Question on about which computer

AZelenski94 · Apr 2012

My dad gave me a 1000 dollar budget on a new laptop, thing is I found two that im interested in -
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834246326
and
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1753820&CatId=4938

Which should I get? Or should I look for a better ones?
Ill be using it for gaming and misc art creations (3d/2d)

LMP · Apr 2012

1000 dollars? A laptop for that price won't be very good for either task. Building a desktop with that budget would get you a lot more usefulness out of that 1000.

But, between those 2, the Asus looks like the better choice.

D4V1DC · Apr 2012

Shop around:
http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/saved/1E4LRB

This might be a little bit better.
Others probably will chime in on here but best to make absolutely sure what you want first.

And Echo LMP about desktops, but you can't carry It around so...

SA_22 · Apr 2012

yea if i had the choice to buy a desktop over the laptop i bought again, i would pick up the desktop.. picked up a laptop at the time for taking to uni with me but i barely do.. normally just take my portable harddrive with me.. my laptop looks cool and does what i need it to, just... but a desktop would have been the better choice looking back

MagicSugar · Apr 2012

Either one is good for 3d/2d. With latest video cards and ram sizes these days I don't think laptop vs desktop is that much important anymore. You're hardware will matter if you plan to do cg for films, lots of HD video editing or a lot of print work where your page/image res will be something over 3k and up. Also depends on your gaming requirements.

Whatever your budget double check your software compatibility with graphic cards.

AZelenski94 · Apr 2012

A laptop is essential. I take notes and all that at school/uni on a crappy 300 dollar laptop and I have corel painter and photoshop on it and I draw when I am out. So yeah portability is a major factor. I was thinking the asus because of the 2gb video card but I wasnt sure.

Ace-Angel · Apr 2012

ASUS all the way...

AZelenski94 · Apr 2012

so 2 votes asus 0 votes lenovo

R3D · Apr 2012

From what i've seen from lenovo I would recommend it.

AZelenski94 · Apr 2012

why would you pick the lenovo over the asus? Just curious? The solid state drive or what?

elGuapo · Apr 2012

A work station is better, but as for that lenovo, it's cheaper on their website:
http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:CompareByNeed?current-category-id=653343E0DE54435882FABC3CE1BC569A#/?facet-5=3&page-index=1&facet-2=6

ZacD · Apr 2012

This guy looks gooood http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:item.detail?GroupID=457&Code=08622VU

AZelenski94 · Apr 2012

ZacD wrote: »

This guy looks gooood http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:item.detail?GroupID=457&Code=08622VU

would that be better than the asus I found?

ZacD · Apr 2012

The GT 555M should be a lot better of a card, even with less vram, but I'd check some bench marks to make sure. Plus SSD will mean fast boot times.

AZelenski94 · Apr 2012

ZacD wrote: »

The GT 555M should be a lot better of a card, even with less vram, but I'd check some bench marks to make sure. Plus SSD will mean fast boot times.

okay thank you

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