Budget: 4k
usage: gaming (genshin, apex), 1080p video editing, college use

prefer if it has 16gb or 8gb upgradable ram,
screen size: dont care
quiet and efficient thermals if possible at this budget, probably not

was looking at ideapad gaming 2021 but it sold out
can wait until 2022

thanks in advance

then would say wait a bit, hope for price drops and better supply

Hi all,

Need your guidance to buy a laptop for my brother who is starting university next month pursuing diploma in software enineering.

i guess for software need to run some applications related, so probably need laptop with good specs? with graphic cards?

the budget is around RM4k.

Actually which laptop model has this 2c4t i3 CPU?

What would you consider as heavy multi task?

If I were to up the budget to 2.7k, would I have better options?

20 tabs in chrome + office can be heavy usage. Don't forget that modern web is not different to playing intensive games. You can run whole office in browser. i3 with 2 cores can easily choke. But for the budget you cannot get better. Especially when cheap is not available due to market constraints (first satisfied are expensive products with higher margins and no one cares about cheapo stuff). If you have time 1+ year you can wait for the market to stabilize.

What kind of software engineering? The school got provide minimum specs?
Your wait time? Or urgent?

Consider to buy gaming laptop.
Requirement - 1TB SSD, 16GB/32GB RAM (prefer 32GB), min RTX3060, max 16" screen
Budget 7k-ish, the lower better

Looking at Legion 5, 5 Pro, Zephyrus G14/G15, any other better option?
Wait time maybe around 1 month

if u can only wait 1 month better buy retail models

Lenovo Legion 5 15 82JU004RMJ
Gigabyte Aorus 15P KC-8MY2130GH
Illegear Rogue AMD

i checked lenovo for legion 5 pro now it quote ships within 4 weeks, what the website quoted is not accurate?

yes, could be earlier could be later

4 weeks is ship time, not delivery time - for delivery expect +1 week

This post has been edited by ZM Fong: Aug 24 2021, 06:11 PM

ok, so should be still within 5-6 weeks right?
legion 5 pro this spec 82JQ00DGMJ is about 6.8k now, i guessed the price is quite bad compare to like 1-2 months ago right?

legion 5, legion 5 pro and legion 7 how to choose which is better one given the same spec configurations?

other than illegear and gigabyte, any order model worth to consider? maybe like alienware and ROG?

This post has been edited by Gadget_Freak: Aug 24 2021, 06:21 PM

like i said no one knows

think u can get cheaper price, and yes price has increased compared to 1st launch

for Legion comparison please contact me via Telegram, too long to post it here

you can refer to the list

Not urgent at the moment, wait time maybe around 6 months from now

would say wait a bit to see got lower price/more options or not

fine with non upgradeable 8GB RAM?

yup, no need to upgrade the RAM, 8GB I think is more than enough

Hello, please recommend me a laptop:

1. Budget: RM2000 - RM2500
2. Usage: Casual use, internet browsing, watching videos, Microsoft Office
3. Requirements (display size, battery life, weight etc): Lightweight, high battery life.

Not sure if I'm better off getting an iPad but would still prefer a Windows environment. Thanks!

i forgot about this, under RM2.5k

My Legion 5 Pro ordered more than a month ago still haven't ship. But some ship within 2 weeks. See luck.

Legion 5 is the cheapest of the 3 (normal screen, not great). Legion 5 pro has a much better QHD 16:10 screen (that's the main difference you will see). Legion 7 has the better screen and additional RGB lighting, is lighter, cooling is supposedly better, and build quality better.

My advise, if can make sure upgradable. I spent over 5k on a laptop 4 years ago, now already replacing it because can't upgrade ram (at that time I didn't foresee things like needing to run Teams and multiple other apps same time for online conferencing).

Soldered ram is really not worth it.

This is fantastic recommendation.

note that price is with special code