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Capt.Moham
I need help in choosing a great laptop which will fit my needs. I'm a 17,5 student, I'm joining 1st year in college in September 2012. I'm a gamer I love to play huge games like: Flight Simulator X, Battlefield 3 or NFS and etc.....
In the same time, I would like to know which will be better for games and college and things like programs, movies as well ??
Please I need a useful reply and I want to know which will be the best for everything !!
Thanks a lot !!!
Answer
How about neither?
The M14x R2 only has GT 650M graphics and screen is too small at 14" with the highest definition as 1600x900, only moderate sized HDD, weighs too much, is a Dell, and very overpriced.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/244419/laptop_reliability_and_satisfaction_macbooks_rule.html
MacBookPro
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Pro
Apple is incredibly overpriced for the specifications by about double what it should be. They push their most expensive products and hide specifications. The MD 102A is the 13.3 inch. That is a tiny screen for gaming. The highest level CPU offered is 2.9 GHz (3520M) with passmark score only 4426. http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php
8GB DRAM costs a fortune. The graphics is only Intel HD 4000 on the 13 inch so just forget about decent gaming. It will play games like a cheap laptop with AMD integrated hybrid. The outputs take dongles and not all games come in OSX and adding windows and dual boot is sometimes not optimum. Basically, you overpay a lot for weak graphics in a small and pretty system with a good battery.
You do not state your country, but entered the question in USA Yahoo Answers. The words on the web sites to sell things are wonderful, but you can only understand products by looking up specifications. In college, bringing laptops to class almost guarantees you will break it. They don't game well on battery power, and even watching a movie on DVD sucks out battery power.
A Lenovo Y580 at Lenovo.com at 15.6 inch in full HD 1080p with a 1TB HDD and 32GB SSD for Intel RST boost and a GTX 660M 2GB DDR5 graphics and Intel i7 3610QM with 8 GB RAM is bigger and heavier but at under $1100 is more affordable and a demon at gaming.
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Computer-Games-on-Laptop-Graphic-Cards.13849.0.html
http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:category.details?current-catalog-id=12F0696583E04D86B9B79B0FEC01C087¤t-category-id=AC523278A4F13F27A84F5F5622D1AC7A&action=init
You otherwise get an MSI, Toshiba, or Asus gaming PC with better than or equal specifications to the Y580 and it will still cost less than either of the small screen systems and at least work well in gaming. If you are not smart enough to look up information and learn good from bad, maybe you are not ready for college where people are very smart at shopping for what is the best.
How about neither?
The M14x R2 only has GT 650M graphics and screen is too small at 14" with the highest definition as 1600x900, only moderate sized HDD, weighs too much, is a Dell, and very overpriced.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/244419/laptop_reliability_and_satisfaction_macbooks_rule.html
MacBookPro
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Pro
Apple is incredibly overpriced for the specifications by about double what it should be. They push their most expensive products and hide specifications. The MD 102A is the 13.3 inch. That is a tiny screen for gaming. The highest level CPU offered is 2.9 GHz (3520M) with passmark score only 4426. http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php
8GB DRAM costs a fortune. The graphics is only Intel HD 4000 on the 13 inch so just forget about decent gaming. It will play games like a cheap laptop with AMD integrated hybrid. The outputs take dongles and not all games come in OSX and adding windows and dual boot is sometimes not optimum. Basically, you overpay a lot for weak graphics in a small and pretty system with a good battery.
You do not state your country, but entered the question in USA Yahoo Answers. The words on the web sites to sell things are wonderful, but you can only understand products by looking up specifications. In college, bringing laptops to class almost guarantees you will break it. They don't game well on battery power, and even watching a movie on DVD sucks out battery power.
A Lenovo Y580 at Lenovo.com at 15.6 inch in full HD 1080p with a 1TB HDD and 32GB SSD for Intel RST boost and a GTX 660M 2GB DDR5 graphics and Intel i7 3610QM with 8 GB RAM is bigger and heavier but at under $1100 is more affordable and a demon at gaming.
