Opinions on Laptop-input appreciated

The___________

Buying a laptop to use in college next year, will be used for general college work and some light gaming-mainly Football Manager!!

Would like any tech experts opinions on this particular laptop,

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lenovo-Notebook-i5-2410M-Windows-Premium/dp/tech-data/B004TQQFJG/ref=de_a_smtd

http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Lenovo_G570_1072020.html

http://www.dabs.ie/products/lenovo-g570-core-i5-2410m-4gb-500gb--dvd-rw-15-6--windows-7-home-premium-7FR4.html

From what I've heard Lenovo's have an excellent record on the reliability front, would be interested in any reviews posters could offer on similar spec Lenovos.

Thanks in advance,
Stephen

Calraigh B

I'm no tech expert but there's a thread around somewhere where the G570 was recommended. It's good spec for the price. I've been looking at the same with slightly more storage.

My main worries are portability and that goddamn ''HD '' screen.Not on a 15''6 screen it ain't! Other than that, I haven't seen any other models with that spec for the price.

Alanstrainor

You'd want to make sure that Football manager would run with the intel graphics. I've no idea what the games like at all!

Spazdarn

Football manager won't be a problem with any of those...

Charlie Haughy

Football manager can run perfectly on practically any graphics card mate!

My advise on a laptop for you is this one, €382 delivered. www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Samsung_R525_987270.html

Processor AMD Athlon II X2 M340 Dual Core (M340, 2.2GHz, 1MB L2 cache)
Screen 15.6" (Samsung SuperBright Gloss LCD TFT, 1366 x 768 HD)
Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium Edition
RAM 3GB (DDR3 1066MHZ)
Hard Drive 320GB
Optical Drive DVD Rewriter (Records DVDs 8x & CDs 24x & Dual Layer Super Multi)
Graphics Dedicated (ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 with 512MB Dedicated DDR3 RAM)
Wireless LAN Wireless (802.11b/g/n Wireless)
Network Card 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet
Integrated Webcam Integrated Webcam
USB Ports 3x USB 2.0 ports
Speakers Integrated Stereo Speakers
VGA Port 1 External VGA Port
Kensington Lock Kensington lock slot
Charge Time 2.5 Hours
HDMI 1x HDMI Port
Warranty 12 Months Samsung Collect & Return Warranty
Battery Life 2-3 Hours (up to 3 hours with power management)
Weight 2-3 Kg (This Model 2.5 Kg)

There really is no need for i3 sandy bridge processors and stuff like that G570 if you are just using the laptop for college use and light gaming. That is my opinion anyway, it depends if you want it to last for 5-6 years or 2-3 years! The G570 is more future proof but its more expensive by a good bit. That laptop I listed has dedicated graphics, dual core, HDMI port, perfect for a student I think.

davdvn

you wanna make sure you get at least 4GB of Ram to future proof and a decent graphics card for games, not an integrated one.

Charlie Haughy

davdvn wrote: »

you wanna make sure you get at least 4GB of Ram to future proof and a decent graphics card for games, not an integrated one.

2gb ram sticks go for about €15 nowadays. Also you dont need dedicated graphics unless you will be doing a god bit of gaming or a lot of photshop/video editing.

Vic_08

The___________ wrote: »

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lenovo-Notebook-i5-2410M-Windows-Premium/dp/tech-data/B004TQQFJG/ref=de_a_smtd

http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Lenovo_G570_1072020.html

http://www.dabs.ie/products/lenovo-g570-core-i5-2410m-4gb-500gb--dvd-rw-15-6--windows-7-home-premium-7FR4.html

The spec of that is significantly different across those suppliers.
6GB RAM, 640GB HDD and seperate 1GB Graphics card on saveonlaptops.com 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD and Integrated Graphics only on dabs and amazon.