Hi Guys,
I am about to buy a laptop,
I am considering these two,
- Dell Inspiron 15-5000 15" Laptop
- Lenovo Ideapad 300 15.6" Laptop
Both Priced at 848$ at Jbhifi.
Lenovo is i7 and Dell is i5,
Not sure if they have 64 bit OS,
This will be used for office work, light gaming, movies etc.
I am mainly after quick start up, reliability and nice look.
Any suggestions / ideas appreciated. If you have any other recommendations please let me know. Thanks in advance..
Specs,
1. Dell Inspiron 15-5000 15" Laptop
Display Size (Inches) - 15.6
Resolution (Pixels) - 1366 x 768
Screen Resolution - HD
Display Type - TL HD (1366 X 768)
Processor Type - Intel Core i5
Processor Model Number - i5 -6200U
Processor Cores - Quad Core
Processor Memory Cache - 3MB
Processor Clock Speed (GHz) - 2.3
Processor Max. Clock Speed (GHz) - 2.8
RAM (GB) - 8.0
HDD Storage - 1TB
Graphics Processor - AMD Radeon™ R5 M335 2GB DDR3
Graphics Memory - 2GB
HDMI Ports - 1
USB 2.0 Ports - 2
USB 3.0 Ports - 1
Optical Drive - DVD Super Multi
Card Reader - MMC
Webcam - True
Bluetooth - v4.0
Wi-Fi - 802.11 ac
Battery Cell Count - 3
Operating System - Windows 10
- Lenovo Ideapad 300 15.6" Laptop
Display Size (Inches) - 15.6
Resolution (Pixels) - 1366 x 768
Screen Resolution - HD
Processor Type - Intel Core i7
Processor Model Number - Intel Core i7-6500U
Processor Memory Cache - 4MB
Processor Clock Speed (GHz) - 2.5
Processor Max. Clock Speed (GHz) - 3.1
RAM (GB) - 4.0
HDD Storage - 1TB
Total Storage - 1TB
Graphics Processor - Intel® HD Graphics 520
HDMI Ports - 1
USB 2.0 Ports - 2
USB 3.0 Ports - 1
USB Ports - 3
Optical Drive - DVD Super Multi
Card Reader - SD, MMC
Webcam - True
Bluetooth - v4.0
Wi-Fi - 802.11 ac
Battery Cell Count - 4
Operating System - Windows 10
Out of the two models proposed I would go for the Dell - more RAM, dedicated video card.
"I am mainly after quick start up, reliability and nice look."
If you want quick start up then you would be better off with a laptop with an SSD rather than HDD.
IMO If you want a 15" laptop then you would be better off with a Full HD screen. These are only HD.
For your proposed usage I think you'll get more benefit out of more RAM rather than a faster CPU.
I would be very surprised if either run 32bit OS. The Dell certainly will be running 64bit with its 8GB of RAM.