looking to purchase a notebook~

[lee_what2004]

what about benq joybook s32B ?
its quite decent

[Adrian Wong]

Originally Posted by aKho

aiyo..hp mini so pretty..my preciousss... i heard rumours that there might a hp mini II with better processor, i hope anyway.

so it comes down to a dell yeh? too bad xps too expensive. i'll check out their online site for promo's if any.

btw, i'm not in KL, can't drop by Lowyat anytime soon. but i did catch the asus thingy (i think) in sept when i was down there.

Even without the discount, it's still cheap.

One particular Dell Latitude model with corporate discount was going for RM 4200. But a slightly better ASUS model with twice the RAM (2GB) and discrete graphics was going for only RM 3588 (without discount) or RM 3388 (with discount).

I would say the ASUS notebook has better build quality than the Dell, so IMHO, if you are looking at the Latitudes or even XPS models from Dell, might as well consider alternatives like notebooks from ASUS. Even Acer cannot offer that kind of value. Plus Acer is really anal about warranty and upgrades.

[Adrian Wong]

BTW, the Intel Atom is about as fast as the Pentium M. That's the mobile processor used in the first-generation Intel Centrino platform. So it is really fast enough to use with Windows XP or even Vista.

[Chai]

I'm still using a P-M as my office laptop with 1GB RAM, it's quite responsive.

[aKho]

Originally Posted by lee_what2004

what about benq joybook s32B ?
its quite decent

don't like the benq brand, unfortunately.

might consider looking at ASUS, was actually checking out DELL's but with my recent problem and after sales service from them, i'm thinking twice on ever buying DELL ever again.

[lee_what2004]

how bout this
Newegg.com - ASUS F6 Series F6V-X1 NoteBook Intel Core 2 Duo P8400(2.26GHz) 13.3" Wide XGA 4GB Memory DDR2 800 320GB HDD 5400rpm DVD Super Multi ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 - Laptops / Notebooks

[Adrian Wong]

Originally Posted by aKho

don't like the benq brand, unfortunately.

might consider looking at ASUS, was actually checking out DELL's but with my recent problem and after sales service from them, i'm thinking twice on ever buying DELL ever again.

What happened?

Frankly, I'm not impressed with Dell's quality control, but so far their service has been quite good. I've replaced my monitor TWICE and my notebook's battery once. All done by the next business day but of course, they expect you to replace the part yourself.

[zy]

problems i heard/had with laptops

Dell:
-my XPS M1210 battery died after 1 year.
-roomie's Inspiron (the newer series) LCD died.
-2 x friend's Inspiron (old ones) LCD problem.

HP:
-friend's touchpad calibration is was off, had to use a mouse instead.
-most of them mainly unstable with stock hp installed OS (too many gadgets screwing around with vista)

Acer:
-2 friend's motherboard damaged

my opinion, if you are getting dell, try the business series one, they shoudl be better than inspiron. or you can try XPS but it is pricey. i don't really like hp mainly because of its design esp the touchpad design.
fujitsu, good build quality, but expensive.
sony, way overpriced, build quality not as good as fujitsu.

dell is probably the best if you want to customize it.

[Adrian Wong]

Yeah, Dell is nice if you want to customize your notebook. I love being able to order super-high resolution displays on their notebooks.

However, they are really quite expensive and the build quality is only so-so. Buying the business models is better but they are even more expensive and you cannot get any discounts unless you have a company (for corporate discounts).

You can get better quality notebooks with better specifications from Taiwanese companies like Acer (not recommended though), BenQ or ASUS. The only problem is they are not customizable. So you may need to compromise on some aspects, usually display resolution. But the good news is you can physically check out the models before buying.