I want to buy a decent laptop in a few months and was wondering what changes if any are afoot (processor speeds/change, cheaper ram...). Is there anything earth shattering in the low-mid budget range that would be worth waiting as long as i can say from april-may to july-aug?

weight would be a big thing to me

12-14in scr??

watch dvds

single layer burner

2gb ram

big drive

avg video board/not gaming

processor as big-bad as possible

AMD vs Intel for laptops???

I like Asus incidently

I know its a broad question, just dont follow tech anymore. Thanks.

Innovations for low-mid budget range? Not that I know of. Perhaps in the higher range.

Low weight means 12-13", which would give a weight of around 1.5-2kg. 14" means 2.3+kg.

All can watch DVDs, as long as they have a drive. Some of the smaller 11-12" ones don't have an internal optical drive at all (external).

Same goes for the burner.

RAM is cheap (around 1k baht/GB) and easily upgradeable. Not an issue.

The hard drive is also easily upgradeable, but the maximum right now is around 300GB (if you can fine one).

Big/bad processor is really unecessary if you're not gaming/multimedia, and is a drain on the batteries. The smaller notebooks usually come with lower power CPUs.

Currently Intel is the better choice, but AMD is cheaper.

What is your definition of low-mid budget price range, in numbers?