Looking For New Notebook?

Have a look at this thread:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=39904&hl=

I ended up buying the Acer Aspire 5502NWXCi (45,900B). It's been fantastic, now I hate to go back to my desktop

Acer Aspire 5502NWXCi

Acer Aspire 5502NWXCi (45,900B)

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Intel Centrino Mobile Technology

Intel® Pentium® M Processor 740

(Processor speed 1.73GHz, 2MB L2 cache, 533MHz FSB)

Intel® 915PM Express Chipset

Integrated Intel® Pro/Wireless 2200BG

Integrated Bluetooth™

512MB DDR2-533 (Max 2GB)

60GB HDD, Weight 2.5 kg.

CD-RW/DVD Combo, 5-in-1 card reader

56K Fax/Modem, 10/100/1000Mbps LAN

14.1” WXGA Acer CrystalBrite TFT LCD(1280x800 pixel)/ S-Video Out

ATI Mobility Radeon X700 64MB

Li-Ion Battery (Avg 3.5 hrs. battery life)

IEEE 1394 port, Infrared port

Acer SignalUp wireless technology support

Linpus Linux BE

1 year warranty (International)

1 year Insurance

I researched notebooks extensively only 2 weeks ago and this was definately the best bang for buck notebook that I found. It matches all your requirements except it has a combo drive but I believe you can update to DVD+R for an extra 5K or so. The only bad point about this PC is that it does get a little warm when maxing it out like gaming, but the games I've played on it run really well thanks to the ATI Mobility Radeon X700 64MB. It also has the latest chipset/cpu/wireless technology (Sonoma)

There is a NEW range of acers out (only a few months old) that would suit most ppls requirements, check them out.

No, I do not work for Acer

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I got something very similar at IT City - the Acer Aspire 1692WLMi

Differences are it's a bigger notebook (15.1" screen - but the same resolution), 80Gb hard drive, 128Mb of RAM on the Radeon X700. (same 512Mb basic memory), and I paid the 49,900 + VAT for the one with the slot-loading DVD-writer. (same price as the 5502 with the same DVD drive).

Admittedly, I wasn't worried about weight (except that it's under the limit to carry onto a plane), and bought it because I'll be going on a set of trips in the next 6 months. (Never been a great believer in notebooks as a general rule, although this is my second Acer - last one was misplaced by my brother-in-law in the Maldives last Christmas - he was OK, but my laptop wasn't what he was thinking about saving when the water came into his hotel room).

Edit: one more difference - the 1692 comes with a genuine Windows XP.