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Title: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: Ace Of Spades on June 20, 2016, 08:56:04 AM
Need you help mga gurus..

core use for:
Photoshop
Mild Video Editing
Mild Gaming (Dota2, some other RPGs)

malaki ba difference in terms of speed ng i5 and i7? budget 50k. or go for the old MBP without retina.
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: robinonibor on June 20, 2016, 09:52:37 AM
Need you help mga gurus..

core use for:
Photoshop
Mild Video Editing
Mild Gaming (Dota2, some other RPGs)

malaki ba difference in terms of speed ng i5 and i7? budget 50k. or go for the old MBP without retina.

sa pag gagamitan mo sir photoshop and movie editing when it comes sa rendering malaki differece nila.
anyways 50k budget anlaki nyan. you can look for any latest procie ng intel and go with it.
or I suggest na sa ganyang budget, I will go for a desktop build not unless klangan mo bitbitin tlga go for laptop.
solid rig na yan sa 50k
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: Ace Of Spades on June 20, 2016, 10:07:06 AM
sa pag gagamitan mo sir photoshop and movie editing when it comes sa rendering malaki differece nila.
anyways 50k budget anlaki nyan. you can look for any latest procie ng intel and go with it.
or I suggest na sa ganyang budget, I will go for a desktop build not unless klangan mo bitbitin tlga go for laptop.
solid rig na yan sa 50k

need bitbitin for travel and pang events sir eh. brand wise sir ano pinaka bang for the buck for that budget? ASUS? tinitignan ko rin tong MBP 13" retina and without retina.
http://www.apple.com/ph/mac/compare/results/?product1=macbook-pro-13&product2=macbook-pro-retina-13
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: Ralph_Petrucci on June 20, 2016, 01:49:10 PM
malaki difference ng i5 sa i7. sa 50k, stretch a bit to get a better MacBook Pro. kung wnidows naman, get an Asus, or a Dell. other than that, sirain.

i'm using my ASUS N53S since 2011. this thing is still powerful and the batteries are still a okay!
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: fender101 on June 20, 2016, 05:08:00 PM
Basta wag lang acer kasi sirain :lol:
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: Ralph_Petrucci on June 20, 2016, 05:22:00 PM
Basta wag lang acer kasi sirain :lol:

mismo. hahahaha!
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: fender101 on June 20, 2016, 05:48:54 PM
mismo. hahahaha!

happened to me twice yung una nasunong yung video card ko tapos etong gamit ko ngayon di makadetect ng disc drive tapos pareho pang nasira yung ethernet port :lol: kaya eto na talaga mag asus na ko :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: Ace Of Spades on June 21, 2016, 08:18:07 AM
Basta wag lang acer kasi sirain :lol:

haha yup nadala narin ako dyan. ung keyboard sirain :(
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: marzi on June 21, 2016, 08:28:40 AM
yung asus netbook ko naman hdd ang bumigay after 4 years pero lahat ng parts ok na ok pa.
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: red lights on June 21, 2016, 08:34:54 AM


kung basic lang na gagamitin sa mga school projects? ok ba yung acer?
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: Ralph_Petrucci on June 21, 2016, 09:42:05 AM

kung basic lang na gagamitin sa mga school projects? ok ba yung acer?


Pass ka sa acer paps. unang masisira jan battery so magiging always plugged in laptop na siya, sunod niyan either key board or yung screen. wala talaga ako masabing maganda sa acer. hindi rin kasi siya mura. kung mura lang din, anjan ang MSI at Toshiba.

pero paps, ipon onti pa, asus talaga. very reliable.

yung acer ko, after 6 months, nagpuputa na yung battery. tapos sumunod na yung keyboard so bumili ako ng usb keyboard, finally, yung screen. time used: 2 years.
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: red lights on June 21, 2016, 09:43:53 AM

Pass ka sa acer paps. unang masisira jan battery so magiging always plugged in laptop na siya, sunod niyan either key board or yung screen. wala talaga ako masabing maganda sa acer. hindi rin kasi siya mura. kung mura lang din, anjan ang MSI at Toshiba.

pero paps, ipon onti pa, asus talaga. very reliable.

