Recommendation For A New Notebook

[Dropkickme]

Hello everyone,

My sister was planning to get a new notebook but she's unsure on which of the many notebooks to get.

Main usage would be on word documents, surfing the net and presentation purposes; no gaming will be done. Her budget would be around S$1,200.

Any advice on which brands should be stayed clear off? Specific recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advanced.

[lustfreak]

acer asipire timeline.

[dna_ksh]

Originally Posted by lustfreak

acer asipire timeline.

duh...

certain Acer timeline series is being recalled back by acer for safety reasons..

I prefer Lenovo.. Y450 series

Your sis can go for the model with T6600 2.2GHz, 2Gb DDR3, 320Gb HDD with Intel GMA X4500. Saw it at Harvey Norman @ Funan selling @ $1199 with ram uprgade, external hdd & a few other items as well.

[Dropkickme]

Originally Posted by lustfreak

acer asipire timeline.

She does need a notebook with an optical drive.

[Dropkickme]

Originally Posted by dna_ksh

duh...

certain Acer timeline series is being recalled back by acer for safety reasons..

I prefer Lenovo.. Y450 series

Your sis can go for the model with T6600 2.2GHz, 2Gb DDR3, 320Gb HDD with Intel GMA X4500. Saw it at Harvey Norman @ Funan selling @ $1199 with ram uprgade, external hdd & a few other items as well.

Not really looking forward to notebooks from Lenovo; maybe because it's from China?

[Firestone]

i think your main concern should be "made in China" vs "made in other countries" label?

anyway, with that type of budget, i think its 95% chance its a made in China label.
coz even if you get other brands like acer, sony vaio (low end), or dell, for example, it will still be made in china.

hence there shouldn't be any prejudice towards lenovo..


Anyway, if you are biased towards any china brand product... guess you might want to take a look at vaio then? its a japan brand.. but still made in china.. lol

http://www.sony.com.sg/product/vgn-cs33g

price is 1499 including gst.

prob you might* get it at some places slightly lower.

[Dropkickme]

The thing is I'm fine with things made in China as most things are nowadays but I'm just cautious against brands like Lenovo; that's about it.

[Diorie]

just dont get toshiba cos they dont have warranty

[Firestone]

Originally Posted by Dropkickme

The thing is I'm fine with things made in China as most things are nowadays but I'm just cautious against brands like Lenovo; that's about it.

well, lenovo is a big company. they are the 4th largest PC maker in the world, and the largest in China.

they took over the business of IBM pc sector, and have a revenue of usd $16.4 billion in year 2008

[MrN3on-]

screw lenovo.

IBM FTW!

[feintan]

if there's only what she need. a T4300 will be enough. less then SGD$1099 can get a 12 inch Compaq CQ20

[PC_Dreams]

Originally Posted by Firestone

i think your main concern should be "made in China" vs "made in other countries" label?

anyway, with that type of budget, i think its 95% chance its a made in China label.
coz even if you get other brands like acer, sony vaio (low end), or dell, for example, it will still be made in china.

hence there shouldn't be any prejudice towards lenovo..


Anyway, if you are biased towards any china brand product... guess you might want to take a look at vaio then? its a japan brand.. but still made in china.. lol

http://www.sony.com.sg/product/vgn-cs33g

price is 1499 including gst.

prob you might* get it at some places slightly lower.

Almost all laptops are made in China now to bring retail prices this low.
As a general guide, laptops that come with a 3 year (or 1 year extendable to 3) are of better build quality. Go for well known tier 1 brands such as HP, Compaq, Lenovo.
Get the highest spec processor or graphics (if you need) hat your budget allows.

[NSW]

Originally Posted by Diorie

just dont get toshiba cos they dont have warranty

Wow that's quite a strong statement to make.. Is it true?

[rony1434]

Hello everyone.
Can anyone here please suggest me some decent configuration as i m planning to buy a new acer notebook?
I use adobe photoshop, MS office and also do a little bit of gaming.
So please suggest according to this.
Thanks in advance.

[dlocenot]

Originally Posted by NSW

Wow that's quite a strong statement to make.. Is it true?

Don't think so.