Hi I'm looking for a laptop recommendation. I already have a gaming laptop at home which is my main workhorse. But I have been finding that the battery life is too poor. I'm looking for one that has better mobility and battery life. I use it mainly for web browsing, movie, and software development.
Preferably, 13" or 14".
In terms of feature priority, 1. Battery life(>7 hours on moderate use) 2. Performance 3. Weight(not really particular)
Currently eyeing T495, or Huawei Matebook 13. Was eyeing X395 too, but I found that I didnt like 13" in 16:9 ratio. A little too small to my taste. But 14" in 16:9 is fine. Performance-wise, doesnt have to be too high, as I still have my main laptop. Just that looking for something that it is easier to bring along as I attend seminars, workshops, or travelling. Thanks for any recommendations.
Get a laptop that support USB PD (type C charging) and buy a powerful laptop powerbank like AUKEY or Xiaomi.
actually I'm curious, would you prefer 1 upgradeable RAM slot (single channel only) or 2 soldered RAM?
1 upgradeable generally tops at 16GB the most, except for special case like MSI PS42, heard that it can upgrade to 32GB on its only slot.
While for the case of 2 soldered, I won’t settle for anything less than 16GB in total. Plain 8GB is gonna get obsoleted in near future at the rare smartphones getting their RAM bigger and bigger each years. Many premium ultrabooks charge >RM500 to upgrade from 8GB models to 16GB models, that’s their market strategy.
There’s a popular market practice nowadays of 4GB soldered + another module slot. This one is as bad as single channel single module in first case in the first scenario, but if it’s sub RM2k budget computer, I won’t complain much. For those 3k plus PC like L340 Gaming, that’s just plain stupid.
This post has been edited by msacras: Sep 26 2019, 09:07 PM
Why not? You certainly won’t like to utilise your memory >90% when you’re working around with your PC. 8GB is nothing after few programs running in the back or few pages of webs on browser.
Even smartphones are hitting over 10GB RAM in 2019, the requirements will only grow upwards, not stagnant.
This post has been edited by msacras: Sep 26 2019, 10:37 PM
Well I'm looking at my budget around RM3k so this Thinkbook is really appealing cause of the price point.
Beggars cant be choosers.
Eventhough for the moment Thinkpad isn’t under Citibank CCS 45% offer, I will say no harm waiting for few more days and see if they decide to include them later on. The sales should last till 6th October, don’t need to be too rush, especially on Thinkbook (except may be you interested and value the 10,000 AirAsia big points, then Thinkbook got the edge). The price of Thinkbook had been like that since months ago.
Any laptop you suggest fits my budget other than this?
At the moment no thinkpads on sale.
For other brands, may be dell vostro you can get it for cheap and have an overall complete package, namely upgradable RAM and USB PD support. Price can range as low as 2.6k something to 3k++ https://www.dell.com/en-my/work/shop/busine...9542213myw10pro
Is Huawei Mate 15D R7 512GB 8GB good enough for Microsoft office and AutoCAD work?
Is the price RM2899 worth it?
Again, last gen (3rd) processor.
AMD had strike the lottery with their 4th gen Ryzen mobile. It's performance and efficiency gain is so much so that it obsolete all the last gen's offering (and of course Intel too). More efficiency node size (7nm vs 12nm), more powerful CPU single thread performance (on par with Intel) & GPU (the Ryzen 4000 Vega 8 is even better than the old Vega10 found on Ryzen 3700u). Also, the system and VRAM speed had a huge leap from last year's 2400mHz.
For example, 3500u is worse than the newer 4300u. 3700u is worse than 4500u etc.
There's simply no reason to look at these 3rd gen Ryzen, unless they're dirt cheap and go below RM2k.
This post has been edited by msacras: Sep 5 2020, 08:01 PM
Can i know which type of SSD to buy for upgrade? and these model upgradable in term of storage?
Up course, those are just normal M2 NVME SSD.
Some of the models even have additional slot to mount multiple M2 SSD drives at once (though not every of them can run both at once).
Best is to check the teardown video of the exact model you're getting and you will get the idea of what's coming (cooling/maintenance/upgradeability etc.)
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