new laptop advice

Rockfish

Looking for a new laptop, mainly used for browsing, and watching movies/football. Funds are tight so wondering will something like these do the job? thanks

http://www.harveynorman.ie/compaq-cq58-300sa-15.6-laptop.html

http://www.harveynorman.ie/fujitsu-lifebook-ah512-m4102gb.html

Torqay

Under no circomstances get an AMD E-1 Fusion processor.

The Fujitsu's Celeron is probably* a 1000M, which means Ivy Bridge and Intel HD 2500 graphics. 299 yoyos is an aceptable price but you'll want to add 2 or 4 GB RAM (which is not too expensive).

* phone and ask before you make the trip.

Rockfish

Torqay wrote: »

Under no circomstances get an AMD E-1 Fusion processor.

The Fujitsu's Celeron is probably* a 1000M, which means Ivy Bridge and Intel HD 2500 graphics. 299 yoyos is an aceptable price but you'll want to add 2 or 4 GB RAM (which is not too expensive).

* phone and ask before you make the trip.

Would they add this instore and roughly how much? Thanks

Been recommended this by a mate, decent?

http://www.dell.com/ie/p/inspiron-15-3521/pd?oc=cn35127&model_id=inspiron-15-3521#!stoneId=ratingsAndReviewsTab

Torqay

Rockfish wrote: »

Would they add this instore and roughly how much?

Probably, if you ask 'em nicely.

But it is a very easy DIY job, a 2 GB DDR3-12800 module costs ~ €20 (online).

Rockfish wrote: »

Been recommended this by a mate, decent?

http://www.dell.com/ie/p/inspiron-15-3521/pd?oc=cn35127&model_id=inspiron-15-3521#!stoneId=ratingsAndReviewsTab

Again an Ivy Bridge Celeron processor, but of the ULV variant. Ultra Low Voltage processors draw less juice from the battery at the cost of performance. In actual benchmark terms it looks like this:





That is, if I'm right about the Celeron processor in the Fujitsu (you'll have to ask HN about it). In comparison, a Core i3 processor scores around 3000, an AMD E1-1200 scores 717.

The Dell already has 4 GB RAM and "should" have a better battery life (this of course depends on the battery WH). The Fujitsu does have the faster processor. So the call is yours.