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Dell Vostro 14 vs HP Pavilion 14

mdnurman — Tue, 27 Feb 2018 10:43:35 +0800

Dear sifus

I got a quote for Dell Vostro 14 (5471)
Spec is as below:

8th Generation Intel Core i5-8250U Processor (6MB Cache, up to 3.4 GHz)
14.0-inch FHD (1920 x 1080) Anti-Glare LED-Backlit Display
Silver LCD Cover With Fingerprint Reader
8GB DDR4 Memory,1X8GB,2400,Non-ECC SoDIMM
256GB Solid State Drive
Dell Essential Backpack 15
AMD Radeon 530 Graphics with 2G GDDR5 graphics memory
Intel 3165AC + BT4.0 [802.11ac + Bluetooth 4.0, Dual Band 2.4&5 GHz, 1x1]
Single Pointing Backlit Keyboard (English International)
Windows 10 Home (64bit) Single Language English
Price: rm3269

Another quote is HP Pavilion 14
HP Pavilion 14-bf163TX Laptop

8th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-8250U Processor
Windows 10 Home Single Language 64
14" diagonal FHD IPS BrightView WLED-backlit (1920 x 1080)
8 GB DDR4-2400 SDRAM (1 x 8 GB);
1 TB 5400 rpm SATA
128GB SSD
NVIDIA® GeForce® 940MX (2 GB GDDR5 dedicated)
Windows 10 Home 64bit
Price rm3148

Usage: work, MS office, statistical softwares (SPSS/SmartPLS), referencing apps (mendeley/endnote), no games, normal surfing (fb, browser etc), no torrent.

Which one is worth buying?

currently using HP Envy 13 6th Gen i5-6200U/4GB RAM/128GB SSD/Fingerprint... want to upgrade to this (need to be portable, 8GB RAM minimum)

any opinion?

thanks

Samsung battery

mdnurman — Sun, 07 Sep 2014 15:46:07 +0800

Noticed the battery today.
This battery was for Galaxy Note. Stopped using due to low charge one month ago despite less than 8 mths old. Therefore leave it outside the phone and left on the table with Galaxy Note. Guess what. It swelled!!!

Fast Dormancy / Data Dormancy

mdnurman — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 21:18:08 +0800

Using GSAM, found out that recent battery drain is due to Data Dormancy under Phone App causing my Xperia L keep awake all the time despite screen off. Once it ate 30% of battery life just overnight of doing nothing.
Anyone have any idea regarding this Fast Dormancy issue?

force stop Phone App or Switch off and on after few minutes eliminate this issue but restarted again later

Xperia L on JB stock unrooted

RAM question

mdnurman — Fri, 04 May 2012 20:02:42 +0800

My questions are:

1. I have an Acer Aspire 4750G i5 + GT540M with Win7HP 64bit and 4GB DDR3. If I add another 4GB, total 8GB, will there be any significant increase in performance of office applications, web surfing and facebook games/flash?

2. I have an HP Pavilion dm1-4010 netbook E450+HD6320 with Win7Home Basic 64bit and 2GB DDR3. If I add another 4GB, total 6GB, will there be any significant increase in performance of office applications, web surfing and facebook games/flash? Btw, how do I open up the base? cannot find any screws

If I upgrade myself, will it affect the warranty for Acer and HP.

Thanks.