Choosing a laptop

Emily_

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I'm new to the forum, hope I can get some advice.
So for the past couple of weeks I've been looking for a laptop that would suit not only regular needs (browsing, university stuff etc.) but would also be pretty decent at handling games. I've narrowed my search to these 3 models:
ASUS N56JR
Dell Inspiron 15 (7537)
Lenovo Ideapad Y50-70
I know these pages aren't in English, but the main specs of each model should be clear.
The Dell has a touchscreen but only a 750M, while the others have better GPUs with DDR5 but no touchscreen. I was wondering if it's worth to have a touchscreen on a Windows 8 laptop or a touchpad and a mouse is enough and not frustrating to use.
Then there's another important issue - battery life. The Asus seems to be struggling with it the most (even when running the integrated GPU), while the 2 others seem to do a bit better.
The price doesn't really matter in this case, they're pretty similar.
Any help would be appreciated.
 
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Go for the Lenovo. The touchscreen should not matter to you much as Windows 8 can be manipulated quite easy using the touch pad and shortcut keys on the keyboard. One of my laptops has touch screen and honestly,.I have disabled the touchscreen as it really feels weird.
Now, why I said you should go for the Levovo is because it is the most powerful of the three as well as it has a better battery life. The Lenovo has the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M (2GB DDR5 VRAM) which is better than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760M that the Asus has and far better than the NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M the Dell has.
Of the three though, the Intel Core i5-4200H processor that the Lenovo is the weakest of the three processors, but honestly its graphics card as well as...

Joeteoh99

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The Lenovo is highly recommended and rated for gaming and a reasonable budget. So I would highly recommend it. Usually, you wouldn't need a touchscreen as the mouse or the arrows the keyboard should handle it just fine. But if you want the touch screen then I have no issues with the Dell.

Hope this helps mate. :)
 

The Tech Guy

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Go for the Lenovo. The touchscreen should not matter to you much as Windows 8 can be manipulated quite easy using the touch pad and shortcut keys on the keyboard. One of my laptops has touch screen and honestly,.I have disabled the touchscreen as it really feels weird.
Now, why I said you should go for the Levovo is because it is the most powerful of the three as well as it has a better battery life. The Lenovo has the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M (2GB DDR5 VRAM) which is better than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760M that the Asus has and far better than the NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M the Dell has.
Of the three though, the Intel Core i5-4200H processor that the Lenovo is the weakest of the three processors, but honestly its graphics card as well as battery life and resolution will really be the key elements here.
 
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Emily_

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Thanks for the replies. Another thing I forgot to mention is the screen type. Lenovo has a glossy one while Asus has a matte one which I prefer over seeing annoying reflections. However, Lenovo seems the most logical choice overall.
 

The Tech Guy

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Well, I understand what you are saying that much, but at the end of the day; the performance is what matters most. Sometimes we have to give and take for the better.