Which should I go for?

darren2368

I'm looking to buy a new laptop and I've been looking these two for quite a while now. They're fairly similar spec wise but I'm not really sure which I should go for. Just thought I'd see what your opinions are!

http://www.currys.ie/Product/ASUS-K55VDSX504H-156andquot-Laptop/315740/148

http://www.currys.ie/Product/LENOVO-Z580-156andquot-Laptop-Metal/315723/148

Heres the info. listed for anyone afraid to click the links ha!

Asus K55VD
Price: €569.99
Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-2330M (2.2 GHz, 1333 GHz processor speed and interface, 3 MB cache)
RAM: 4 GB
Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce 610M
Disk drive: DVD Super Multi drive
USB: 1 x USB 2.0, 2 x USB 3.0
Webcam: Yes - HD web camera
Keyboard & Mouse: Chiclit keyboard, Multi-gesture touchpad
Battery: Li-Polymer 50 WH, up to 6 hours maximum battery life
Screen type: Backlit LED
Screen resolution: 1366 x 768
Sound: Sonicmaster (stereo)
WiFi: Yes
Ethernet: 10/100/1000
Hard drive: 500 GB SATA III
Memory Card Reader
Bluetooth

Lenovo Ideapad Z580
Price: €519.99
Processor: Intel® Core™ I3-2328M processor (2.2 GHz, 3 MB cache)
RAM: 4 GB
Disk drive: SuperMulti Dual-layer DVD
USB: 2 x USB 3.0, 2 x USB 2.0
Ethernet: 10/100 Gigabit Ethernet
Webcam: 0.3 MP 720p HD
Battery: Up to 5 hours
Screen resolution: 1366 x 768
Sound: 2 x 2 W with Dolby Home Theatre V4
Memory Card Reader
Screen size: 15.6"
Hard drive: 750 GB
Bluetooth
WiFi: 802.11N

kodoherty93

this one seems better than those 2 laptops

this one has a more powerful processor meaning its faster plus the hard drive is huge at 1 TB

http://www.pcworld.ie/Product/HP-Pavilion-g62293sa-156-Laptop-Winter-Blue/312624/301

the_syco

What do you plan to use it for? The Asus K55VD looks nice, as the graphics on teh other two look like sh|te.

ene

from anyone i know who has a asus they have all said they are really bad, most of them have already been replaced and they were not used heavily at all

GreenWolfe

the_syco wrote: »

What do you plan to use it for? The Asus K55VD looks nice, as the graphics on teh other two look like sh|te.

There isn't much difference between Intel HD Graphics and a GeForce 610M.

darren2368

the_syco wrote: »

What do you plan to use it for? The Asus K55VD looks nice, as the graphics on teh other two look like sh|te.

Mainly be using it for internet browsing/ using microsoft office / programming so I'll be using some programs like eclipse.

Won't really need it for gaming or anything like that

darren2368

EarthlyPangaea wrote: »

There isn't much difference between Intel HD Graphics and a GeForce 610M.

At the same time though I think I'd prefer to have the dedicated graphics, even it's there's not a huge difference

darren2368

ene wrote: »

from anyone i know who has a asus they have all said they are really bad, most of them have already been replaced and they were not used heavily at all

I'm not so sure about that, from what I've heard Asus are meant to be one of the best in terms of hardware failure and such.

That's only going by what I heard but I've looked it up and there was a graph which proved it

ene

maybe my friends have had a bunch of bad luck with asus then

darren2368

ene wrote: »

maybe my friends have had a bunch of bad luck with asus then

Maybe, although who's to say I won't have bad luck with them as well.

Do you know more detail on what exactly went wrong with them?

ene

on one it stopped charging, it wasnt a fault with the charger or the battery but the actually slot ou put the charger into

another one the screen pixelated, some parts just turned black

not sure about the other ones