Hi. In need of a new laptop.

Im taking lots of photos for our client. So will be transferring lots of photos from memory card to the laptop, then upload to google drive for my clients. Light usage of lightroom and photoshop, very minimal i can say. Mostly for excel and words.

Budget max up to myr 5k. No macbook because i dont know how to use mac, not used to the apps / system.

Is oled really important? Or should i get a laptop that has a graphic card? If possible, i prefer a laptop below 1.6kg and 14 inch. Higher ram (16/24/32gb) and higher ssd storage (512/1tb) is better.

Thanks

And no acer. Has bad experience w 2 acer laptop before.

same to me, i have mac but i dunno how to use and hard to familiar with it.

I know right haha. With that budget i can get m3/m2 macbook pro or m4 macbook air. But i really dont know how to use mac, really hard for me to move to mac system. So better stick w windows

Currently use acer laptop, naver have any issues so far 😅🐝👍

if no gaming, macs are actually the best value. you get a great screen + great battery life + light weight compared to windows based laptops

just use Microsoft Office / Photoshop on mac and there's really not much difference. only thing is no taskbar like Windows but apart from that day to day won't be difficult to adopt.

I will suggest Mac even though I've been using Win Laptop for the past 5 years. Simply because managing photos via Apple Photo is way easier if you're thinking using 3rd party photo management software.

In term of learning curve, believe me, learning to use Mac is so easy. Running Lr & Ps in there also smooth. But if you still insist on using Win laptop, just get any with huge storage and better display. I don't think you need that much graphics capability just for photo storage and minor Lr & Ps.

This one ngam ngam has everything you want.

https://www.nbplaza.com.my/dell-laptop/1418...-4gb-w11p-.html

Go for dell la, though I'm not paid by them to say so to you

for photog not to use mac, that is something weird :X

I use windows, mac and linux, all no problem for me, except some apps available on windows not found for mac

Lenovo aka thinkpad copy

Dell customize sikit

Our job is point & shoot only. No editing etc haha. So we just take photos and give to the client. Sooc photo must be nice. That’s all. So that’s why i dont really use lightroom / photoshop

Lenovo Thinkpad or Dell will do the job. Get something with better battery life so that you don't have to carry a charger with you all the time.

Best would be mac air. Light and battery efficient.

if you want good support get dell latitude

Sadly, MacBooks are the most bang for your buck. Probably can try new Microsoft Surface with Snapdragon processor.

I am torn between Asus Tuf vs HP Victus ...
Your budget 5k can get one with graphics card.

u can consider the lenovo yoga series

https://www.lenovo.com/my/en/p/laptops/yoga...d_yoga_espot2_1

For RM5k you can get refurbished ThinkPad T14 Gen 3 and Gen 5. Pick amd over intel as they are better.

if you have the chance to demo at the shop, better demo it. i believe screen color accuracy will be important for you too.
i've bought a lenovo legion where the red pallet is slightly off towards the darker maroon side. since its just for gaming i just let it be.

Dell should be a good choice 🙂👍❄️🐝

I've used to avoid Mac also because not used to the shortcuts and ecosystem. However recent batch of windows based laptop has been pissing me off, with the constant slowdown, bloatware and frequent windows update.

I switch to M4 Macbook Air and never looked back.

What's ever laptop so can, as long as put auto sync to cloud

Thinkpad is well known for it durability.
But mine just spoiled. The display, the keypad.
After i move it to another place, it cant start up, cant on at all. What can i do?
I haev been using it without the internal and external battery.

no acer unless the top travelmate, no lenovo u less the top thinkpads.
can see asus. dont pick asusPRO

else is dell latitude & hp probook elitebook.

red light blinking or not.
maybe adaptor spoil only. round head or square type

Not blinking at all. LoL.
usb c type.

This post has been edited by Zhik: Yesterday, 10:15 PM

Since semicon parts r in high demand, heard that prices of laptop has also gone up a lot, true?

I think so. Last year i bought a laptop for my sis, rm2600 can get oled screen. Now, similar spec almost rm3400-3600. But of course different cpu etc. but yeah, there’s an increasing in price

just bought

macbook air m4 256 - rm3600
microsoft surface laptop 7 512 - rm2750