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Computer-Games-on-Laptop-Graphic-Cards.13849.0.html
http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:category.details?current-catalog-id=12F0696583E04D86B9B79B0FEC01C087¤t-category-id=AC523278A4F13F27A84F5F5622D1AC7A&action=init
You otherwise get an MSI, Toshiba, or Asus gaming PC with better than or equal specifications to the Y580 and it will still cost less than either of the small screen systems and at least work well in gaming. If you are not smart enough to look up information and learn good from bad, maybe you are not ready for college where people are very smart at shopping for what is the best.
Asus g75 vs Lenovo y500?
Michael
Hi guys, I'm a college student and need a laptop that is dependable and long lasting.
Now, the Lenovo y500 has dual graphics which I can get for $1099, whereas compared to the Asus g75 with only a single graphics card (benchmarked at 1600+ vs 1200+ x 2 for the Lenovo).
The processors for the two laptops are the same at 3630QM (i7),
It seems like Asus doesn't have that good of a support crew compared to Lenovo.
I personally think that the Lenovo is more versatile, I could also get a cheaper version with 8GB of ram and a normal 1000GB Hard Drive for $1000.
What do you guys think?
Thanks for your help, I appreciate it!
Answer
I currently own the lenovo y500 and I have owned a asus laptop before, not to mention I have 2 family members who also own asus laptops.
the y500 has the more professional look and is has a slightly better classy feeling due to the aluminum lid finish and all around the keyboard.
in terms of performance and reliability, I have yet to notice any bdsm or random shutdown or restart, the system is very reliable even under extreme pressure, I don`t think asus improved their gaming laptops keyboards by much but from my experience the y500 has an above average keyboard which is comfortable to type on. so since your a college student am guessing your going to to alot of typing.
the y500 has one issue though but not all of them, the track-pad starts to act up after few seconds of operating, the issue is fixed in models made prior to January 2012 so i`ve read but this issue is simply fixed by applying electric isolating tape underneath it.
I would recommend the y500 ( without the track-pad issue)
and since you mentioned you are a college student and your going to be using your laptop for almost everything I would also recommend the lenovo y580 and ASUS N56VZ-DH71 since the y500 and asus g75 has Intel integrated Intel graphics disabled which means their battery life would be relatively short 2 hours max, because the laptop will be working graphics on the gt650 or gtx660 full time, but in the lenovo y580, n56 counterparts the laptop will switch to HD4000 integrated graphics on the I7 to save power and it will give you a 40% more battery power, which would be very important your taking the lappy to take notes in lectures.
one last thing always consider a DVD rom/blue ray, just in case if you needed to borrow discs for the library or for renting movies. not necessary but you should consider it.
I hope this helped, if you need more help please contact me on m.pharma@yahoo.com or eaglespeed@live.com
I currently own the lenovo y500 and I have owned a asus laptop before, not to mention I have 2 family members who also own asus laptops.
the y500 has the more professional look and is has a slightly better classy feeling due to the aluminum lid finish and all around the keyboard.
in terms of performance and reliability, I have yet to notice any bdsm or random shutdown or restart, the system is very reliable even under extreme pressure, I don`t think asus improved their gaming laptops keyboards by much but from my experience the y500 has an above average keyboard which is comfortable to type on. so since your a college student am guessing your going to to alot of typing.
the y500 has one issue though but not all of them, the track-pad starts to act up after few seconds of operating, the issue is fixed in models made prior to January 2012 so i`ve read but this issue is simply fixed by applying electric isolating tape underneath it.
I would recommend the y500 ( without the track-pad issue)
and since you mentioned you are a college student and your going to be using your laptop for almost everything I would also recommend the lenovo y580 and ASUS N56VZ-DH71 since the y500 and asus g75 has Intel integrated Intel graphics disabled which means their battery life would be relatively short 2 hours max, because the laptop will be working graphics on the gt650 or gtx660 full time, but in the lenovo y580, n56 counterparts the laptop will switch to HD4000 integrated graphics on the I7 to save power and it will give you a 40% more battery power, which would be very important your taking the lappy to take notes in lectures.
one last thing always consider a DVD rom/blue ray, just in case if you needed to borrow discs for the library or for renting movies. not necessary but you should consider it.
I hope this helped, if you need more help please contact me on m.pharma@yahoo.com or eaglespeed@live.com
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