trying to decide on laptop - help please

thephantom1

Hey,

I am in the market for a laptop and I am looking for something mid rang around the €800 mark. I have three choices at the moment and would appreciate any advice because I am not up to speed with processors,ram and graphics cards. I have had a vostro before and was very happy with it so i am considering one again (the 699 version in the attached link) but I also like the lenovo and toshiba below:

http://www.dell.com/ie/business/p/vostro-3560/fs

http://komplett.ie/Komplett/product/15_16_inch/80006637/lenovo_15_6_z580_m81dfmh_i7_3612qm_8gb_750gb/details.aspx


http://komplett.ie/Komplett/product/15_16_inch/80006668/toshiba_15_6_l850_150_i7_3610qm_8gb_500gb/details.aspx

ideally, I want to be able to use a port replicator or some form of docking station to hook up to a monitor,keyboard and mouse at work but I am finding it hard to figure out how this works and what laptops would be compatible. Any advice on this also would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Torqay

The Dell only comes with a Core i5 while the other two have a Core i7 Quad CPU and 2 GB more memory, that choice is a no brainer really.

The Tosh has the fastest processor of the lot. Although the 3612QM has a higher model number than the 3610QM, it offers slower clock rates and therefore performs worse. However, the 3610QM is specified at a much higher TDP of 45 Watt, thus you can expect a longer "battery life" from the Lenovo.

The HD 7670M benchmarks marginally better than the GT 630M (though benchmarks are not everything, some games and applications perform better with Nvidia cards, others perform better with ATI graphics).

All in all, I'd say the Tosh is best choice (GPU & CPU).

thephantom1

cool, thanks a lot. You explained it well, dell is out the window so:)