yung acer ko, after 6 months, nagpuputa na yung battery. tapos sumunod na yung keyboard so bumili ako ng usb keyboard, finally, yung screen. time used: 2 years.

salamat paps, asus na nga lang siguro
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: Ralph_Petrucci on June 21, 2016, 10:10:40 AM
salamat paps, asus na nga lang siguro

no worries naman paps. di naman sobrang layo ng presyo. :)
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: qroon on June 21, 2016, 09:49:55 PM
Don't get the higher end ASUS ha. Parang di worth it sa presyo. BTW, get as much as maxed RAM as possible. Lalo na kung projected use mo eh more than 2 years.

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Di pa ulit ako nakabibisita sa mga physical stores. Pero desktop ang next project ko. May trusty HP Pavilions are already 8 years old and the specs are already far behind (Dual core Pentium with 4GB RAM).
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: CeL1916 on June 21, 2016, 10:16:36 PM
Patibayan ranking ko:

1. Apple
2. Dell
3. Asus

Siguro 4th lenovo

Bad experiences ako sa acer and hp, I heard MSI is also good, may service center pa yata sila dito.
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: Ace Of Spades on June 22, 2016, 08:07:08 AM
Don't get the higher end ASUS ha. Parang di worth it sa presyo. BTW, get as much as maxed RAM as possible. Lalo na kung projected use mo eh more than 2 years.

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Di pa ulit ako nakabibisita sa mga physical stores. Pero desktop ang next project ko. May trusty HP Pavilions are already 8 years old and the specs are already far behind (Dual core Pentium with 4GB RAM).

haha mine already 5 years with intel i3. need ko lang talaga ng bago laptop for events. Now reading reviews if worth it parin ung early 2012 MBP vs ung latest na MBP 13" retina with the 10k difference
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: Ralph_Petrucci on June 22, 2016, 09:41:13 AM
Patibayan ranking ko:

1. Apple
2. Dell
3. Asus

Siguro 4th lenovo

Bad experiences ako sa acer and hp, I heard MSI is also good, may service center pa yata sila dito.

I agree with this list. sa windows talaga, nothing beats the construction of dell. well, except alienware. then again sila din yan hahahaha

no need to get the blinged out asus models. there are asus midrange models with top of the line specs.
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: marzi on June 22, 2016, 10:35:31 AM
I agree with this list. sa windows talaga, nothing beats the construction of dell. well, except alienware. then again sila din yan hahahaha

ang alam ko Alienware operates independently kaya kung mas matibay at hardcore yan sa Dell eh di ako magugulat.

nga pala, may firewire ports kaya ang ASUS? kailangan ko din pang raket e.
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: Ralph_Petrucci on June 22, 2016, 10:40:08 AM
ang alam ko Alienware operates independently kaya kung mas matibay at hardcore yan sa Dell eh di ako magugulat.

nga pala, may firewire ports kaya ang ASUS? kailangan ko din pang raket e.

wala na atang lappy na may firewire port paps. best to use a converter to usb 3.0 nalang.
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: Ace Of Spades on June 27, 2016, 08:16:16 AM
got a MSI gaming laptop instead.

https://www.msi.com/Laptop/GL62-6QD.html#hero-overview

satisfied na ko. upgrade ng ram nalang next month ;)
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: Ralph_Petrucci on June 27, 2016, 10:23:27 AM
got a MSI gaming laptop instead.

https://www.msi.com/Laptop/GL62-6QD.html#hero-overview

satisfied na ko. upgrade ng ram nalang next month ;)


aye aye, MSI has decent models, handle with care nalang paps, MSI's construction is a little flimsy so may tendency magcrack ang mga plastic partis nito kung masyado kang rough. :)

congrats on your purchase paps!
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: mozart123 on June 27, 2016, 02:40:59 PM
got a MSI gaming laptop instead.

https://www.msi.com/Laptop/GL62-6QD.html#hero-overview

satisfied na ko. upgrade ng ram nalang next month ;)

magkano bili mo?
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: fender101 on June 27, 2016, 06:33:33 PM
got a MSI gaming laptop instead.

https://www.msi.com/Laptop/GL62-6QD.html#hero-overview

satisfied na ko. upgrade ng ram nalang next month ;)

eto ata yung tig-45+k sa octagon na nakita ko kahapon :-D cool :-D
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: Ace Of Spades on June 28, 2016, 08:51:05 AM
magkano bili mo?

