Asus Vs Lenovo

[vorman]

Hi

Just want opinion regarding laptop brands, which would you choose Asus Vs Lenovo?

Basically I'm looking for a higher end laptop but cannot afford the prices of the Dells, Acer, etc, so decided on the brands i should look at, ie Asus, Lenovo.

Looking for i7, upto 3GHz
At least 6GB Ram
Min dedicated graphics 2 GB
SSD Preferable, and DVD Drive a must


Also, any suggestions for retailers welcome that offer good laptop deals
Edit: Budget: +- R 12 000

Looking at this atm, I know I said Asus or Lenovo but received a quote for this.
http://www.acerlaptops.co.za/Acer-NX-GDWEA-001-lp-147400.php
Require the higher end specs for running AutoDesk applications, photo processing etc, not really gaming but i guess they require gaming specs

 

[Johnatan56]

I would rather base it on the laptop itself.
Lenovo goes through Partserve for warranty issues, Asus might have dedicated support (looking at other threads).

I would suggest you give a budget, recommendations can be had based on that.

 

[Scary_Turtle]

Wait until tomorrow its Black Friday you might find something good in that price range. What you looking for generally costs around R15 000.

Here is most of the companies that offer black Friday deals http://mybroadband.co.za/news/gadge...-black-friday-2016-deals-in-south-africa.html. I highly recommend Wootware but have a look around tomorrow you never know where the best deal will come from.

 

[agentrfr]

Personally I've used Asus stuff since forever. Problems have been rare for me but on two occasions warranty claims weren't an issue.

I still do some Inventor stuff on an older laptop from 2011ish. I gave it some more ram and an SSD - works a charm

 

[156charl]

I think there are a few good deals but there is one from MSI seems quite attractive. http://www.pcint.co.za/en/gaming_notebooks
CX62-7QL, though it's i5 but it's the new 7th Gen Kabylake and fits your budget (well...R709 more...)

 

[Purply]

If I had to choose I'd go with Asus purely out of personal experience with both brands.

 

[Keno]

Try a stretch the budget to 14,000 for which you can get a i7 dell.

 

[Johnatan56]

Gigabyte P17F R5
R12'999 black Friday special, no SSD sadly.

- Intel Core i7-6700HQ 2.60GHz
- 17.3" FHD 1920x1080 IPS Widescreen
- 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Memory (1x 8GB - 2 Slots)
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX950M 2GB DDR5 Graphics (Performance)
- Intel HD Graphics 530 (Power Saver)
- 1TB 2.5" SATA HDD
- Free Backpack and M6900 mouse included
Optical Disk Drive 12.7mm Super Multi DVD RW

 

[sajunky]

+1. Good support from Rectron, not such refurb dealers like Parserve. Also look for second-hand or demo laptops in the classified section.

 

[squirrel]

+1. Good support from Rectron, not such refurb dealers like Parserve. Also look for second-hand or demo laptops in the classified section.

I am personally quite a Lenovo fat. And agreed on demos etc, off carb I got a Lenovo L560 i5-6300U, 256gb ssd, warranty until 2019 for 7k delivered (retails for a lot more)