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TS100n
post May 2 2024, 09:04 AM, updated 2y ago

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Hi,

Looking for new laptop again.
Already have

Acer swift 3 - good but have keyboard issue
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 - personally experience, lag compare with Acer swift 3
Dell latitutte 3400 - office work ok but i changed screen twice bangwall.gif . can't play heavy game

Now looking upgrade. Mainly for school work (excel/powerpoint/words) and games (valorant kind of games).

Budget 3k with windows + Microsoft office download.

Currently, I'm looking at Honor Magicbook X16 2024.

Seek advice or comment on this.


TS100n
post May 3 2024, 11:57 AM

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QUOTE(dcheah @ May 2 2024, 04:53 PM)
That's a resource hungry games, might as well get an Alien series or Acer Predator series... maybe Asus ROG series.

Usually I don't mix work laptop with gaming laptop, I rather have them separately. Because work is where my income comes from...

and Games usually is where I spend... hahaha

Also its good to have 2 laptops, in the event your Gaming laptop crashes due to some updates, there will not be any impact on your daily work.

Just my POV...  cool2.gif
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Games just for kids to use when we are not using the laptop during weekends. priority still for office work that don't lag when work with multiple file (excel/powerpoint/outlook).



TS100n
post May 6 2024, 09:32 AM

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QUOTE(hellokitten @ May 4 2024, 01:23 AM)
Are you the kind of person who goes to KFC specifically to eat Coleslaw or to go to Dominos specifically just to eat their spaghetti? If you are, then get the Honor laptop.

If you're not, then do yourself a favor by purchasing a laptop from a reputable laptop company such as Dell / HP / Lenovo.

For 3k, you're looking at 13 or 14" screen, i5 chip, 500gb ssd, 8gb of RAM, windows license and Iris igpu. For Ms OFFICE, just get the yearly subscription for RM3xx and share with 6 others. Dirt cheap.

3k there a couple of choices, but don't expect Valorant to be played at Ultra settings at unlimited FPS, you're probably looking at medium settings, no AA, no filtering and FPS hovering around 30 fps.

Or if you are willing to take the risk, get a used 2 to 3 year old gaming laptop, u can find them on Carousell... i'm sure those come with 3xxx series GPU ,16gb ram, i7 with good core/thread count and even a 1TB ssd.
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Thanks for the comment.
The priority of the laptop is office work (excel/outlook/powerpoint) and I already bought the reputable laptop brand HP (KO) , Dell and Lenovo i'm still using and both give me problems as stated above.

Valorant (example) is just for casual game for kids, not that they going to play for competition etc. My current all 3 laptop (Acer, Dell and Lenovo) the kids still can play the game without any issue and all of them cost below 3k when I purchased.

For the new laptop. I'm seeking advice for the current brand/model that suitable and I do understand people don't mix gaming and work laptop together.

Honor Magicbook X16 2024 came in my mind because I notice those use the Honor Magicbook X14 and provide quit a good review and personal comment. If anyone that felt Honor is not up to the mark, can advice alternative?
TS100n
post May 6 2024, 02:18 PM

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Thanks. Apart from Honor which I am looking into. I also notice Asus Vivobook 15 (intel chip) in the range of 3k with 5 years warranty from harvey Norman.

Is 16G ram and "HUGE" different from 8Gram in terms of running excel/outlook/ppt?

Any other laptop recommendation from HP or Acer (I skipped Dell and Lenovo as I already have 2 that give me problem) with similar spec? Below are the spec from HN.


Processor
Intel Core i5-12500H Memory
16GB DDR4 Storage
512GB PCIe NVMe SSD
Graphics
Intel UHD Graphics Screen
15.6-inch Full HD OS
Windows 11 Home

TS100n
post May 16 2024, 02:26 PM

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Thanks for the info
TS100n
post May 23 2024, 12:23 PM

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Dear All,

Thanks . Family opt for Acer.

Regarding Honor/Huawei. It seems all inline with dcheah comment that getting the replacemant part will take time. Thus, we avoid that for time being.



 

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