I am a student and currently studying in uni. I need a laptop for normal usage such as online classes, teaching in the future, surfing the Internet, watch movies, prepare teaching materials and some simple editing.

I have a few choices in my mind which are:
1. Dell New Inspiron 14 Laptop
- AMD Ryzen™ 5 5500U 6-core/12-thread Mobile Processor with Radeon™ Graphics
- Windows 10 Home Single Language(64bit)
- AMD Radeon™ Graphics with shared graphics memory
- 8GB DDR4 3200MHz
- 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive
-Ports and Slots: 1. Micro SD card reader | 2. USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A | 3. Headset Jack* | 4. Power Jack | 5. HDMI 1.4b | 6. USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A | 7. USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-C™ (DP/PowerDelivery)

2. Dell Inspiron 15 Laptop
- 11th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-1135G7 Processor (8MB Cache, up to 4.2 GHz)
- Windows 10 Home Single Language(64bit)
- Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics with shared graphics memory
- 8GB, 1x8GB, DDR4, 3200MHz
- 256GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive
- Ports and slots: 1. MicroSD Card Reader | 2. USB 3.2 Gen 1 | 3. Headphone/Microphone Combo | 4. Power jack | 5. HDMI 1.4 | 6. USB 3.2 Gen 1 | 7. USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C™ (DP/PowerDelivery)

3. Dell New Inspiron 14 2-in-1 Laptop
- 11th Generation Intel®Core™ i3-1125G4 Processor (8MB Cache, up to 3.7GHz)
- Windows 10 Home Single Language(64bit)
- Intel® UHD Graphics with shared graphics memory
- 8GB DDR4 3200MHz
- 256GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive
-Ports and slots: 1. Micro SD Reader | 2. USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-A | 3. Audio Jack | 4. Power Jack | 5. HDMI 1.4b | 6. USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-A | 7. USB 4.0 Type-C™ (full feature)

Need some suggestion on which to choose and reason for choosing pls. Am welcome for any other laptop recommendation below RM3000. Thank you!

either 1 or 2.

only limited to these 3?

My school uses a lot of dell, some are ok, others not so good. Got hp at home, support can be tough but the laptop itself is ok. Just dont add 3rd party RAM, i added extra 8gb ram and had a ton of problems. Hp support wasnt helpful in solving, so sent to external tech company just to remove ram. 4 months of pain.

Yup but will consider any other suggestion too

Max wait time? Usage?

Any preference on display size? Need 16GB RAM? Need colour accurate display?

1month, 256gb, 15.6 or 14, no need 16gb and accurate display

there are many options then

Lenovo Ideapad 5 14 82LM006RMJ, 82LM006QMJ
Dell Inspiron 5415 (5500U)
Acer Swift 3 SF314-59-50LL / 56F2 / 5896
Acer Swift 3 SF314-42-R43G / R8A9

This post has been edited by ZM Fong: Apr 25 2021, 08:05 PM

I would take advantage of brands who offer student discounts/plans. Take Acer for example:
https://www3.acer.com.my/StudenteForm/

they offer these sort of promotions which can be helpful. Their aspire series is quite well-rounded for students as well, although swift series is lighter and more portable.

I would go for option 1. 256GB is too small for storing things.

Lenovo is the best option for that budget. I would suggest ideapad gaming 3.

Consider huawei laptop

I'm looking for one as well.
Option 1 is of my preference.

But I have questions here if anyone would assist.
1. Dell can be purchased only via online? Can we get from any computer shop?
2. Online purchase must be through Dell official website? Lazada or Shopee trustable? It seems cheaper at these platform.

Thank you.

1. yeah im sure u can test out from those authorized reseller shops, but might be hard to find the models that u want.

2. buy through lazadamall/shopeemall, there's an authentic guarantee.

Let me share my nephew laptop recommendation to you.

[B]Acer Aspire 5 A515-56-555H[/B]
Intel® Core i5-1135G7 Processor
8GB Onboard DDR4 Ram
512G PCIe NVMe SSD
Intel Iris Xe Graphics
15.6" IPS, Full HD 1920 x 1080, high-brightness Acer ComfyViewTM LED-backlit TFT LCD 16:9 aspect ratio, 45% NTSC color gamut
Windows 10 Home
3 Years Acer Local Warranty with 1st Year ITW

Pre-installed MS Office Home & Student

You can buy at Acer official shopee store and now they even doing some FMCO promotion!
https://shopee.com.my/Acer-Aspire-3-A315-56...4583.4145642780

This post has been edited by Kairyu: Jun 8 2021, 03:35 PM