54k srp sya since may back to school promo si MSI 49k nlng. Mga choices ko nung time na un is ung HP Gaming at MSI. specs wise mas angat si HP sa RAM at RAM ng graphics. pero sa battery at keyboard si MSI talaga fit for gaming.
may freebies pa from MSI gaming bag at mouse. tapos may ipapadala pa sayo na mga stuff toy na dragon haha  :cry:
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: marzi on June 28, 2016, 11:07:49 AM
^hanggang 16GB ba ram capacity?
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: Ace Of Spades on June 28, 2016, 11:53:24 AM
up to 32gb bro
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: qroon on June 28, 2016, 11:56:10 AM
^^ Nice! 4 na sockets ba yan? If I were you, isasagad ko na kaagad ngayon. Mahirap maghanap ng dimms in the future.
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: Ace Of Spades on June 28, 2016, 01:03:29 PM
2 slots lang bro. skyflakes at pancit canton muna haha para maka ipon  :eek:
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: fender101 on June 28, 2016, 02:57:33 PM
54k srp sya since may back to school promo si MSI 49k nlng. Mga choices ko nung time na un is ung HP Gaming at MSI. specs wise mas angat si HP sa RAM at RAM ng graphics. pero sa battery at keyboard si MSI talaga fit for gaming.
may freebies pa from MSI gaming bag at mouse. tapos may ipapadala pa sayo na mga stuff toy na dragon haha  :cry:

ang cool naman nung stuff toy na dragon :cute:
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: Ace Of Spades on June 28, 2016, 03:32:47 PM
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Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: marzi on June 29, 2016, 08:26:41 AM
up to 32gb bro

^^ Nice! 4 na sockets ba yan? If I were you, isasagad ko na kaagad ngayon. Mahirap maghanap ng dimms in the future.

ok na ko sa dalawang 8GB na ram. pang on the spot editing din yan. actually mas hardcore pa yan dun sa tinitignan ko. ASUS yung brand, i3 intel, around Php34k lang.
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: qroon on June 29, 2016, 09:14:10 AM
ok na ko sa dalawang 8GB na ram. pang on the spot editing din yan. actually mas hardcore pa yan dun sa tinitignan ko. ASUS yung brand, i3 intel, around Php34k lang.

16GB ay good compromise na. Lalo na kung murang makukuha. Hindi ako particular sa speed ng proc. RAM talaga pinagtutuunan ko. Leche kasing mga browsers at websites. Napakatakaw sa RAM. Kaya naka-NoScript ako.

Makatutulong din sa over-all speed kung naka-SSD na ang laptop para sa OS at applications.
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: Ralph_Petrucci on June 29, 2016, 09:38:51 AM
16GB ay good compromise na. Lalo na kung murang makukuha. Hindi ako particular sa speed ng proc. RAM talaga pinagtutuunan ko. Leche kasing mga browsers at websites. Napakatakaw sa RAM. Kaya naka-NoScript ako.

Makatutulong din sa over-all speed kung naka-SSD na ang laptop para sa OS at applications.

kung mag sousound editing with a DAW running multiple VSTs, you need a strong processor. i3 will not be enough to run vsts in real time for a full band track. hahaha
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: qroon on June 29, 2016, 09:55:11 AM
kung mag sousound editing with a DAW running multiple VSTs, you need a strong processor. i3 will not be enough to run vsts in real time for a full band track. hahaha

Ganun ba ka-heavy ang usage? 2 cores and 4 threads hindi pa rin kaya?
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: Ralph_Petrucci on June 29, 2016, 10:02:21 AM
Ganun ba ka-heavy ang usage? 2 cores and 4 threads hindi pa rin kaya?

di kaya. lalo na if you're running HD sounding Reverbs and amp sims realtime. i5 at the least. pero i7 talga. no problems. but ofcourse, you also need some ram.
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: marzi on June 29, 2016, 12:29:30 PM
^medo mabigat nga kung pang digital audio on full blast DAW software. kaya nung RAM oo, pero yung procy kaka layer mo ng effects, suka yan hehe.

