I see you are a big fan of Lenovo. Any particular reason why Lenovo has the edge over others?

Thinkpad has its fair share of reputations for corporates or prosumers use.

This time round, their pricing/offer is more attractive than HP’s and Dell’s business laptops counterpart.

If you talk about mainstream gaming laptop, Lenovo strike the jackpot with their Legion Y530 last year, offering solid gaming laptop with outstanding performance in the entry level market (RM3-4k).

I'm not a fan of any brand lol

If the model itself is good then I'll recommend, that's it

6-8 hrs maybe? Don't know.. personally long time nvr use laptop liao

Under RM2.3k there aren't much options to choose from

Acer Swift 3 SF314-55-54A3/5699: high sRGB IPS, non-upgradeable RAM
Acer Swift 3 SF314-41-R0CS/R2YE +4GB RAM

This post has been edited by ZM Fong: Sep 24 2019, 11:12 PM

Ah my bad for making this assumption.

Gonna take a look at the thinkpad series you recommended. One gripe though is the ugly design and logo on the laptop hahah

well aesthetic is subjective, to me they look pretty good

Budget : 2k
Usage : Programming student stuff, light video editing, minecraft lol
Requirements : Upgradable ram

No preference on battery life and display size? Budget a bit tight tbh

dont rly care about the screen size n battery life...maybe can extend a bit to 2.5k? but preferrably 2k ...

Can try Acer Swift 3 SF314-41-R0CS/R2YE with RAM upgrade

Budget: 2.5k

Usage: Office, web browsing, watch video etc, a bit multi tasking

Requirement:
- 8GB ram
- 256GB SSD or higher
- 14 inch and light weight
- i5 (or i3 is fine as well)
- if can exclude OS to reduce price, I'm fine as well

I found Asus Vivobook x420FA almost have what I needed, however not sure it's available in MY or not

This post has been edited by miong93: Sep 27 2019, 05:18 PM

Most Vivobooks are mediocre

*Lenovo Thinkbook 14s 20RM003LMJ / 13s 20R900DWMJ with 3 yr warranty (use code LENXCIMB)
*Acer Swift 3 SF314-55-54A3/5699: non-upgradeable RAM
Acer Swift 3 SF314-54-55JD / 57FD / 59T5 +RAM
Acer Swift 3 SF314-41-R0CS/R2YE +RAM

*high sRGB IPS

If bump to RM3k can get business grade laptop

1. Budget : RM3.3k
2. Usage : Light Gaming(Dota 1, fotnite 30fps, pubg lite) MS office, multi tab chrome browsing
3. Requirements (display size, battery life, weight etc) :
-min 6hr battery life
-upgradeable ssd, if ram can be upgraded it's fine
-dedicated GPU

Friend is looking for a laptop that can game and have decent battery life, or a discreet normal looking gaming laptop. Has his eyes on the i5-8250u Gtx 1050 variant of the msi ps42. I have my reservations on the build quality, Msi's heating issues and MSI's warranty reputation. Your thoughts and recommendations sifu?

This post has been edited by TehPanas247: Sep 28 2019, 12:29 AM

PS42 isn't that good especially 1050MQ model

Fine with MX GPU or you want GTX GPU? No preference on weight?

Any GPU fine for him. Have to play games at respectable frame rates(30 and above). No weight preferences as well. Also, should he wait for usb4 or just replace his thinkpad t440 now?

I think Intel iGPU also can play aldy tbh. Still want a dGPU?

Yeah

Gaming laptops:
Level51 Forge 15 with additional battery pack
Commandos Glock 5 with additional battery pack
Acer Nitro 5 AN515-42-R8SH

1. Budget : RM2.7k- RM3.5k
2. Usage : Multimedia, browsing, emergency spreadsheets.
3. Requirements (15" IPS, Battery life no less than 4hrs, preferably metal body or solid frame) :

Not an avid gamer but if I can play PUBG that's good enough. Good after-sales service. I'd have to stress on a solid body frame. Weight isn't a big factor to me.