Hey, I'm looking for some advice on cost to performance ratios. Right now I'm shopping for a laptop for college, and I'm trying to decide between two or three different computers. I'm on a budget, so I'm fairly limited.
Information to preface this: This is going to be a college laptop, mainly used for typing papers, listening to music, and browsing the internet. Possibly some light gaming, but I have a stationary PC for that.
First is the Dell Inspiron 15R, which seems nice for its price, but it seems a bit too good to be true? The third generation i5 has Ivy Bridge, and it boasts 6 GB of RAM, but I feel like it'll fall apart instantly because they packed so much hardware in and cut costs on the casing. I'm looking at the $500 model and the $549 model. [URL]http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-15r-5520/pd[/URL]
Second (or third, I guess) is this Lenovo IdeaPad I stumbled across on Newegg. It has a second gen i3 (so no Ivy Bridge), which I don't really mind, and only 4 GB of RAM (again, something I don't mind because RAM is cheap as hell and I can upgrade it if need be). However, it's a lot lighter (4 pounds to the Inspiron's 6). Additionally, it's all metal casing, which a lot of people say is really sturdy. Also, I really don't mind the discrete graphics (Radeon 6470M) - it actually surprised me. [URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834246219&Tpk=34-246-219[/URL]
So Facepunch, what do?
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