So, the bottom line is , if I were to get a labtop today/this week, this model is the one hands down?

Afraid I don't have time to do in-depth research in various laptop. Is this the best price/performance laptop in the market right now?

Today I actually brought RM2200 to Low Yat Plaza and hoping the sales personals there can convince me that 4730ZG is the laptop to buy right now. Some of those sales people didn't even know 4730ZG existed and some still pricing them at RM2399/RM2299 saying 'promo price'. I have to educate them somemore about 4730ZG. I have no confidence buying from those guys at all or even listen to their recommendation, they are suppose to know more about laptops than me.

Saw one sales person promoting Aspire 4530 (i think) at RM1999. AMD Turion 2.2, 3G RAM, 3 years warranty. It was listed RM2099 with 1GB and 1 year warranty. Afraid that I'll be taken a ride by those half cooked sales staff, I went home instead and do my own research.

There's a few shops that offer below the RSP of RM2199 and some throw in freebies, so I'll be heading back to Low Yat this weekend, bringing along an IT friend.

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Added on March 26, 2009, 4:26 pm1. 2 USB slot as I see it. On the left hand side.
2. I don't recall that.
3. Didn't test.

This post has been edited by ashburn98: Mar 26 2009, 04:26 PM

I brought money to Low Yat Plaza today, but haven't bought yet. You still have chance. I'll be going back to LYP this weekend.

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Added on March 26, 2009, 6:31 pmThat means the fps reads like this:
Medium settings all with Shadows to Low = 17fps
Low settings with Shadows turned off = 20fps.

Since the thoery now is CPU bottlenecking, do you/anyone have a software than can measure the CPU performance independent of the GPU?

This post has been edited by ashburn98: Mar 26 2009, 06:31 PM

Thanks for the heads up and good deal you got from the RM200+ vouchers.

Guys, I just bought this lappy from PC fair. Is there a warranty card for this laptop, coz I searched the whole package and there isn't any card. I registered the warrranty online (acer.com.my) but it doesn't display the period of warranty.

RM2160 plus freebies. Freebies are backpack, carrying case, lock, cooler, mouse, keyboard protector, dvd-r, plus some not-very-useful vouchers.

Hall 1 or Hall 2. The dvd-r isn't anything significant. It's only a piece of empty dvd-r. I bought from that booth because I didn't want to waste time walking back and forth to compare best freebies offers. That's why if you plan to buy, I think you could haggle around more.

Did you buy?

I rather get the RM2080 with basic freebies than RM2199/RM2160 (what I paid for) with additional freebies honestly. At least I can shop for the accessories I want.

Backlight bleeding is owning me to the max. I don't know if it just me who's unlucky or it's affected all 4730ZG units. Anyone knows if Acer service centre will rectify backlight bleeding?

One thing I didn't realise is I was given a Dark Blue colour model. I thought it comes as Black. I prefer Black to Dark Blue.

Uninstalled most of the Acer crap & trial softwares. Haven't install games yet on this laptop nor ran benchmarking tools yet.

I uninstalled all the Acer programs except the Acer webcam and VCM. You can keep Acer GridVista too, just in case you need to connect to multiple display units. I uninstalled all the trial programs as well (antivirus, office 2007, cyberlink dvd player, etc).

Complains on this model? I'll be uploading pics of the backlight bleeding and will need the help of you guys to check if it's the same with your laptops.

RM2199 with 2 freebies is all right if the alternatives will cost you even more. Get the cooler pad and see if the shop can throw in an USB hub for you. You'll need an USB hub for sure for this laptop.

I installed Office 2003 also, so no problems there.

Will upload pics of the 'backlight bleeding' later.

Backlight bleeding (white glow on the LCD bottom)



Same for you guys or I'll be heading to the service center soon?

That's why I'm asking fellow owners if they encounter the same thing. If everyone is having the same thing, then I'll guess it's normal, if not, then I'll have to send it back.

Backlight bleeding is when you put a black wallpaper and the monitor displays grayish-white colours from the monitor sides. Example of bleeding from LCD:

Additional info are always helpful but in my case, I need to know how many of 4730zg has/has not this problem. If everyone has that white patch of glow with black wallpaper then I have no course to complain. If I'm the only one out, then I have to take a day off to go to Acer service centre.

I'll admit I didn't go reading up to these details before getting this laptop so I'll consider it as a bonus.

One thing I did realize is the DDR2 RAM is 335Mhz @ 5.5.5.12 latency. Compared to my desktop RAM, it's feels slow.

1. nope, it comes preinstalled
2. 1 and half hours of non heavy use
3. the laptop cooler makes a noticeable difference. the keyboard was cool while the mousepad area was warm.
4. no idea.

Correct. If RM2199 can beat RM3000+ laptop in games, then it won't be RM2199 or it'd been sold out long ago. Just think this as best spec/cheap price laptop.

I don't know how Acer phase out their laptop but I can tell you there aren't any reviews on 4730ZG when I joined this thread (before buying). So maybe Acer does phase out their laptops.

Apart from my dissatisfaction with the LCD blacklight bleeding. (My desktop LCD is S-IPS panel and have some bleeding as well), it is doing well for office work. Gaming reviews you have to ask from other owners.

Let us know the results when you decided to OC it.

Likewise.

Having asked all the available laptops brands during PC fair, this model is higher on the best value for money scale right now. Apart from the specs, it tags along with a 3 year warranty and vista premium (usually you'll get vista basic).

Some Compaq models are cheaper in price but it comes with lesser spec and you'll have to install your own OS.