Hi I need help deciding witch tablet pc to buy.
I'm in Canada so these are Canadian prices in Canadian dollars.
tm2-210:
http/shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/webca/LenovoPortal/en_CA/catalog.workflow:category.details?current-catalog-id=12F0696583E04D86B9B79B0FEC01C087¤t-category-id=00B3DA2D5BBC4041B5E919E107C26B0D
X201:
http/h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/ca/en/ho/WF05a/321957-321957-3329744-3835813-3835813-4247583.html
I need it to run smoothly with either Quartus or Microsoft visual studio opened. Add to that a couple of PDFs, some MS word docs too, Ms one note and a few browser windows. I'm in college and I want to do my homework on it.
I know there is a huge price difference. Especially if I customize the X201 to match the tm2's specs. That's my problem, it doesn't make sense.
The tm2-210 is 900$ And the X201, with 4G of RAM and a multi-touch screen is 2000$.
The tm2's harddrive is bigger and faster, it has an HDMI port. (Although I don't really care about either.)
The X201 is lighter and it has a better CPU. (These two, I care about)
The CPU is the big difference!
i3-380UM VS i5-520UM, i5 is better no doubt. But how much better?
I checked http/www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Processors-Benchmarklist.2436.0.html for benchmarks.... and the i5's superiority is clear but not overwhelming.
Why is HP so cheap ? Is it junk? Is it going to break in 3 years ?
I just don't get how there can be such a big price difference; I must be missing something.
Thank you
I'm in Canada so these are Canadian prices in Canadian dollars.
tm2-210:
http/shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/webca/LenovoPortal/en_CA/catalog.workflow:category.details?current-catalog-id=12F0696583E04D86B9B79B0FEC01C087¤t-category-id=00B3DA2D5BBC4041B5E919E107C26B0D
X201:
http/h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/ca/en/ho/WF05a/321957-321957-3329744-3835813-3835813-4247583.html
I need it to run smoothly with either Quartus or Microsoft visual studio opened. Add to that a couple of PDFs, some MS word docs too, Ms one note and a few browser windows. I'm in college and I want to do my homework on it.
I know there is a huge price difference. Especially if I customize the X201 to match the tm2's specs. That's my problem, it doesn't make sense.
The tm2-210 is 900$ And the X201, with 4G of RAM and a multi-touch screen is 2000$.
The tm2's harddrive is bigger and faster, it has an HDMI port. (Although I don't really care about either.)
The X201 is lighter and it has a better CPU. (These two, I care about)
The CPU is the big difference!
i3-380UM VS i5-520UM, i5 is better no doubt. But how much better?
I checked http/www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Processors-Benchmarklist.2436.0.html for benchmarks.... and the i5's superiority is clear but not overwhelming.
Why is HP so cheap ? Is it junk? Is it going to break in 3 years ?
I just don't get how there can be such a big price difference; I must be missing something.
Thank you