Traveling abroad and need to bring a laptop with me to play some low end games on (Dota 2, League of Legends, maaaaaybe vanilla bf3 on low if its playable) and I've narrowed it down to two laptops, both at $499 Canadian.:
Acer Aspire E1 14"
-Intel CoreTM i5-4200U
-8gb ram
-Intel HD Graphics 4400
v.s.
Lenova g505
-AMD A8 5550M
-AMD Radeon HD 8550G
-8gb ram
http/www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/acer-acer-aspire-e1-14-laptop-silver-intel-core-i5-4200u-500gb-hdd-8gb-ram-windows-8-e1-472-6440/10270637.aspx?path=43b99e51dc85f0722118d8a245fc2428en02
vs
http/www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/lenovo-lenovo-g505-15-6-laptop-black-amd-a8-5550m-1tb-hdd-8gb-ram-windows-8-1-g505s/10285041.aspx?path=9a2ea2c7729b533589457544f5bd2870en02
Acer Aspire E1 14"
-Intel CoreTM i5-4200U
-8gb ram
-Intel HD Graphics 4400
v.s.
Lenova g505
-AMD A8 5550M
-AMD Radeon HD 8550G
-8gb ram
http/www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/acer-acer-aspire-e1-14-laptop-silver-intel-core-i5-4200u-500gb-hdd-8gb-ram-windows-8-e1-472-6440/10270637.aspx?path=43b99e51dc85f0722118d8a245fc2428en02
vs
http/www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/lenovo-lenovo-g505-15-6-laptop-black-amd-a8-5550m-1tb-hdd-8gb-ram-windows-8-1-g505s/10285041.aspx?path=9a2ea2c7729b533589457544f5bd2870en02