For around the same price (~$840) I'm able to get either the Lenovo y410p with the 4700mq and a single GT750m or the y500 with the 3230M and SLi 650M's. Besides the obvious differences I've listed above, the y410 is 14inch at 1600x900 while the y500 is 1080p at 15.6, and slightly bulkier/heavier. Obviously, battery life will be shorter on the y500 as 2 GPUs are running.
Y500: http://ncix.com/products/?sku=80752&vpn=59359560&manufacture=Lenovo%20Consumer&promoid=1300
Y410p: http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/ibmeppfriendca/StdAffinityPortal/en_CA/catalog.workflow:item.detail?GroupID=458&Code=59369925&category_id=6AFE7939B43C04357F8A18B2DFF36075 (price is actually $830 since the discount hasn't been applied)
Which would you guys suggest I get? This will be a college laptop with some occasional gaming. I feel somewhat inclined to get the y500 just because it seems like a better deal, but I wouldn't want a powerful gaming laptop to become an excuse for slacking off. I'm also a comp sci major, so I'm not sure if the larger resolution would be much more beneficial for coding or consequently if the weaker CPU gets in the way of running programs (this I honestly have no idea about).
Y500: http://ncix.com/products/?sku=80752&vpn=59359560&manufacture=Lenovo%20Consumer&promoid=1300
Y410p: http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/ibmeppfriendca/StdAffinityPortal/en_CA/catalog.workflow:item.detail?GroupID=458&Code=59369925&category_id=6AFE7939B43C04357F8A18B2DFF36075 (price is actually $830 since the discount hasn't been applied)
Which would you guys suggest I get? This will be a college laptop with some occasional gaming. I feel somewhat inclined to get the y500 just because it seems like a better deal, but I wouldn't want a powerful gaming laptop to become an excuse for slacking off. I'm also a comp sci major, so I'm not sure if the larger resolution would be much more beneficial for coding or consequently if the weaker CPU gets in the way of running programs (this I honestly have no idea about).