[wolf2009]

$399 AMD P320 3GB DDR3 Laptop or $429 INTEL Pentium P6100 4GB DDR3 Laptop ?

I'm looking for something inexpensive for school.

http://www.officedepot.com/a/product...screen/?543273

http://www.officedepot.com/a/product...ptop-Computer/

Which one should I get ?

 

[TEntel]

I'd pick the Toshiba.
Same performance
Cheaper
Lower rate of failure than Lenovo.

 

[thegreatsquare]

The Pentium is slightly better, but the AMD has 4250 graphics while the Intel graphics are on the Pentium. For better functionality, I'd get the AMD laptop.

AMD: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_look...P320+Dual-Core

Pentium: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?...00+%40+2.00GHz

 

[mr soft]

I´d also go for the Toshiba , they are solid builds.
The 4250 on board has 256mb dedicated .

Good to see they are coming down in price.

 

[wolf2009]

Have you guys heard of any problems with Intel HD Graphics drivers with hd video hardware acceleration ? or anything else ?

 

[wolf2009]

bump

 

[IBuyJunk]

I say go with the Intel graphics - are you going to be gaming on it anyway? It can do hd content ...

 

[Geforce_GTX]

Quote:

Originally Posted by mr soft I´d also go for the Toshiba , they are solid builds. The 4250 on board has 256mb dedicated . Good to see they are coming down in price.

I agree,that Toshiba is a awesome deal for a budget laptop.

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Originally Posted by IBuyJunk I say go with the Intel graphics - are you going to be gaming on it anyway? It can do hd content ...

You'd take the intel graphics over a more capable ATI chip?

The ATI will do 1080P as well,with better quality,and can game at settings other than low.

 

[Otterclock]

Toshiba does have a more established record of reliability than the relatively new "Essential" (G) series from Lenovo. Having used the G560, though, I gotta say I was surprised by the solid build quality and excellent keyboard (seriously one of the best keyboards I've used in a notebook). It's actually a really nice laptop that looks and feels more expensive than it is.

edit: The G560 I used was a newer one, though, and I think there were some exterior changes made in the refresh. More aluminum.

 

[genji]

I'd go with the Toshiba, plus it has DDR3 and can be expanded up to 8GB's. Also, Lenovo makes really good laptops as well, but...It's still a Pentium, a newer Pentium yes, but when people ask you what you're sportin in that thing, would you rather say "A Dual Core Athlon II with an ATI 4250" or "a P.O.S. Pentium with integrated graphics" I would say go for the Toshiba, they are good quality laptops first of all, and second, if you wanted to, you could run SC2 or some other modern games for some gaming on the go.