[Review] ILLEGEAR RE-15

johuru93 — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 18:41:03 +0800

Disclaimer: I am NOT affiliated with ILLEGEAR in any way or circumstances to do this review.
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About
Been using ILLEGEAR RE-15 for more than 2 weeks.
Animation student. Gaming is a plus.

Tech Spec

Hyundai Metallic Crystal White with Automotive Clear Coat

15.6" LG Phillips Full HD LED-Backlit Matte Display (1920 x 1080)

Intel® Core™ i7-4700MQ (6MB L3 Cache, 2.40GHz)

Nvidia GeForce GTX 765M 2GB GDDR5

IC Diamond Thermal Compound - CPU & GPU

8GB Dual Channel DDR3 RAM 1600MHz - 2 X 4GB Team-Elite 1600 RAM

500GB 5400rpm Western Digital Scorpio Blue Hard Drive

DVD-R/RW DL Combo Optical Drive

Realtek RTL8723AE - WLAN & Bluetooth 4.0 Combo

8-cell ion battery

2.7 kg

Price:RM 3817 (Without OS)

Unboxing "THE BOX"

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It was a huge box and it seriously got me real excited when i frist picked it up.

The insides

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Drivers disc and AC adapter ( smaller and lighter now)

The "Beast"

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As usual, equipped with the standard ports, 2 usb 3.0 ports (marked with blue) 1 usb 2.0 , HDMI , e-sata Usb , LAN port ,SD Card Reader , Sound jack (microphone, headphone, speaker) and a lock.

The nice automotive lid.
Touching it just makes up for the quality.

LG Screen and the standard chiclet keyboard.
Keyboard quality is excellent once you get used to it. Build quality is decently good.
The LG screen has excellent contrast for it's price too, see in the next sections.

The laptop is mostly plastic but gives a quality feel with a plated base on top.

The onkyo speakers are decent but a lot people might not like it due to it's trebly sound (which is excellent quality for piano/classic music), can be improved with soundblaster cinema either way, get a subwoober or a headset.

VGA/OPTIMUS mode buttons.
Flight Mode switches ( disables WLAN) quite convenient.

Indicators (4th indicator to the right)
Orange : on Nvidia GPU
Green: On integrated GPU

The weight is standard for most 15.6 laptops. Considered light for it packed performance inside. And anyway, the bulkiness show just how good the ventilation is compared to other laptops

I carry it to college sometimes and it's a bit heavy but bearable coz i carried a 4kg laptop before previously. Most of the time i use it as a desktop at home.
The portability is there and the desktop replacement feature is there.
The RE-15 balances between desktop and mobility.
Get RE-17 for desktop replacements.

PLease dO nOt QQ about Ultrabooks VS this. There is absolutely no relation between RE-15 vs a SIMILAR SIZED ultrabook. You can't compare them. And you will never will. Ultrabooks are ultrabooks.

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[Review] ILLEGEAR RE-15