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Originally Posted by fido123
lenovo IdeaPad Z570 (1024DMU) Notebook Intel Core i5 2450M(2.50GHz) 15.6" 6GB Memory DDR3 1333 500GB HDD 5400rpm DVD±R/RW NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M, $639.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834246327
I'd go with specs relative to this or even downgrade to an i3 but you'll want ~6GB of RAM. That video card will also make your laptop not utter garbage at playing the vidja. Lenovo is also pretty good IMO. Dealt with their customer support, was good, and it seems they prefer things working properly and not falling apart than looking nice although some of their laptops do look pretty sick.
EDIT: Also in the future please place all threads like this in Bits & Bytes. |
The main differences between this 639 lenovo and the 679 lenovo are that:
This one has 6GB of RAM over 8.
This one has the NVIDIA graphics card, the 679 has integrated graphics.
This one lacks the Blu-Ray Player (which I really don't care about).
This one has a 500GB hard drive, instead of a 750GB Hard drive.
Seeing how i'm running on 3GB of RAM right now, i'll be fine with 6GB. I don't necessarily want to downgrade to an i3. The graphics card is attractive over integrated graphics if I decide to do graphic intensive activities down the road (which I very well might). I don't care about the Blu-Ray Player so that's a plus. I can accept the 250GB drop because I have 1.5 TB in external hard drive storage. It's good that lenovo prefers a working product.
I think you've convinced me that the cheaper of the two laptops is the better of the two for my uses fido. thanks! That model was also the laptop I was looking at closely other than the Dell Inspiron 15r. The lenovo has a glossy screen over a matte screen though.. which is a downside of the laptop.
I will remember the bits & bytes forum for later.