SONY VAIO E Series SVE1512B1EW or HP Pavilion g6-2244sa

declanmac

Hi folks

Buying my first ever laptop this saturday look to spend €500-550

in a bit of a pickle here narrowed it down to two latops but undecided
can anyone help point me in the right direction

SONY VAIO E Series SVE1512B1EW
Intel® Core™ i3-3110M processor
Windows 8
Memory: 4 GB
Hard drive: 750 GB

or

HP Pavilion g6-2244sa

• AMD E2-1800 processor
• Windows 8
• Memory: 8 GB
• Hard drive: 1 TB

or if anyone has any other suggestions all welcome!

thanks

Torqay

Questions?

declanmac

huh?

im looking to see which one is better ?

or

is there a better one out there for same price bracket?

Torqay

declanmac wrote: »

is there a better one out there for same price bracket?

Depends on where you want to buy, online you'll certainly find a few Core i5 laptops matching your budget. Either way, do not settle for anything less than a 3rd generation Core i3. Meaning no AMD, no Celeron, no Pentium processor.

declanmac

Currys have both for 500-550

so between those two the sony would be the better one?

Torqay

declanmac wrote: »

so between those two the sony would be the better one?

By a country mile.

Never mind the bigger HDD or extra RAM, both are easily upgraded if need be, with the processor you're stuck forever.

blade1

would this hp be better than the sony one
http://www.currys.ie/Product/HP-Pavilion-g62210sa-156andquot-Laptop-Red/316202/148

Torqay

blade1 wrote: »

would this hp be better than the sony one
http://www.currys.ie/Product/HP-Pavilion-g62210sa-156andquot-Laptop-Red/316202/148

It certainly would be... if it was available. This offer has been discussed in another thread but apparently it was sold out (at least in Galway).

blade1

Seems to be available for home delivery

mathepac

My brother-in-law bought one in Carrickmines on Monday based on my recommendation. Very impressed with it and ecstatic with 281 euro saving. (Buying this lap-top from PCWorld in the UK will only save you about 20 euro at Monday's exchange rate).

riclad

I,D go for the lower speed cpu, as in general it,ll run cooler ,Fan less noisy ,ie most people use laptops for music, video,webrowsing.
Obviously for gaming ,3d design , photoshop , faster cpu is better.
My laptop is very quiet ,fan comes on very rarely , cpu 1.2 ghz.
it has onboard graphics intel card.
I play games on my pc, or 360 console.
I just use laptop,for music,youtube, browsing the web.
Super fast gaming laptop= lots of noise.
Faster cpu laptops,with fast graphics cards,get hot, generally they tend to break down more, have maintenance issues.AT least compared to a 1.2 ghz cpu slower laptop.

Torqay

riclad, would you care to read the original post then you would know that neither model has a dedicated graphics card nor are they "super fast gaming laptops". They're both rather basic models, only the AMD Fusion APU is slow as f*** and even basic tasks such as browsing the web can be a painful experience with multiple tabs open.

mathepac

blade1 wrote: »

would this hp be better than the sony one
http://www.currys.ie/Product/HP-Pavilion-g62210sa-156andquot-Laptop-Red/316202/148

Seems to have gone up by 20 notes today, but still good value IMHO.

blade1

mathepac wrote: »

Seems to have gone up by 20 notes today, but still good value IMHO.

Seems everytime there is a discussion on Boards about an item in Currys, the price rises!
Maybe I'm just being sceptical.

mathepac

blade1 wrote: »

... Maybe I'm just being sceptical.

Not at all; you're being an astute observer of entrepreneurial economics laws in action. "As demand rises, so shall prices follow".