Comments on this display set: Worth it ?

[koroshiya8]

Saw this in Courts and although it's a display set the condition is still mint and i love the Iron-like feel on the body.
Specs wise looks pretty decent too with 8GB and a dedicated GPU (for light gaming).

 

[knightshaz]

I would go for Mi Notebook Air 13.3

 

[Kenshin79]

you can get a brand new ASUS X456 with similar specs & 7th gen processor at $899 too.

 

[86technie]

Acer is no no unless you want to visit the service center often.

 

[koroshiya8]

I would go for Mi Notebook Air 13.3

you can get a brand new ASUS X456 with similar specs & 7th gen processor at $899 too.

Acer is no no unless you want to visit the service center often.

Thanks all for the inputs. Acer i guess the monitor is ok bah.. the laptop i not so sure.

 

[Encrypted11]

Acer itself is alright. Notebook ODM is usually Winstron (formerly the contract manufacturing arm of Acer).

Lenovo also uses Winstron as their ODM, Thinkpad lines also switched to Winstron from IBM's own facility for quite long already. Maybe Thinkpad QC (compared to IBM) dropped abit as a result, it is still decent.
Asus laptops are mostly foxconn made which are a hit or miss, certain lines of HP, Dell uses foxconn too but good CS makes up for this.

My Winstron made Thinkpad T430s is 4 years old now without issues. Though, this is a completely different laptop model.. Service center wise for notebooks, lowest downtime will be either HP or Dell. Lenovo (Opus IT, Servlink is ok), Asus svc center has some of the worst backlogs.

That aside, price is about the same as local IT show for those specs. About fair value, not a real discount, but not chop carrot either. I would rank Acer in the dead center of buy list for local laptops, behind Dell and HP mostly due to CS advantage.

 

[terry1]

i think i saw a simliar 14" acer e5-475 500gb hdd 4gb ram selling for s$550 at one of the previous computer shows

 

[cj9404]

Acer itself is alright. Notebook ODM is usually Winstron (formerly the contract manufacturing arm of Acer).

Lenovo also uses Winstron as their ODM, Thinkpad lines also switched to Winstron from IBM's own facility for quite long already. Maybe Thinkpad QC (compared to IBM) dropped abit as a result, it is still decent.
Asus laptops are mostly foxconn made which are a hit or miss, certain lines of HP, Dell uses foxconn too but good CS makes up for this.

My Winstron made Thinkpad T430s is 4 years old now without issues. Though, this is a completely different laptop model.. Service center wise for notebooks, lowest downtime will be either HP or Dell. Lenovo (Opus IT, Servlink is ok), Asus svc center has some of the worst backlogs.

That aside, price is about the same as local IT show for those specs. About fair value, not a real discount, but not chop carrot either. I would rank Acer in the dead center of buy list for local laptops, behind Dell and HP mostly due to CS advantage.

which brand would you like to choose in the current market?

 

[Encrypted11]

which brand would you like to choose in the current market?

Depends on your needs? But if I'm looking out for something, it will probably be this.

Lenovo (consumer lineup) for price performance ratio. But be wary certain lineups are prone to "fan error" or hinge issues if you don't handle it with a lot of care. Newer models idk.

HP/Dell if buying extended warranty. For HP, most likely still can arrange drop off at Singpost to send. Both svc center are fast and repair policies are fairer.

Probook/elitebook for hackintosh potential and international warranty. Maybe build quality too.

Thinkpad for trackpoint implementation and linux certification, international warranty, very long driver support.

 

[koroshiya8]

Today walked past Challenger and saw the Asus x456UQ going for $899.
It has 8GB Ram. 1TB HDD win10 and GT940MX (2GB) GPU.

There is a similar model also $899 but a bigger screen.

I wonder if there is a significant difference between sub $1k and sub $2k notebook.

 

[cj9404]

Depends on your needs? But if I'm looking out for something, it will probably be this.

Lenovo (consumer lineup) for price performance ratio. But be wary certain lineups are prone to "fan error" or hinge issues if you don't handle it with a lot of care. Newer models idk.

HP/Dell if buying extended warranty. For HP, most likely still can arrange drop off at Singpost to send. Both svc center are fast and repair policies are fairer.

Probook/elitebook for hackintosh potential and international warranty. Maybe build quality too.

Thinkpad for trackpoint implementation and linux certification, international warranty, very long driver support.

Thanks for the reply.

talking about Thinkpad, if I buy from Amazon US, does international warranty valid in singapore? Thinking of buy Thinkpad T460S from US last time, but not sure about its warranty.

 

[Encrypted11]

Thanks for the reply.

talking about Thinkpad, if I buy from Amazon US, does international warranty valid in singapore? Thinking of buy Thinkpad T460S from US last time, but not sure about its warranty.

It's listed in the IWS terms of thinkpads, yes.

My thinkpad was from US before lenovo allowed spec customisation on SG webstore. Didn't know the backlit version do not have anti microbial coating etc and are poorer in build, about 2 of my keycaps snapped from degradation, got the whole keyboard replaced locally.

Though the service center brought the wrong replacement part (non backlit) which turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Much better in build quality.

 

[Encrypted11]

Today walked past Challenger and saw the Asus x456UQ going for $899.
It has 8GB Ram. 1TB HDD win10 and GT940MX (2GB) GPU.

There is a similar model also $899 but a bigger screen.

I wonder if there is a significant difference between sub $1k and sub $2k notebook.

Lots to pay for these usually
-i7-U dual cores (same features as i5-U but some go to the 3GHz range)
-Likely SSD
-Maybe touch screen
-thin and light ultrabooks
-display resolution (though 1080p is the probable sweetspot since Windows DPI scaling still is a mixed bag)

Depends on what you need in a laptop, it varies from person to person. For me, it's supposed to be a portable and high battery life computer to carry along. Some only want to own 1 computer (laptop+desktop) so go for a HQ quad core + discrete GPU.
But the discrete GPU power draw will affect battery life negatively as a trade off, which is also a point to note.

Battery life estimates can be quite easily estimated by checking battery life (Hrs) WHr rating divide by average watts drawn.
Sites like notebookcheck have a huge database of laptops, can look at average power draw of laptops (like light vs heavy use) with similar specs to what you're considering and make your own estimates if you want to research this far but not hard to find.
Overall on battery life, its not something most people look at and there's no turning back once you hoot the laptop.