Laptops

[Inyourendo]

What's out there at the moment, best value for best price.

Not really interested in Asus or acer as had bad experiences with both recently.... also not required for games or high level graphics or such. Used for everyday stuff, photo editing and video movie making etc.

TA

[MJCM]

Have a look here: http://www.invadeit.co.th/category/notebooks-laptops/

[Seligne2]

I hear good things about the Dell XPS13 lineup http://www.lazada.co.th/dell-xps-13-latest-i5-6200u-4gb-133-silver-4762788.html

[lostinisaan]

Please visit your next Advice store and have a look at their brochures.P.S. Sorry, they also have a webpage....https://www.advice.co.th/product/notebooks

I reckon DELL. Mine is eight years old, runs like a race horse and never had a real problem. I'm on my second battery now.

Their new brochure shows a great one with 4 GB RAM, a 500 GB HD for 14 K.

It's really worth a try.

An example: http://www.invadeit.co.th/product/notebooks-laptops/dell/inspiron-3543-w561129th-black-intel-core-i5-5200u-4gb-ddr3-500gb-15-6inch-led-geforce-gt920m-no-os-p025999/

Edited April 1, 2016 by lostinisaan

[Inyourendo]

I was looking at dell and hp today ......seems to be all there is out there in Fortune besides Asus and acer .....

Edited April 1, 2016 by Inyourendo

[Inyourendo]

Oh and should have mentioned price range ... 15k to 25k should do it

[WhizBang]

Personally, Dell is at the very bottom of my list. HP make some good laptops, as do Lenovo. I also have an Acer which has served me well for many years.

Maybe take a look at the Microsoft Surface Book (or whatever it's called). I have the Surface Pro 3 which is excellent.

[Pib]

So, many models out there to choose from....it's like buying a car or smartphone in that everyone will have a different preference....and you get right down to it all computers have similar components inside...an Intel or AMD CPU....a Western Digital or Seagate drive, etc...etc...etc. About the only real differences is the motherboard and outside design of the laptop, what software might come preloaded, warranty period (most are 1 or 2 or maybe 3 years)...and of course the quality of all the components which can be hard to determine. I use to be a Toshiba man but now a Lenovo man. The only reason I shift to Lenovo is because when my two Toshiba laptops got long in the tooth and I was ready to buy new laptops I just couldn't find an Toshiba laptops that I liked...Toshiba had just seemed to go downhill as manufacturers go through their up and downs over the years. I'm happy with my current Lenovo laptops...i7 CPU and i5 CPU based Ideapad models costing in the Bt16K to Bt24K range.

Edited April 1, 2016 by Pib

[slipperylobster]

If you are not using it for games or graphics...then you can go less than 15000.

If you sacrifice on the graphics installed then you don't need the high end CPU either.

I would never go for anything less that 4 gig RAM and 500 gig hard drive.

All my HP's were crap... (not very sturdy and the one I have now has a broken hinge on one side). ASUS and Toshibas I had overheated. Heat issues are important in a hot place like Thailand...so you want one that runs cooler. Good fan/air circulation inside. Your CPU will not be heating up so much, without playing 3d games and streaming videos around.

In fact....Your internet speed is going to decide if you want high end or low end speed. I have basic wifi service, so my downloads and online movies are not all that good. If I double my internet speed, I would also want a faster higher end CPU.

Lenovo would be a decent choice..for non gamers. several models out there....less than 15000.

[scorecard]

Personally, Dell is at the very bottom of my list. HP make some good laptops, as do Lenovo. I also have an Acer which has served me well for many years.

Maybe take a look at the Microsoft Surface Book (or whatever it's called). I have the Surface Pro 3 which is excellent.

Bought a lenovo Yoga 6 months back, touchscreen notebook, and the screen folds right back to be a tablet, 550 gig, upgraded RAM to 12 for additional 2,000Baht.

All up 17,000Baht, very happy indeed.

[Speedo1968]

Lenovo aqquired IBM computers so may be a good bet.

Don't expect anything you buy now to last as the good old days. If you get someone to give you an honest answer they will tell you 3 - 4 years, if your'e lucky.

I had a Packard Bell for 10 years, only replaced it because memory was too small, it went everywhere, up to 50 flights a year, cabin baggage, in the hold, minus 20C in China and plus 50 / 60C in Saudi, on dusty farms etc etc never a problem.

My daughter has a Toshiba that is now 14 years old, only one screen hinge is faulty.

I bought a Toshiba to replace the Packard Bell, the main board went after 4 years, cost more to repair than a new machine.

The Acer I have now is crap.

Depends what you want. If you want a reasonable screen size ( not for games but general work ), full keyboard, I didn't want a mouse pad but had no choice and if I use it the left / right controls are built into the single pad, good battery life, Windows 7 no but can install unless your sure W10 is going to work well.

The difficulty IS finding a machine that has everything you like.

By Kaspersky Internet Security, free aps not worth the cost.

Good hunting.

[kbelyeu]

I just picked up the Dell XPS 15 with infinity screen.. well impressed.

i7 quad core 3.4 GHZ

1TB SSD

32gb Ram

set me back about 3800 dollars.

Kurt

[Inyourendo]

The Dell's mentioned above......none of those available .....any of the cheaper versions in my price were Linux os ..... considerably higher were windows 10 os ....... the Lenova yoga for the price mentioned above was small screen ..... large screen 25k plus

[kbelyeu]

They are available but you have to self import.

Kurt

[fasteddie]

Personally, Dell is at the very bottom of my list. HP make some good laptops, as do Lenovo. I also have an Acer which has served me well for many years.

Maybe take a look at the Microsoft Surface Book (or whatever it's called). I have the Surface Pro 3 which is excellent.

I've got a six year old inspiron and a year old thinkpad, only use the thinkpad for hdmi and still use the inspiron for everything else, already have four lines of dead pixels on the lenovo and nothing at all wrong with the dell. The build quality of the dell is much superior.

[Inyourendo]

Ok then ..... which Dell model would be recommended here in Bangkok, for between 15k and 25k baht. ......import not possible.

[Pib]

A 24 Mar 16 report from Laptop Magazine regarding the best and worst laptops...see below weblink for the full article...and I also included a couple of chart snapshots from the article.

http://www.laptopmag.com/articles/laptop-brand-ratings

[Inyourendo]

Got a dell today ....8gb and 500mb ...... 16.5k