New Laptop from Saudi Arabia

XhacK

Hey guys,
I'm traveling in few hours to KSA from 4 days and I'm planning to get a laptop from there now my options were a high-end ASUS or Samsung (quality/price is the best) now check out jarir's website:
http://www.jarirbookstore.com/html/weeklyads.asp
if you check the December release, there're 3 interesting laptops:
1- Toshiba Qosmio F60-111: 4799 SAR ~ 1280 USD
2- Samsung RF510: 4299 SAR ~ 1147 USD
3- ASUS ..but it's not there...it's i5, 1GB VGA Dedicated, 4GB RAM, 15.4" as I remember for like 3900 SAR ~ 1040 USD

Now I don't want a HUGE laptop so I'm going for 15" also I'll be using it for web development mainly (netbeans, photoshop....also will be installing Ubuntu on it)

What do you think? Samsung is releasing some really good machines for a good price and the model i posted with 2GB dedicated VGA is something!

My budget is about ~1100-1200 USD

I'm not necessarily going to buy it from Jarir (Dammam) as I know other places with cheaper prices.

edgelord101

Let people who make TV's make TV's.

XhacK

Tako_400 wroteLet people who make TV's make TV's.

Man are you serious?! I've read a lot of reviews about samsung laptops lately (some hit models)..they are delivering a good quality laptops...now if you know that their support isn't good (for example) then please post the link...

Please guys, only helpful posts..

paladin77

Dear Xhack, we could help you better if you post the model number for that Asus so we can compare the three devices. Asus is making amazing lappies these days, and Samsungs are not bad. But if you are planning to use the laptop in Lebanon, i think it would be better to go with Toshiba bcz of the abundance of their parts here and ease of finding service (regardless of the machine itself, i always advise ppl to go for the laptop whose brand is most popular in their country).

jsaade

Tako_400 wroteLet people who make TV's make TV's.

who said they are just tv makers? did you forget about wave,galaxy,galaxy tab?
not to forget pc hardware and home appliances...

samer

Tako_400 wroteLet people who make TV's make TV's.

You probably need to research before posting uninformed replies like that :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Group

• Samsung Electronics, the world's largest technology company by sales.
• Samsung Heavy Industries, the world's second largest shipbuilder
• Samsung Engineering was ranked 35thin a 2009 ranking of 225 global construction firms
• Samsung Life Insurance was ranked at 14th in a 2009 ranking of Fortune Global 500 Industries
• Samsung Everland, South Korea's first theme park opened in 1976 as Yongin Farmland. It is now the fifth most • popular theme park in the world, beating out Epcot, Disney MGM and Disney's Animal Kingdom

XhacK

Thanks guys..

paladin77 wroteDear Xhack, we could help you better if you post the model number for that Asus so we can compare the three devices. Asus is making amazing lappies these days, and Samsungs are not bad. But if you are planning to use the laptop in Lebanon, i think it would be better to go with Toshiba bcz of the abundance of their parts here and ease of finding service (regardless of the machine itself, i always advise ppl to go for the laptop whose brand is most popular in their country).

thanks man, I didn't find the Asus in the last release and when i went to jarir, it was sold out! :(
So I got a Dell inspiron N5010:
i5 460m
4GB
1GB ATI 5470
15.4"
500GB
3 yrs middle east warranty + 200 SAR voucher (I got a lap desk, back case and electrical plug)
All for: 906$ :-)

I guess topic is closed.