Which of these laptops are better?

[Alannis]

I am looking for a laptop prised at about $700-$800 and saw these two laptops.I am wondering which one is better for what i am going to be using it for. I will be using it to watch youtube vids, check email, ect. I will also be using it to play moderate games such as mass effect 2, deus ex human revolution, skyrim. all will be single player. The newer titles can be run at lowest setting but older games such as oblivion, Mass effect 1, and borderlands would be run on high or medium. please help I have no idea which components are better so i can't compare them. one is DELL and one is HP here are the laptops.


Dell 17R

NVIDEA GEFORCE GT 525M (128 bit) 1GB
6GB shared dual channel DDR3 memory
2nd generation Intel® Core™ i5-2450M processor (2.50GHz, with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 3.10GHz)
750GB 5400 RPM SATA Hard Drive
8X DVD+/-RW Tray Load Drive, no-software
17.3" HD+ (1600 x 900) LED Display with Truelife™
48 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
HD Audio 2.0 Support SRS™ Premium Sound
Integrated 10/100 Network Card

And here is the HP

Operating system Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Processor 2nd generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2350M Processor (2.3 GHz, 3MB L3 Cache)
Graphics card 1GB Radeon(TM) HD 7450M Discrete Graphics [HDMI, VGA]
Memory 5GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
Hard drive 500GB 7200 rpm Hard Drive
Primary battery 6-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery (standard) - Up to 4.0 hours of battery life +++
Display 17.3" diagonal HD+ HP BrightView LED Display (1600 x 900)
Primary optical drive SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support
Networking 802.11b/g/n WLAN edit

Thank you for rading this any help would be greatly apprieciated.

[Computer Hope Admin]

Overall both systems are pretty similar, the Dell does have More memory but has a slower hard disk drive. Both laptops should handle new games although are not going to be able to run them at the highest settings. If it was me, the 5400 RPM hard disk drive really turns me off of the Dell computer, and I'd probably go for the HP, even if it has 1GB less RAM. However, that being said both the RAM and the HDD could be upgraded, even to a SSD drive.

If cost is an important factor for you since the computers are so similar you may just want to go for the cheapest laptop. Also, I'd read the reviews of people who've actually own the computer to help make your final decision.

[Darthgumby]

The Dell has a better processor and graphics, and overall would run better for gaming.  The hard drive, as stated above, could be an issue, but definately what you're getting as a base model would be better.  You can always add more RAM or a different hard drive later on.  You can't change a processor or graphics later on with a laptop.

[Raptor]

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[Raptor]

Quote the post you're replying to to find out if the post is real or not. Should do it with every newcomer imho.

Nathan, can't you prevent transparent GIFs from being uploaded or perhaps ban .GIFs at all? I hate the idea of being tracked.

[Salmon Trout]

I am definitely blocking dubaa.info in my hosts.file.

A Google search shows that forum posts with those GIFs are all over the web.

[Raptor]

I am definitely blocking dubaa.info in my hosts.file

can't believe I didn't think of that! Excellent idea.
Also the domain it forwards to: http://www.cuoda.net/

Good time to introduce RefControl for Firefox; https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/refcontrol/

[Salmon Trout]

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[patio]

Can't be that at all...
We never hardly get dumb kids posting on here...

[Raptor]

Can't be that at all...
We never hardly get dumb kids posting on here...

This guy is more than a dumb kid, though. He's a menace!

[Salmon Trout]

His grammar is pretty lame, too. It should be "Which of these laptops is better?"

[Raptor]

It shoud, it shoud...

 

[Salmon Trout]