Posted: 10/28/2014 12:33:10 PM EDT
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If all other things are equal will I see much difference from a mid road i5 or a quad core A8?
17" home use laptop |
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For home use stuff like Facebook and Arfcom? Nope, you won't notice a difference.
I went with an A8 in mine because of the video processor chip (Lightroom/Photoshop). It would have cost me a few hundred dollars more to get an Intel. Are you looking at the HP Envy 17.3"? |
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Link? I'm seeing desktops but not laptops.
ETA found it, I'm dumb ETA again - I have that chipset, the A8-4500M, in a similar model to the Pavillions listed. No complaints. I run Win7 on it, upgraded to 16GB of RAM, and moved the OS to a 128GB SSD. It's cool that there are two HDD slots in that chassis. |
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Depends on what you are doing with the laptop.
For basic everyday surfing at home you dont need a hell of a lot of features. If you are editing video and gaming you are going to need a good processor and gpu. That being said you can get some very good deals on used ones too. I have a local pawn shop that i have shopped at for a couple years. They inspect the laptops and wipe and reinstall the os, and give a warranty on them. As an example: I have picked up a Lenovo think book with a core I5 (2.3 IIRC) for 185 otd. And a Dell I7 Model escapes me. For 199 with a broken hinge cover. which was purely cosmetic. and just tonight I picked up a core I5 HP EleiteBook 2.6 ghz for 195 otd. |