I am currently looking to replace my 5 yr old laptop that the hard drive died in, and would like to get some recommendations
What i am looking for:
i7 4th gen
8gb or more of ram
500gb or more hard drive
14-15" form factor
3+ hr battery life
< $1000
I would like to have touch screen as well, but it’s not a deal breaker if other features make up for it. I don’t game, I use Visual Studio, Photoshop, SQL Server and other development programs most of the time.
Out of these two, can you recommend one over the other, or can you share experiences with each company? This will be my first new laptop (or computer for that matter) purchase in roughly 5 years, so not quite up to speed with what brands are good these days. My last computer was a dell and it’s lasted 4 years. If there is another computer I should check out, I am open to suggestion. Or if I should change one of my requirements.
Thanks for the suggestions. I checked them out, but didn’t find anything that jumped out at me that matched these.
I ended up going with the Lenovo. The main reason was that when I looked up the processors, I found out that the U processor in the Dell was only a 2/4 Core/thread processor, while the QM in the Lenovo was a 4/8. For my planned use of it with Visual Studio and SQL Server, this will prove much more useful than a touch screen. I also negated the memory difference because 16gb of memory can be had for ~$120, and the current memory can be sold to decrease that cost.