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I'm looking for a 15.6 inch 1080p laptop for work. I'll use it for web browsing, skype, light adobe premiere and photoshop, email, reading, watching movies and tv series, etc, etc.
I'm currently accomplishing all of this on an Acer aspire i3, but its dying. At minimum I'd want an i5.
I dont care if the laptop is thin or portable, in fact, I'd probably prefer a thicker one because it is indicative of lower cost and/or better performance.
I looked around and saw that the Dell inspiron 15 7000 (budget gaming)...
...and the Acer Aspire E 15 E5-575G-53VG (traditional laptop w/standalone gfx card) seem to be top picks.
The Dell is about 300$ more than the Acer because of the 960m, but the acer isn't available in canada, so I'd have to use some proxy shipper if I wanted the acer, which worries me because if the thing craps out on me I'd have a problem shipping it back I imagine.
I don't really game, but I do watch a lot of hd movies. Is the Dell worth the 800$ price tag for my purposes? Or does it have the same amount of power that I'd get in any 500-600$ traditional 1080p laptop, only with a better but unneeded gaming graphics card? Do you have any other recommendations for something cheaper but still powerful enough to be used as a workstation/media viewer? Or is this my best bet?
I'm currently accomplishing all of this on an Acer aspire i3, but its dying. At minimum I'd want an i5.
I dont care if the laptop is thin or portable, in fact, I'd probably prefer a thicker one because it is indicative of lower cost and/or better performance.
I looked around and saw that the Dell inspiron 15 7000 (budget gaming)...
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Intel i5-6300HQ 2.3 GHz Quad-Core (6M Cache, Turbo up to 3.2 GHz)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4GB GDDR5
8 GB DDR3L / 256 GB Solid-State Drive
15.6-Inch FHD IPS, Wide-Angle, Anti Glare Screen...and the Acer Aspire E 15 E5-575G-53VG (traditional laptop w/standalone gfx card) seem to be top picks.
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6th Generation Intel Core i5-6200U Processor 2.3GHz with Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.8GHz
15.6" Full HD Widescreen ComfyView LED-backlit Display (1920 x 1080 resolution; 16:9 Aspect Ratio) supporting Acer ColorBlast technology
8GB DDR4 Dual Channel Memory
256GB SSD
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX with 2GB of dedicated DDR5 VRAMThe Dell is about 300$ more than the Acer because of the 960m, but the acer isn't available in canada, so I'd have to use some proxy shipper if I wanted the acer, which worries me because if the thing craps out on me I'd have a problem shipping it back I imagine.
I don't really game, but I do watch a lot of hd movies. Is the Dell worth the 800$ price tag for my purposes? Or does it have the same amount of power that I'd get in any 500-600$ traditional 1080p laptop, only with a better but unneeded gaming graphics card? Do you have any other recommendations for something cheaper but still powerful enough to be used as a workstation/media viewer? Or is this my best bet?
/www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/processor-numbers.html
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