IIRC, last month end Lenovo X Citibank sales do include X1 Extreme Gen2, which fits all your requirements and still have headroom for more.

Next week is end of this month, they gonna have sale again, but not too sure if X1 Extreme will be inside the sale list again or not though.

This post has been edited by msacras: Sep 22 2019, 11:44 AM

Ryzen mobile APUs are at best only quadcore though.

Their performance do trail quite close to what Intel’s quadcores can offer in single threaded tasks, while at scenarios beating Intel in multi-threaded tasks.

The deciding factor here is whether you need the more powerful GPU that Ryzen APU offer or not.

Can accept up to 2.2kg?

Sure, I'm guessing that you will recommend the Y40?

Only concern for me is that it "Ships within 6 - 8 weeks"

Processor : Intel Core i7-9750H Processor (2.60GHz, up to 4.50GHz with Turbo Boost, 6 Cores, 12MB Cache)
Operating System : Windows 10 Home Single Language 64
Preload Language : Windows 10 Home Single Language 64 English/Simplified Chinese
Microsoft Office : Microsoft Office Trial
Total Memory : 32GB (16+16) DDR4 2666MHz SoDIMM
First Hard Drive : 1TB Hard Drive, 5400RPM, 2.5", 7mm
Second Hard Drive : 512GB Solid State Drive, M.2 2280, PCIe-NVMe, TLC
Display : 15.6" FHD (1920x1080), LED Backlight, IPS, 300nits, Anti-glare, 144Hz
Graphic Card : NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB GDDR6 192bits
Color : Black
Keyboard : Keyboard Backlit Black English
Camera : 720p HD Camera with Array Microphone
Surface Treatment : Texture Painting
Chipset : HM370
Palmrest : PC/ABS
Battery : 3 Cell Li-Polymer Internal Battery, 57Wh
Power Adapter : 230W AC Adapter (3pin)-UK
WiFi Wireless LAN Adapters : Intel Wireless-AC 9560 2x2 AC, Bluetooth Version 4.1
Language Pack : Publication-English/Simplified Chinese
Warranty : Ideapad 1 Year Carry-in

Lenovo Legion Y740 15 81HE007EMJ, Y740 15 customize

Not Y540 ya (since you want TB3)

If you want business grade can consider Thinkpad X1E G2 / P1 G2, however thermals are worse

Want to upgrade from Compaq XP laptop (10 years old). The user is still quite satisfied with it, except that when opening multiple programs, it is laggy and fan noise too loud. (She is very hardcore, her phone is Redmi note non-4G, car is Kancil 20 years old)

Budget to upgrade: <RM2500
Expected improvement: not laggy, lighter weight, same 14" screen.

I suggest to her to get an Win10 laptop with i5, 8G RAM, 256GB SSD.
(her old laptop HDD is 320GB, and she's a little concern with 256GB SSD, because she knows that Win10 eats up much more space. She is okay to save movie files to a portable HDD)

Saw Lazada / Shopee selling Acer Swift 3 SF314 for <RM2300, which I think fulfill all her requirements.

Any better suggestions?

This post has been edited by cactuscch2: Sep 22 2019, 01:48 PM

Thanks! Will look into this.

No preferences on weight and battery life? Mind low sRGB display and non-upgradeable RAM?

This post has been edited by ZM Fong: Sep 22 2019, 01:49 PM

10 years Win XP laptop also satisfied (>2kg, TN low-res screen, small RAM), I think above issues not a problem.

Acer Swift 3 SF314-55-54A3/5699: high sRGB IPS, non-upgradeable RAM
Acer Swift 3 SF314-54-55JD/57FD/59T5 +RAM
Acer Swift 3 SF314-41-R0CS/R2YE +RAM
Lenovo Ideapad 330s-14IKB 81F400SFMJ / GMJ / HMJ +RAM, 81F40191MJ / 192MJ / 193MJ +RAM

Thanks for the suggestions.

Dell G3 or Legion y530. Almost simmiliar price and specs.

The package quite appealing tbh honest on the AMD side. But The multicore score of the intel what make it more suitable to compiling a heavy load programming can be more faster.

Y530 is a real performer. It steadily outperform other devices with the same specs (if you’re not aware, same specs/processors device can have huge differences in performance simply for its design/thermal performance).

And it is last gen (not that it actually matter apart from the GTX1050TI refresh to GTX1650 in Y540/Y7000SE), yet still performing better than many this gen devices.

This post has been edited by msacras: Sep 22 2019, 05:59 PM

It depends on TDP config...many models with Ryzen mobile APUs have higher power limits, therefore faster in prolonged load. Whereas many Intel models have 15W PL1

This post has been edited by ZM Fong: Sep 22 2019, 06:00 PM

sifus,

Planning to buy a new laptop to replace my underused AW 17 r2, after selling it off, since no more warranty... dont want headache incase got any issues...........

1. Preferred brand :
any , as long specs gives best bang for bucks
(1 that is durable and has reputation that lasts)

2. Budget :
2.5k +-

3. Usage :
Use at home/ mostly internet browsing/ bit of work (mostly google docs)(light photo edit)

4. Screen Size : std size (doesnt really matter actually)

Pls provide suggestions plz..

Thanks in advance !

Business grade is the only option (out of budget)

Or perhaps can recommend the next best thing that fits ? Hehe

everyone have experience using machenike brand. at lazada they offer rm3400 for i7 9gen, gtx1650 with 8gb ram and 512 ssd.

Wait for Thinkpad offer
That model is Clevo NH58, can buy from Level51 (Forge 15) with 2 yr local warranty. China brand might use lower quality RAM+storage