I’ve always had the cringe and thought of “Saruk Digital” and other dealers that go selling laptops with low specs. We’re not living in 2010. Border line fact is that I feel people don’t get much from what they pay for. I designed this consumer guide for my facebook page and would like to hear your opinion on this matter. I recently stumbled on a laptop with an SSD option and they were selling above Ksh. 100K (the nerve) and if you compare the price on Amazon its at approx to Ksh 70K. (sigh)
Sound of your opinons and also tell me if there are any good laptop dealers in Kenya that offer bang for the buck!
I guess it’s because most consumers don’t have the need for high spec laptop’s. Personally the most I do with mine is browsing, Excel spreadsheet, research, the occasional Nduthi etc so I basically feel the cheapest Hp Notebook did that job perfectly for me. So ya nini I spend 100k for a laptop which I won’t use to the fullest. I believe once PC gaming really gets into the market prices will be competitive to accommodate increased demand.
PC gaming is into the market. Precisely why higher end laptops will forever remain pricy . And PC gaming will keep becoming more demanding resource wise. Such that by the time you can afford the high end laptop you wanted, it’s 3 years later and the current games now need it’s succesor . Basically an infinite loop of this.
It’s a poor mentality most people have of asking…“what’s the best x product at the cheapest price?” Hapo ndio utagongwa coz you’ll be sold for a core i7 but from the second generation.
The best approach is to seriously query your needs then find a computer that meets or very slightly exceeds those needs.
Sio ati watu hawajui machines poa za kubuy shida ni price zinakuja nayo inakuaga unreasonable thats why ata pc gaming bado haijashika saaana huku. For instance, I might want a laptop with core i7 7th gen processor but nkipata inauzwa 100k naachana nayo natafuta ya 30k. Nlishtuka kuona kwa youtube ati hizi machine branded core i7 za hp/dell/lenovo hao wazungu wakiziona wanazicheka sana but huku unapata zinauzwa 80k and above.
Lenovo got very good 7th and 8th Gen machines of all kinds.Though I tried to run full throttle the Oracle OBIEE application on their T470 8GB,2TB but bado inalemewa.I thought their T series are the best for the “bulky” work.
why do people equate i7 or high-end computers to gaming? especially hapa Ktalk really noticed this. Just because you deal with a few office docs, browse and watch movies does not mean that everyone does the same.
High-end computers are not for gaming only, there are lots of industries that use them. Lets take for example a custom build PC with 2 nvidia Titan X GPU in SLI mode, Great computer for 4K Gaming right? You will say that one should not need such a computer unless they are a gamer. But what if you are given a 4gb excel spreadsheet to analyse the data, will your cheap HP laptop do it fast? A data analyst or machine learning or deep learning specialist will enjoy using it for work since those GPU’s will crunch the data faster than CPU kwanza when using a tool like akina Tensorflow. A 3d artist too can render using the GPU’s while they use the CPU for work. These are just 2 examples that I gave you, there are lots of more.
A good computer enables you to work fast and produce quality work, otherwise, you will always delay or use shortcuts when with clients.
@michaemia on CPU I think from 6th gen aint bad. If second hand then the lowest one can go is 4th gen
on memory, 8Gb should become the new minimum, 2 gb or even 4gb should stay with phones and laptops
Serious gaming na laptops haziambatani.
For gaming, core i5 from the 6th generation, good ram and a great graphics card ni mambo yote.
Im still using a desktop i assembled in campus 7 years ago. Core 2 duo, 4gb ram and Nvidia graphics card. It plays most games hadi za last year. But time for upgrade now.
From the comments above I believe it’s the reason why shit is damn expensive.
Economics 101 prices are determined by demand and supply. Further to that if a product is perceived to be niche (even if it’s not) it will attract a premium price.
Back to the Kenyan setting. Latest hardware are to hasten our daily process, be it chrome ms. office, video player etc. When the masses deem them as gamers or content creators hardware you have already created a niche demand hence fucking us all up.
Be woke and demand good stuff, the only way to change is you stop looking at the OEMs (brands). They all using the same hardware. For cpu it’s either Intel or AMD. For ram it’s either Samsung or Kingston. For hard disk it’s either Seagate or Toshiba.
In conclusion computer education should be a Mandatory class as math and English. Pple need to learn from when they are small that there are beta ways of getting your numbers crunched not always settling.
I’d rather build than purchase anything from a vendor (desktop that is) and if it’s a laptop… a good spec refubrished laptop, minimum specs of 4GB RAM and 1TB.
This is the mentality of a seller. They get this 7th gen Intel computers from Dubai (and other parts of the world) for 50K, then they inflate the price from the shipping cost, tax, rent ya duka, salary (kitu kidogo) then they see that 1TB is too much for the customer, swap it for a 500 GB HDD, wrap it in foil and tell you ni “bei poa” for 95K.
Then you ask yourself, why is it when you Google that laptop, it’s going for $48,999 MRP and here you have a downgrade spec price AF machine!