alala ko yung packaged cubase ng zoom, dual core AMD gamit ko. wala pang 30 mins ayawan na.
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: Ralph_Petrucci on June 29, 2016, 01:00:47 PM
^medo mabigat nga kung pang digital audio on full blast DAW software. kaya nung RAM oo, pero yung procy kaka layer mo ng effects, suka yan hehe.

alala ko yung packaged cubase ng zoom, dual core AMD gamit ko. wala pang 30 mins ayawan na.

nako po lalo na kung Cubase paps hahaha suka ng dugo ang processor hahaha
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: qroon on June 29, 2016, 09:53:33 PM
Sa audio eh Audacity lang ako. Record per track then pagsasamasamahin, he he he.
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: CeL1916 on June 30, 2016, 07:28:06 AM
^^ Nice! 4 na sockets ba yan? If I were you, isasagad ko na kaagad ngayon. Mahirap maghanap ng dimms in the future.

Curious ako boss bakit? Nagpaplano din kasi ako magupgrade ng ram pero laging napepending.
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: marzi on June 30, 2016, 07:34:08 AM
^bakit mag uupgrade o bakit ngayon na?

pag tumatagal kasi at may lumalabas na bagong spec ng ram chips, yung mga lumang specs ambilis mawala sa stores. tapos makakahanap ka ng same spec kaso overpriced na.
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: qroon on June 30, 2016, 07:50:05 AM
^bakit mag uupgrade o bakit ngayon na?

pag tumatagal kasi at may lumalabas na bagong spec ng ram chips, yung mga lumang specs ambilis mawala sa stores. tapos makakahanap ka ng same spec kaso overpriced na.

Correct!

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Kung sa tingin mo ay magagamit mo in 2-4 years ang laptop mo, oks talagang i-max out ang RAM. Pero as usual, nasa pattern ng usage yan.

* * * * *

Dagdag ko lang. Kung long term ang projected usage, piliin din yung laptop models na replaceable ang batteries. Siguraduhin ding hindi soldered ang RAM.
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: CeL1916 on June 30, 2016, 08:03:39 AM
Bakit ngayon na! Haha


Pero ok kuha ko na! Thanks marzi, chief qroon.
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: fender101 on June 30, 2016, 12:51:31 PM
Alam ko irerecommend niyo ang i7 pero magtatanong pa din ako. Okay na ba ang i5 sa 8 track recording? :lol:
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: Ralph_Petrucci on June 30, 2016, 01:18:05 PM
Alam ko irerecommend niyo ang i7 pero magtatanong pa din ako. Okay na ba ang i5 sa 8 track recording? :lol:

pwede na. wag mo lang aasahan masyado sa sobrang daming VST running in real time. mareverb kasi ako paps kaya I need the i7.
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: Ace Of Spades on June 30, 2016, 02:07:47 PM
may thread nba for sound recording? ano mga pirated software na nasa torrents na? gusto ko mag record sayang specs  :-D
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: Ralph_Petrucci on June 30, 2016, 03:06:55 PM
may thread nba for sound recording? ano mga pirated software na nasa torrents na? gusto ko mag record sayang specs  :-D

di tayo nageencourage ng pirate dito paps :)

may thread na punta ka lang sa recording board.
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: fender101 on June 30, 2016, 03:27:30 PM
pwede na. wag mo lang aasahan masyado sa sobrang daming VST running in real time. mareverb kasi ako paps kaya I need the i7.

