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My old trusty Toshiba Satellite has finally given up the ghost so I'm looking for a reasonable budget (ish) laptop. Not needed to play games but I do watch HD video on it. Found this which looks alright for the money. Anyone know of any better options out there or suggestions on manufacturers that I should perhaps consider or avoid like the plague? As I'm not playing games presume that I don't really need one with a dedicated graphics card or do I? Be grateful of any help, cheers.
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pete_21 wrote:
So it looks like my options (within my budget) are either a slightly lower spec CPU with less RAM but with a dedicated graphics card or a slightly better CPU with more RAM but an integrated card? Benchmark test figures on the i5 2430M do seem to be a fair bit higher than the CPU's in the 2 clearance models.
Its not even a contest in my opinion. You sacrifice CPU, RAM & HDD for a bottom end GFX card that doesnt perform much better than the intel one. If you really want a dedicated GFX card, they've got an Acer Aspire 5750G on there with a GT 540M for 430 pounds, much better trade off in my opinion. However, if you dont want to play games I cant see why you'd bother.
Don't know if the HP or Lenovo machines would be better quality than the Packard Bell though? Think HP's Pro-Book is their flagship range so that might well be worth considering?
ProBooks are a budget range aimed at the business user, the flagship range is the EliteBook. I doubt you're going to find significant differences in quality at the price point you're looking at anyway.
So it looks like my options (within my budget) are either a slightly lower spec CPU with less RAM but with a dedicated graphics card or a slightly better CPU with more RAM but an integrated card? Benchmark test figures on the i5 2430M do seem to be a fair bit higher than the CPU's in the 2 clearance models.
Its not even a contest in my opinion. You sacrifice CPU, RAM & HDD for a bottom end GFX card that doesnt perform much better than the intel one. If you really want a dedicated GFX card, they've got an Acer Aspire 5750G on there with a GT 540M for 430 pounds, much better trade off in my opinion. However, if you dont want to play games I cant see why you'd bother.
Don't know if the HP or Lenovo machines would be better quality than the Packard Bell though? Think HP's Pro-Book is their flagship range so that might well be worth considering?
ProBooks are a budget range aimed at the business user, the flagship range is the EliteBook. I doubt you're going to find significant differences in quality at the price point you're looking at anyway.
Thanks for the comments guys, really appreciated.
So it looks like my options (within my budget) are either a slightly lower spec CPU with less RAM but with a dedicated graphics card or a slightly better CPU with more RAM but an integrated card? Benchmark test figures on the i5 2430M do seem to be a fair bit higher than the CPU's in the 2 clearance models.
Hard drive size is not really an issue as a 1TB drive is not something I would ever fill on a laptop TBH.
Don't know if the HP or Lenovo machines would be better quality than the Packard Bell though? Think HP's Pro-Book is their flagship range so that might well be worth considering?
Will do a bit more homework and have think, thanks again for the help guys.
So it looks like my options (within my budget) are either a slightly lower spec CPU with less RAM but with a dedicated graphics card or a slightly better CPU with more RAM but an integrated card? Benchmark test figures on the i5 2430M do seem to be a fair bit higher than the CPU's in the 2 clearance models.
Hard drive size is not really an issue as a 1TB drive is not something I would ever fill on a laptop TBH.
Don't know if the HP or Lenovo machines would be better quality than the Packard Bell though? Think HP's Pro-Book is their flagship range so that might well be worth considering?
Will do a bit more homework and have think, thanks again for the help guys.
Thats decent for the money I think, those laptops always seem to get good reviews these days. Maybe the screen resolution is an issue if you're going to watch full HD videos?
My old trusty Toshiba Satellite has finally given up the ghost so I'm looking for a reasonable budget (ish) laptop. Not needed to play games but I do watch HD video on it. Found this which looks alright for the money. Anyone know of any better options out there or suggestions on manufacturers that I should perhaps consider or avoid like the plague? As I'm not playing games presume that I don't really need one with a dedicated graphics card or do I? Be grateful of any help, cheers.
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