Notebook buying advice

By Gabriel Popa
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Gabriel Popa

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Hi, I'd like to buy a new notebook. Three notebooks have piqued my interest:

1. Lenovo IdeaPad G575G AMD Dual-Core E-300 1.30GHz, 2GB RAM, 320GB HDD, AMD Radeon HD 6310

2. HP 635 AMD Dual-Core E-450 1.60GHz, 4GB RAM, 320GB HDD, AMD Radeon HD 6320

3. Toshiba Satellite C660D-1GV AMD Dual-Core E-300 1.30GHz, 3GB RAM, 500GB HDD, AMD Radeon HD 6310M

I guess most users here aren't familiar with any model mentioned above as they are primarily marketed in Europe. These notebooks have similar prices too.

Which notebook should I choose and why?

Thanks!

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You sure you dont want to spend a little more ?

With those 3, especially the HP, you are just flirting with disaster (not to mention slowness)

IMHO I would take a 2 year old ThinkPad T series over any of those laptops any day of the week.

Throw in 8GB RAM, a little later throw in an SSD and you've got a great little laptop that will last a long time. Those others probably wont.

Since youre on such a ltd. budget - dont you want your purchase to last as long as possible ?

Going cheap almost always ends up costing more in the long run.

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You sure you dont want to spend a little more ?

With those 3, especially the HP, you are just flirting with disaster (not to mention slowness)

IMHO I would take a 2 year old ThinkPad T series over any of those laptops any day of the week.

Throw in 8GB RAM, a little later throw in an SSD and you've got a great little laptop that will last a long time. Those others probably wont.

Since youre on such a ltd. budget - dont you want your purchase to last as long as possible ?

Going cheap almost always ends up costing more in the long run.

I have one of those and it's really good, plus the HD capabilities for movies are really great, I doubt any Thinkpad with intel integrated graphics can do that easily, heck, even skyrim plays in those things with lower resolution and settings.

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I have one of those and it's really good, plus the HD capabilities for movies are really great, I doubt any Thinkpad with intel integrated graphics can do that easily, heck, even skyrim plays in those things with lower resolution and settings.

Its not "really good" period. Just because it hasnt caught your house or your dog on fire yet doesnt mean its "really good". I dont give a crap about skyrim my comments were pertaining to reliability, dependability, quality. You doubt any ThinkPad can play an HD movie ?? Seriously ?

"the HD capabilities for movies are really great" ? :huh:

The DV series HP laptops are some of the junkiest crap to ever leave their pathetic factory and th-... oh forget it - this is pointless

Those 3 laptops are not "good", period. They cant be - not at that price point.

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Arceles

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Its not "really good" period. Just because it hasnt caught your house or your dog on fire yet doesnt mean its "really good". I dont give a crap about skyrim my comments were pertaining to reliability, dependability, quality. You doubt any ThinkPad can play an HD movie ?? Seriously ?

"the HD capabilities for movies are really great" ? :huh:

The DV series HP laptops are some of the junkiest crap to ever leave their pathetic factory and th-... oh forget it - this is pointless

Those 3 laptops are not "good", period. They cant be - not at that price point.

My laptop, a HP Llano has given me sooo much power for the price, whatever you're talking is just crap against this especific HP generation of laptops, if you want more proof, serve yourself but don't talk crap of thinks that you don't own. Thinkpads are as much reliable as this generation of HP notebooks, they just have a more sturdy case than HPs but that's all.

Now, get your facts straight: http://forum.noteboo...lounge-244.html

Edit: Almost a year with my current laptop and no game that I haven't been able to play, plus a lot of games run in PS2 emulation, the laptop that we are recommended to this guy is an HP of the same family of processors and far better integrated graphics, not like the crap of Intel Integrated Graphics that doesn't allow you to do nothing except stare at the screen.

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