thanks.. will keep in mind and begin hands on testing later

1.Preferred Brand : Dell or acer or hp
2. Budget : Around RM1000~RM1500
3. Screen size : normal standard size., lightweight
4. Config : Intel Pentium, 4GB RAM, 500GB HD, DVDRW, Basic Graphic card, long lasting battery
5. Usage : For work like typing Word/Excel, browsing internet, watching movie/football.

This post has been edited by wjtai: Nov 21 2018, 12:44 AM

What you believe is totally baseless and totally wrong .

Heyyy guys its me again...I have trouble choosing between these three 3 model..,Regardless of ram,ssd and hdd...,these 3 have similar specs, processor and gpu...Between these three..,which might possibly be the overall winner?


Asus Vivobook S S530U-NBQ326T 15.6 inch Laptop/ Notebook

OR

Acer Swift 3 SF315-51G-56T6 15.6 inch Laptop/ Notebook

OR

HP Pavilion 15-cs0033TX

PS: weight and battery life can be ignored...I care about build quality,performance,display and thermal...Thanks in advance.

This post has been edited by Jay1221: Nov 21 2018, 05:06 AM

Build quality, display, performance (after RAM+SSD upgrades) and thermal are similar between these 3. I would choose Swift 3 due to better battery life, however it has soldered RAM and can be quite bulky

S530 is a bit expensive, and no review from NBC yet

Go used, budget too low

Hi,

If I reduce below spec:
3. Screen size : smallest (cheaper?)
4. Config : Intel Pentium, 2GB RAM, 250GB HD, , Basic Graphic card

Any recommendation?

If go for 2nd hand,
any recommendation?

Thanks.

Pentium+4GB RAM+HDD is already struggling to handle light tasks in W10

Search for used premium Thinkpads (T,X,W series) with 1 year warranty

1. Budget : 5000

2. Usage : MS Office work and entertainment/light gaming like netflix, youtube, pubg mobile emulator

3. Requirements:
Display: 13-15inch not TN if possible
Battery: at least 8hrs with normal use
Weight: not too heavy.
Brand: I'm open to all brands but something that doesn't look too gamey.

Care to elaborate?

No

Give a range on weight. Any preference on display quality?

Thank you for the suggestions. Just wondering, what about Dell?

Not worth it mainly due to battery life and price, warranty is the best though

1. Budget : 2900 below

2. Usage : Ms Office, Web surfing, Watch Video and Playing some Light games

3. Requirements:
Display: 14-15inch with FHD IPS screen not TN panal
Gpu: Mx 150, Mx 110 or even non dgpu also can acceptable
Battery: more than 5 or 6 hours for web surfering and typing
Weight: Any
Brand: Open for All brand or recommended for me most reliable laptop model under with rm 2900

Additional Question i want to ask should need to upgrade the samsung ssd for fast boosting Win 10 and chrome only in my laptop ? or Another budget brand of ssd like kingstom, adata or crucial enough for me to boost up the win 10? because i afraid the budget ssd are not stable and shorter lifespan than the expensive one like samsung brand. can mention the laptop model that able to install the 3.0 pcie sdd, m.2 ssd or sata ssd ?

finally i need to ask which kind of the brand for laptop ram that are more stable and longer lifespan than other one ? i just need to add more 4gb ram only. is the budget brand of laptop ram are good enough for me to using around 4 or 5 years ?

This post has been edited by xkidx: Nov 22 2018, 12:27 AM

As mentioned by others, you maybe opt for used/refurbish set...just got to build my laptop for office work

ThinkPad x230
i5 3230M
4 gb
320 gb HDD

Cost me for RM 530 for refurbish set with 3 month warranty

Swap the hdd with ssd 240 - cost RM 127
Swap ram with 2x8gb Corsair vengeance - cost RM 350


Total RM 1007...totally worth it as it better than laptop provided by employer (ThinkPad L440 i5 4200M, 4gb, 500gb hdd).

Every brand has good and bad models, same goes to SSD. IMO Samsung SSD is too expensive, I can help you to choose if you want. NVMe and SATA SSD don't really matter for normal users

RAM is RAM, any brand will do. Lifetime warranty

Hey i found the two laptop model which is aspire 5 52g i5 8260 with fhd ips screen 15.6 inch and ideapal 320s 14, this two kind of model enable to upgrade the ram and ssd from pro active shop in lowyat but i not sure can upgrade with pci nmve and nvme sata or not btw this two model would u recommended for me to using around 2 or 4 years above ?

How can i take care the laptop with pcie nvme or nvme sata ssd ?

Can u recommended the ssd and ram brand which is stable and not eaaily to get faulty under rm 400 below for me ? or i just straight away upgrade to samsung ssd ?

And the ram can install with any kind of brand ? Because based on my experience on desktop should choose with the same specific of ram and same brand of ram like kingston only can mix with kingston

And i also i have read some review which is the laptop shop free to help u install with cheat ssd and ram that is not reliable because most of them they want u to get faulty easiliy in order to charge me with extra fees like repair the ssd and ram or the maintance fees. How i can avoid with this kind of threat for me ?

This post has been edited by xkidx: Nov 22 2018, 08:46 AM

THanks for your recommendation!

THanks for your recommendation!