lenovo.com/my/en/laptops/ideapa...B/p/88IP30S0987

Here is a review -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF0hEtvl9F0

VM ? Oh boy you gotta pump it up even more


Try Shopee , people sell 'cheap' keys. Now where they are sourced from , I am not too sure but it can be legally activated. Bought Windows 10 Pro upgrade from Shoppe

Depends on the manufacturer - some will put void stickers , others allow you to change parts and all...look at where the stickers are being placed

Ryzen is alright , FYI my X1 Extreme gets about 4-5 hours of battery life (Core i7). E585 is alright you can easily get 4-5 hours battery life

You can read it here , alternatively opt for the Intel variant if you want to....
http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/th...-review.827111/

Best part of it it uses usb-c , so bring a high-powered powerbank usb type c and you can charge your laptop instantly

3.5k ? Probably MSI gaming series you are looking at it. I am putting a side of the build quality and other factors and purely focusing on the needs

Or Lenovo Y530 series (if you can get it at that price)

I'll let ZM to give some recommendations before giving mine.

I'll answer your other question - Intel 620 is a okay card , when I say okay is basically you can run games which are 5-6 years old game in decent settings . You can't run latest games unless it's super low resolution + mods. But Intel HD graphics has gone a long way.

Personally it can handle modern games like overwatch , world of warcraft and few other light gaming that is optimised...

So yeah Intel HD 620 can help you to play those old NFS games at a pretty high settings