the best amongst the "cheaper" laptops

[Psylocke]

just bought a compaq presario v3000 for 30k at asianic cyberzone, celeron processor with free 256 memory upgrade for the wifey. itsura niya parang latest na model ng hp, sale price. total memory is 512, dadagdagan ko pa ng 512 para 1 gig sya. cheap laptop pero branded at latest na rin yung design such as latch free, touch pad ba tawag dun sa volume and buttons and black yung color.

tapos tinanggal ko sticker na celeron at pinalitan ko ng sticker na pentium d.. hahahaha, daming nagogoyo sa unang tingin, pati yung technician nila nagoyo nung inaabot na yung laptop.

Lagyan mo din ng Intercooler Turbo sticker

[BlueBimmer]

hoy ung VTEC pa! :bwahaha:

[empy]

Asus or Acer?

i'm looking at the Asus G1S vs. the Acer Ferrari

[impulzz]

kung may uuwi kang friend or realtive from the US padala ka na lang, wala pa sa kalahati ng price dito ang mga laptop dun with orig vista pa.

thats what balckmagic and i did, we both got toshiba 15.4" screen, dual-core 1.7, dvd-rw, 120gb hdd, 1 gb ram, built in wireless b/g, multi card reader, orig vista OS cd included all for 40k pati shipping na yun with-in US, then inuwi na lang nung fiend namin. not even the most generic laptop here can touch that spec at that price.

[architect]

*impulse,

Which toshiba model did you get and from which reseller did you buy?

Thanks.

[impulzz]

got the toshiba satellite a135-s4527, sa ebay nakita ni blackmagic forgot which one, pero marami dun last time i looked bumaba ng $40 na. my sisters are thinking of buying din from ebay, hahanap lang sila ng uuwi sa pinas.

[wildthing]

I am NEO user... one year na mahigit... runs well pero hindi ko gusto ang fit ng sara ng cover kasi parang ginagasgas niya yung body.

For a P60,000 cost, centrino duo core with 1.5GB na RAM and built-in camera is was a good bargain last year.

[A121]

Asus user po ako.

Yung Asus ko, babad sa gamit ng processing power. MATLAB at Goldwave gamit ko. Sobrang happy po ako sa performance nya. Ito kasama ko sa paggawa ng 24 hour exams at lab reports. Sulit ang pagiging Core 2 nya. I also get N64ish graphics with the banban Intel GMA. hehehe.

[mikaztro]

You can't go wrong with Asus and Hp laptops. They're much expensive than Blue, Neo and Eecs. Among the 3, I'd go with Blue. I've used the ECS brand before and their hinge is not that good--madali masira. Neo and Blue are almost the same. But I prefer Blue because of it's looks, functionality and capabilities. I'd go and buy the duo processors now since nagmura na sila.

[shotokan]

my first laptop was an Acer 1640z with Centrino (Core Solo processor) 512mb DDR2... good performance... functionality and features and give it to my wife...

ive got mine recently... its DELL Inspiron 6400 with Centrino Duo (Core 2 Duo processor)... 512mb DDR2...

works fine & great with me as well...

[smalltimer]

My laptop is an MSI S420-X2

One of the cheapest (Php38K) laptop at its time with an ATI Radeon video adapter (Pang NFS Carbon hehehe)

[Asus700]

ako asus laptop user, pain free 2 years warranty service.

nag break down yung lcd, they replaced it without even looking at my receipt.

then yung hinge naman nag break inside, they also replaced it. hintay lang ako ng ilang minuto on both instances.

yung mga brand na na mention mo, halos pare pareho lang yan. go for the one with the best specs for the price and offers the longest warranty. that's the advise i can give you

[badkuk]

timeout...asus has a local service center?!?

[Asus700]

timeout...asus has a local service center?!?

oo naman, banbros commercial. they are now located in tindalo st. makati beside former urban bank bldg

[radiazone]

ang maganda sa asus 2yrs worldwide warranty... hindi pa naman naglokoloko ang lappy ko lapit ng mag expire warranty....

baka harddisk malapit na matigok,parang hindi kasama sa warranty heheheh

[batang_raon14]

If going back to the choices, I'd go with Neo.

Just bought a Neo Endura 531NL from PCX Gilmore. Core Duo, 1GB Ram, 80GB HDD, USB, Card reader, wifi, modem, and integrated camera. May libre ka pang printer at 1GB na flash drive for 34K.

Nakagamit na rin ako ng mga ECS at older Neo models. So far la pa namang big issue except so onting ingat lang sa lock ng screen. May isa akong model nun na nagamit na di na naglalock pag close ng lcd dahil naforce kong buksan one time, nabali na. Hehe...

Pero if you really compare it with known brands like Dell, Acer, HP, and Toshiba (my favorite), iba talaga ung quality ng materials. The touchpad is a very good point of comparison, some Neo/ECS laptops have rather rough touchpads, tipong di mo malipat finger mo from point a to point b. Another good point of comparison is ung heat dissipation. Sa mga known brands kung maginit man sa baba lang talaga ng unit mostly napapadpad. Sa mga Neo/ECS umaabot hanggang sa patungan ng palad. Haha... pero so far so good naman. La pang bumibigay in terms of hardware, ung lock lang ang nayari ko for my experience with these "cheap" laptops.

Mahirap din kasing bumili ng mamahalin knowing na may Taiwan made na mas mura pero halos same lang spec. I can do with warranty din if ever this should be a risk with the cheaper Taiwan ones, but haven't encountered such so far kaya sige lang. hehe.. palit din naman ng palit after a while due to the trend of unending improvements in computer hardware and software.

[A121]

ok yung asus na A series, malamig at di nakakapasma ng kamay.

and suprisingly, intel gma 950 plays some of my games (transformers and nfs carbon) wag lang po tayong maghahanap ng super sleek graphics.

[mikmik316]

Check around... there are Acer Aspire Gemstone 4300 Series that goes around for 32k... Sold a couple pero because of "material constraint" from the manufacturer, pakonti konti dating nito sa Pinas...

[CaMoTe!!!]

kung naaalala niyo yung government project dati na computer ng bayan.. ngayon naglabas sila, laptop ng bayan...

acer ang brand 25k lang... di ko lang alam ang specs...

pero yun nga, acer ang brand...

[badkuk]

hmmm...haven't heard about acer's product, pero eto ung nakita ko on the asus website

http://event.asus.com/eeepc/

haven't seen anyone selling it here though(although nakalist siya sa PC Corner). it uses 4gb/10gb flash memory as its hard drive, with 12" screen. admittedly medyo bitin, but if you're gonna run win2k or xp, pwede na B)

guys, me nakita akong

Asus A8HE
intel core duo processor T2060
1.6Ghz, 2Mb L2 cache, 533Mhz FSB
Intel 945 chipset
512mb DDR2(1gb if cash)
80gb HD
DVD super multi drive
built-in 1.3Mpixel webcam
no OS

39,900

ok na ba, o mahal? mas mura ba pag sa HK?