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New laptop for college

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  • 24-08-2013 3:27pm
    #1
    Raeral
    Registered Users Posts: 97 ✭✭


    Looking for a new laptop for college, i5/i7 processor, 6-8GB RAM, dedicated graphics card and at least 500GB hard drive. Budget around €600-€700. After much research I narrowed it down to these two:
    The Fujitsu Lifebook AH532:
    http://www.harveynorman.ie/fujitsu-lifebook-ah532-m4562gb.html
    i5, 8GB RAM, 1GB Nvidia graphics card and 1TB storage, all for €599 which I think is a really good deal.
    The Toshiba Satellite L855-188
    http://www.harveynorman.ie/toshiba-satellite-l855-laptop.html
    i7, 6GB RAM, 2GB AMD Radeon graphics card and 1TB storage, for €799, which is a bit outside my budget but looks very good value for money.
    I'd be using the laptop for browsing, typing up projects, maths based software and maybe some light gaming.
    So my question is, is it worth paying the extra €200 for the i7 and the better graphics card? Also I would hope that the computer would last me for the four years of my degree, so from people's experience would Fujitsu or Toshiba have good build quality and how long lasting would they be? Thanks for taking the time to read through all this.


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    #2
    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    Acer Core i7 latop at SOL for £500 (€598 delivered).

    HN don't give any details re the "dedicated graphics cards", googling the Fujitsu, it's most likely a GT 620M, which is a joke, Intel HD 4000 is just as good.


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    #3
    SJ_IRL
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭SJ_IRL


    Just picked up the Lifebook AH532(i5) for college as well.
    HN also threw in this 16" laptop sleeve for free.
    It gets 4-5 hours on battery life even using WiFi.


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