Dell Vostro's and Dell Inspiron 5000 aren't that differnt. Last time I checked Inspiron only have 10/100 ethernet while Vostro has 10/100/1000 ethernet.

Good question actually, I wonder why nobody asked me about this before. Yes, Dell has the best after sales service in Malaysia imo; however, most Inspiron models don't have big battery. It shouldn't be an issue at first since new Intel CPUs nowadays are very power efficient in idle/light loads; however, reviews had shown that the battery life sucks. There is a section in the list for those models with not so great battery life; however, Dell models are usually priced high. Inspiron 3000 series have mediocre build quality (best would be sturdy but feels cheap) while Inspiron 5000 series have OKish build quality (in terms of rigidity). Left Inspiron 7000 series, however they are usually expensive. Since many Inspiron 7000 series models aren't worth it imo, therefore they are not included in the list. For Vostros, I don't have enough info on other models besides 5471/5481, therefore I will not include the others for now. As I said before, different ppl will have different perspective/opinion when buying laptop, this is how I judge, yours might vary and you can ignore this list

(btw, there are still a few Dell models in the list)

Hi sifus,

Is that convincing to get an Lenovo Yoga 530 with AMD R7-2700U? Have no experience in comparing performance of AMD vs Intel core processor.. But the price in Lazada seems a huge different compared to i5 series : https://s.lazada.com.my/s.ASsz

Hi sifus,

Is that convincing to get an Lenovo Yoga 530 with AMD R7-2700U? Have no experience in comparing performance of AMD vs Intel core processor.. But the price in Lazada seems a huge different compared to i5 series : https://s.lazada.com.my/s.ASsz

wow, rm2k only. sufficient ram and fast storage. I like. I guess RAM prices are indeed coming down in price.

Limited time only (stock clearance)

Hi sifus,

Is that convincing to get an Lenovo Yoga 530 with AMD R7-2700U? Have no experience in comparing performance of AMD vs Intel core processor.. But the price in Lazada seems a huge different compared to i5 series : https://s.lazada.com.my/s.ASsz

Any recommendation for one 13" that comes with discrete graphics but wont break the bank?

Around 3500.  Was hoping the AMD Ryzen APU concept can deliver better.  But the 2019 R 3300 is a disappointment - same performance as R2500 but graphics downgraded from Vega 8 to Vega 6.

I guess its back to Intel + nVidia.  Just wanted an ultraportable that I can play some games on (nothing too fancy, like Civ) while plugged in.

Hi Sifu, if between Lenovo Ideapad 530s and Dell Inspiron 5481 which one you recommended. According to some reviews, Lenovo quality is not as good as Dell.

3300U is based on 2300U which is a 4c4t chip, 3500U and 2500U are 4c8t chips

Might want to increase budget to 4k unless you're fine with 14 inch

And like I mentioned, 13 inch laptops with dGPU will usually throttle

I'd still prefer 13" - makes  a lot of differences carrying it daily with other stuff in the bag.  If bumping it to 4k, what is the best one with a decent GPU?

I'd still prefer 13" - makes  a lot of differences carrying it daily with other stuff in the bag.  If bumping it to 4k, what is the best one with a decent GPU?

Microsoft surface pro is very good.... It makes a lot of diff ...huhu

Can show me where to get them at that price?

5. This list will be updated from time to time, however prices will fluctuate

Asus Zenbook UX333F-NA4050T / 051T / 162T - has low throttling point

There are reasons why there isn't a single Surface in this list...