thank you for respond
fif compare with illegear and tuf series 505 which one should i get if my budget below rm3500

Avoid FX505

If you want 1650 GPU:
Lenovo Legion Y540 15 81SY00AJMJ / Y7000 SE 81T0001HMJ
Illegear Raven SE / Raven

Any model or range which I should b looking at?

When does their offer usually come around?

Just resigned and I gotta return my company laptop that has served me well for the past 3 years. Now looking to get my own laptop and I am so out of touch with the brands and models today. So thank in advance experts for replying.

1. Preferred brand :
I seriously have no brand preference but my previous laptop was a HP Elitebook.

2. Budget :
RM2.8ish (inclusive of Windows and Office).

3. Usage :
Mostly as a work purposes like email, web browsing and all. I don't do any graphic or video editing. Occasionally I'd love to play some games (Dota2 and CSGO) with it as well but I think these games doesnt have too high of a requirement.

So I guess certain requirement I want is basically - lightweight, lasting battery duration and able to play games like Dota2.

4. Screen Size :
Doesn't really matter. 13' is fine. 15' is fine.

Edit:

After going through some pages, just to help to narrow down the list.

Okay with non up-gradable RAM
Preferably regular laptop

This post has been edited by prelude23: Sep 24 2019, 01:33 PM

1. Budget : 2.2-2.3k
2. Usage : University use.. media, assignment etc
3. Requirements (display size, battery life, weight etc) : 14" / light (girl use) / 512-1tb size

So far look on asus vivobook 14 (ryzen 5/ 512 ssd/4gb ram).. any good alternative?

T495 and X395

T490, T590 and X390 are having discounts now

If you don't want to spend so much, Thinkpad L series also OK
Since your previous laptop is a business laptop, do you want a business laptop?
Vivobook is meh

Any preference on battery life?

Actually what is the diff between business laptop and everyday laptop?

I was given that so I got no choice but the lightweight and 13' screen seems to work fine for me. I also like how the battery can last quite long.

Having said these, if the business laptop can do some light gaming like Dota2, I will go for it.

Thanks for taking your time to reply!

should i look frm their official website or i can get better prices elsewhere?

T series start frm 3599
X from 3322

while L series around 2400 and 2850...

am i looking at the correct place?

thanks so much in advance ya!!!

Business grade has better reliability+QC in general

Can consider X395 but need to wait for sale
Official website has more choices and cheaper prices

Don't look at starting price, look at price after done configuration

X395 is a bit out of my budget actually.

Under 3k, is there anything you would recommend?

So you want 13 inch? Fine with consumer grade laptops? Fine with no dGPU?

Really? Been used hp, lenovo and acer.. no experience on asus.

Standard Battery life lo..

Min how many hours? (rough figure will do)

Sifus , appreciate some thoughts on this , thx in advance ::- Is the thinkpad x390 YOGA price now lowest? - i5-8265u , win 10 home, 16gb ram, 256gb ssd opal nvme m.2, fpr backlikb, intel wifi, 300nits fhd multitouch ips IR cam mic bluetooth,no wwan, pen pro, 3cell batt, 65wt charger, 3yr premier lenovo support warranty >>= rm4476.75 << (about 25℅ discount) - do i pull the trigger now or wait for citi45..?

And do i max out the ssd to 512gb here? ..so difficult to decide..

This post has been edited by 7thsky: Sep 24 2019, 07:01 PM

13 inch is okay. Consumer grade is okay right? Why you make it sound like they're bad haha.

No dGPU I still can play games right?

Looks fine to me

Why not L390 Yoga?
Consumer grade is worse than business grade, however sometimes got no choice. Lower QC compared to business grade but you might be lucky

For D2? idk Intel GPU can play smoothly or not

Yah that quite true. But still it still have gamble if want to use ryzen equip laptop to use as programming laptop ( if someone want to seek for more raw performance then it quite suck for them ). Well i just curious that one of my friend try to get ryzen laptop later on

Maybe according to your opinion, what is the best under RM3k business laptop out there?

Used to be T495 and X395 but they aren't on sale currently, might want to consider Thinkpad L390/L490/L590

X395 if you don’t upgrade those optional stuffs like big SSD, backlight keyboard and so, it will be around RM2.9k, backed with 3 years onsite warranty.

P/S: I’m calculating it based on 45% off sale coming up end of this month on CITIBANK partnership. Go Kopitiam there’s a thread by Benefon if you don’t know about it and wish to know more details.

This post has been edited by msacras: Sep 24 2019, 09:35 PM