PC Show 2007
the 3-monthly IT event started yesterday and will end this sunday. and it was so damn crowded yesterday despite being the first day.. guess it's bcos of vesak day. the linkway from the suntec city mall to the convention centre is jammed with human such that we can only move inch by inch!need to get myself a laptop this time round cos i need it for home and work. and i did some research over the net and others' appraisal before making a trip down.. so it narrows down to either lenovo or acer. my preferred specs are actually quite simple - Core2 duo processor (at least 1.6GHz), at least 1 GB RAM, DVD-R, weight <2.5kg with batteries, long battery life (hopefully 6-cell or more), budget around 2k, >100GB HDD, asthetically appealing (ie: better to have an other-than-black-colour casing), hopefully comes with webcam, hopefully has discrete graphic card.
Comments for acer weren't too good.. that's what most people from hardwarezone said. but then again, my current acer desktop din really give me trouble for 4-5years until recently when the battery starts to wear off and the clock keeps resetting itself.
lenovo shouldn't be too bad in terms of reliability since it was from IBM.
i also considered other brands- toshiba and hp, but somehow not too appealing. of cos, i tot making an initial trip down to the PC show will help me make my decision better and clearer. And talking to the promoters does affect my decision at times, especially if the promoter is sincere enuff and if the model is one of my choice.
But i guess human beings are weird creatures. You would already have something in your mind that u yearn to have; and most of the times, your decision wouldn't change despite all the influences.
So at the end of the day, my main choices are still either Lenovo or acer heheh.
Usually after my enquires with the promoters, i will ask for their names and numbers so that i can get back to them if i really want to buy that particular brand. Especially if they are very sincere (yah i can be quite swayed at times by people's sincerity). but unfortunately most of the times u can't get back to them as 1)i can't recognise the faces; 2)when i asked for them, the other promoters will say "dunno this person... can i help you instead?" so..
anyway i reckon as a promoter, u should know your stuff really well (at your fingertips) and dun be too forceful in trying to clinching the deal! i had an encounter yesterday when some promoters dun really know the specs well and give me wrong info somemore (yah sometimes i will act ignorant and ask some silly questions to test the promoters hahah..=p). And keep asking me "so which one u want to buy?" sighzzz.
i think i will be dropping by again this sat and sun to buy my laptop. and hopefully i can get some really good deal!
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