nabasa ko nga yan sa ibang forums na pagmareverb kelangan talagang i7. di naman ako masyado sa vst except sa bass guitar track tsaka sa output track :-D na-experience ko yang masyadong daming VST na yan hahaha gapang tong dual core ko na wala hyperthreading eh :lol:
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: Ralph_Petrucci on June 30, 2016, 03:37:04 PM
nabasa ko nga yan sa ibang forums na pagmareverb kelangan talagang i7. di naman ako masyado sa vst except sa bass guitar track tsaka sa output track :-D na-experience ko yang masyadong daming VST na yan hahaha gapang tong dual core ko na wala hyperthreading eh :lol:


mismo paps. hahaha nagsslow yung play pag marami na vst =)) may dual core din ako dati sabog uhog eh, nag mimix ako ng tracks na may 6 reverb and delay chains HAHAHAHAHA
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: fender101 on June 30, 2016, 03:42:11 PM

mismo paps. hahaha nagsslow yung play pag marami na vst =)) may dual core din ako dati sabog uhog eh, nag mimix ako ng tracks na may 6 reverb and delay chains HAHAHAHAHA

parang slow mo na may glitch pag ganun noh? :lol: tunong transformer nga nung nangyari sa kin yung ganyan :lol:
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: Ralph_Petrucci on June 30, 2016, 04:11:10 PM
parang slow mo na may glitch pag ganun noh? :lol: tunong transformer nga nung nangyari sa kin yung ganyan :lol:


OO PAPS HAHAHA parang transformer =)) nadiscover ko, processor pala talaga hahaha
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: fender101 on June 30, 2016, 04:46:05 PM

OO PAPS HAHAHA parang transformer =)) nadiscover ko, processor pala talaga hahaha

+1, processor nga talaga :-D
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: CeL1916 on June 30, 2016, 09:43:02 PM
Ako bounce to new track, tapos mute yung old tracks para di nahihirapan pc.
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: fender101 on July 01, 2016, 02:31:17 PM
Ako bounce to new track, tapos mute yung old tracks para di nahihirapan pc.

anong DAW gamit mo sir?
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: CeL1916 on July 01, 2016, 09:24:10 PM
anong DAW gamit mo sir?
Reaper! Hindi na ram hog, free pa.
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: Ralph_Petrucci on July 04, 2016, 10:38:54 AM
Ako bounce to new track, tapos mute yung old tracks para di nahihirapan pc.

ubos oras paps pero yes this will work. pag mitikuloso kasi yung nirerecord mo at gusto instant yung changes, di uubra yung bounce, send to new track, listen method hahaha.

though yan yung ginagawa ko dun sa netbook ko pag mobile mixing ako dati =))
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: fender101 on July 04, 2016, 06:15:00 PM
Reaper! Hindi na ram hog, free pa.

naka gamit na din ako ng reaper sir, 12/10 rate ko sa DAW na yan. di pa mahirap gamitin :-D but as of now ableton lite gamit ko kasi libre sa nabili kong focusrite scarlet at novation launchkey :lol:
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: fender101 on July 04, 2016, 06:17:14 PM
ubos oras paps pero yes this will work. pag mitikuloso kasi yung nirerecord mo at gusto instant yung changes, di uubra yung bounce, send to new track, listen method hahaha.

though yan yung ginagawa ko dun sa netbook ko pag mobile mixing ako dati =))

laptop with i7 na bibilhin ko sir ralph hahaha i've made up my mind kasi naka-sale ako sa jb kahapon nung novation launchkey 49 at kelangan ng mataas na cpu speed. nagla-lag gamit kong laptop ngayon pagmadaming channels na naka open :lol:
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: Ralph_Petrucci on July 05, 2016, 10:41:38 AM
laptop with i7 na bibilhin ko sir ralph hahaha i've made up my mind kasi naka-sale ako sa jb kahapon nung novation launchkey 49 at kelangan ng mataas na cpu speed. nagla-lag gamit kong laptop ngayon pagmadaming channels na naka open :lol:


naysu paps! gas attack ah!
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: fender101 on July 05, 2016, 02:08:59 PM

naysu paps! gas attack ah!

sobra :lol:
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: boybawang on July 25, 2016, 09:36:57 AM
Go for ASUS or DELL or kung swak pa sa budget: macbook pro.
Go for SSD.
at least 8gb RAM
with dedicated video card
khit i5 lng, pwede na
Title: Re: Laptop Recommendation
Post by: fender101 on July 25, 2016, 12:24:22 PM
Go for ASUS or DELL or kung swak pa sa budget: macbook pro.
Go for SSD.
at least 8gb RAM
with dedicated video card
khit i5 lng, pwede na

mismo 'to!