Hi guys
time flies, from IT savvy to Old Timer (no time... have to rely on young blood and passion)
mind rec me a laptop with this Min Specs
1. 13 inch at least
2. SSD is a Must.
3. Bonus if comes with extra normal HD for storage
4. Light weight <1.7kg or so
5. budget is 2+k
6. No Mac/ Windows Only
7. Reliable...with a good solid build
8. Dont need good graphic card (dont game)
Thank you
Leslens
My requirements were very similar to yours. I suggest you check Toshiba Z30 series. I bought Z30-A119 last Saturday during Megatex for 1599 SGD, its original price is 1799 SGD.
What I like with this laptop:
- 1.2 kg, Magnesium Alloy case, the build quality is very good, it has a solid build
- No on board soldered RAM like other ultrabooks, 2 slots, support up to 16GB
- 128 GB SSD
- 13 inch matte screen
- 3 years warranty (I guess this was a promotion because I bought it during Megatex)
Probably you prefer matte screen too (I hate glossy screens and hate using screen protectors). If you don't mind low resolution (1366x768, people consider this as low resolution now, but for me it is completely ok) Toshiba Z30 series is a very good option although it is a bit overpriced. After 5 days of use, I am quite happy with it.
After my previous experience with a high resolution laptop that I returned last week because of various defects, I realized that high resolution doesn't bring any advantage when you use Windows 8, it is even bringing disadvantage since when I was surfing web sites, all texts were blurry in Chrome because of scaling problem in Windows 8. So now I am quite happy with 1366x768 resolution. (I didn't try changing the resolution to a lower value but I tried disabling scaling but program menus got very small when I disabled. So in my opinion, 1366x768 is quite ok).
If you are considering to buy Lenovo, I suggest you check comments for their latest models on Amazon; at first I was planning to buy one of their Thinkpads but whatever latest model I checked, I saw many bad comments and most of the bad comments were from previous Thinkpad owners who upgraded their laptop recently.
