kypropex

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I've been looking for a laptop, basically for moths now. And finally found something which looks promising.
The main problem is that I cannot decide which one is better; the main purpose of the laptop will be work related for compiling chunks of code, while running virtual machines in parallel, but I will also be using it for games (AC, Watch Dogs, Starcraft 2, Skyrim ... )

Acer 15.6 'Aspire E5-572G-75mW, HD, Intel ® Core ™ i7-4712MQ Haswell 2.3GHz, 4GB, 1TB, 2GB GeForce 840m, Linux, Black
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pcgarage.ro%2Fnotebook-laptop%2Facer%2F156-aspire-e5-572g-75mw-hd-procesor-intel-core-i7-4712mq-23ghz-haswell-4gb-1tb-geforce-840m-2gb-linux-black%2F&edit-text=&act=url

ASUS 15.6 "X550LDV-DM588D, FHD Processor 2GHz Intel Core ™ i7-4510U Haswell, 8GB, 1TB, 2GB GeForce 820M, Grey
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pcgarage.ro%2Fnotebook-laptop%2Fasus%2F156-quot-x550ldv-dm588d-fhd-procesor-intel-core-i7-4510u-2ghz-haswell-8gb-1tb-geforce-820m-2gb-grey%2F&edit-text=&act=url

Lenovo 15.6 'IdeaPad / Essential G510 Processor 2.4GHz Intel ® Core ™ i7-4700MQ Haswell, 8GB, 1TB + 8GB SSH, M265 2GB Radeon R7, Freed, Black
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pcgarage.ro%2Fnotebook-laptop%2Flenovo%2F156-ideapad-g510-procesor-intel-core-i7-4700mq-24ghz-haswell-8gb-1tb-plus-8gb-ssh-radeon-r7-m265-2gb-freedos-black%2F&edit-text=&act=url

I really need some Help.
 
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I would go for the acer as it has the strongest gpu and cpu out of the lot. Depending on the settings you will be playing the games the gpu should be ok. For programming the cpu should be strong enough to handle it and running virtual machines should be very easy on it. The lenovo is good if you don't want to game that much but you will face very low fps.

phil_h_99

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I think you will want a very dim screen or the moths your buying it for will get all distracted by the light. also you are probably going to need very light keyboard operation or they will never be able to press the keys.
 

faalin

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for nvidia 850 would be bare minimum that i would go for gaming graphics, as for AMD i'm not sure.... havent owned a AMD card for over 10 years so im not sure what the equivalent is in cards.
 
I would go for the acer as it has the strongest gpu and cpu out of the lot. Depending on the settings you will be playing the games the gpu should be ok. For programming the cpu should be strong enough to handle it and running virtual machines should be very easy on it. The lenovo is good if you don't want to game that much but you will face very low fps.
 
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