manaomaiminam Posted February 28, 2010 Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 Had my ASUS almost 2 years, been great. But, if your hard drive is the issue, why not just buy a bigger 2 1/2 inch drive, and if you can't clone it yourself, have a service clone it, probably won't run more than 500 baht. I kept a 2002 HP Pavilion running for seven years of useful life (I still have it but mostly do only internet on it) by simply upgrading the hard drive (and cleaning fans internally). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamui Posted February 28, 2010 Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 You are obviously well out of touch with the market as shown by your required specs so I'll start on why you want a 17" laptop. Surely if it is too big to move, a PC would be a better option ? As a laptop suggestion, a 15" Lenovo B/G550 is a good start (just bought the 450 myself) but Acer do 16"+ in their Aspire series. Have a look here: http://www.hwhinter.com/price.php select notebook http://www.notebookspec.com/web/search.php you should be able to work out the search criteria I guess you this wasn't aimed at me. Screen size aside the OP did say what kind of quality he is looking for. The variation in the laptop market is huge nowadays. If he is looking for quality and I would recommend Lenovo. Lenovo has high quality parts and an excellent customer service (in Germany anyway, as frequent customer surveys show). As I said Apple offers excellent value but you pay a premium for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 28, 2010 Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 You aren't going to find a "light" laptop with a 17" screen. heheh...unless you get a Mac! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shygye Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 6.6 lbs is not "light". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamui Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 6.6 lbs is not "light". It depends. Most 15" notebooks are already around 2.5 kg. And most 17" are above 6.6 lbs (3 Kg). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 6.6 lbs is not "light". Well, after lugging an 8+ lb. Sager laptop around for a couple years, my 6+ lb. Macbook does feel light to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorldFun Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 as mentioned 'local/asean' built models like acer, asus, toshiba etc are pretty cheap in LOS, but the specs may be 'slightly below' the latest in say USA. still at ~20,000bt for a 14/15" LED/LCD with low power intel duo core or similar & all the works HDMI, wifi, BT, LAN, DVD, Win7 OEM, 7-9h battery, 'MAC' style keyboards etc doubt even Lenovo/HP can compete with that in US? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coops Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 I'd recommend Fortune Town also - you can browse all the Acer, Asus, Sony, Lenovo & more there - and Apple. With Apple, Sony and other 'name' shops you can get the VAT refund claim done (take your passport or note down its number) and get the cash back at the airport. It's worth knowing that if you get an Apple - you can get the 'standard' spec and get a larger hard drive installed there and then by them (you just have to wander along to a hardware shop and buy the larger hard disk). You'll get to keep the original 250Gb disk also..(mind you if it's the 17" it may come with 500gB anyway....) and they'll do a great job of installing a glare reduction sheet over the screen, and get VLC, NeoOffice and so on ready to go for you (useful software as opposed to the crapware you'll get pre-installed with an Acer etc). Think they also had legit copies of Windows XP for sale - should be cheap and worth it to have for bootcamp just in case you need Windows at any time. Coops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamui Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 In regard to 17" Apple Notebooks. It is recommended to wait a few weeks, because a new 17" Macbook Pro should come out within the next weeks. More information on the life cycles of Apple products here: Buyer's Guide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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