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by: agnesvd March 13, 2012 7:34 AM PDT

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samsung, toshiba or lenovo?

by agnesvd - 3/13/12 7:34 AM

hello

I am about to replace my loyal ~9 yo acer aspire 1520
and need help with deciding which laptop to buy:
I'm an academic with a need of good computing power (I'm going for i7) and relatively light machine with lasting batteries for moving from lab to lab (that would also require good wifi receiver). Also an optical drive is a must. I'm not a gamer but will probably watch movies and some of my data require semi-decent graphic card for analysis. I also hope that the new laptop would last similarly long to my old one.

After some prolonged snooping I found these and I'm not sure which one to pick. The cheaper the better of course but prefer to have a long lasting quality:
my favourite is Samsung 700Z5A-S06 W7HP64
but Toshiba Tecra R840-116 W7P64 is lighter though much more expensive (slightly over my budget tbh)
while Lenovo ThinkPad T420 NW4PRGE W7P64 has better batteries (or so they say) than samsung and is still affordable

I'd appreciate some help.

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Clarification request: These almost look like gaming laptops.

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 3/13/12 7:41 AM

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I rarely found a video card determined a machine's aptitude at data analysis. The i7 did the crunching here but I fear that if one played video games they would learn that many need repair just a few years later.

The old laptop with it's integrated video is going to be much slower on the display end than today's onboard GPU solutions so that's quite a step up.

If you don't run video games then expected life span is in the 5 year area. At least you didn't write you wanted to use the battery daily.
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thanks for reply

by agnesvd - 3/13/12 7:50 AM

In Reply to: These almost look like gaming laptops. by R. Proffitt Moderator

I have lot's of spectra and photos to look at and found out that good graphic card helps
(might be my eyes are dying too)

I'm not going to use battery daily, that's for sure and not a gamer so that's solved then.

What else would you recommend then with i7, good batteries and less than 5.5 lbs?


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These will be very very nice for this work.

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 3/13/12 8:27 AM

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But I didn't find today's onboard GPU such as what is used in this Ultrabook to be that much of a slug.

-> http://www.notebookcheck.net/Acer-Aspire-S3-951-6646-Laptop-Review.64595.0.html

Your choices are fine. Try to find a place like Costco to get a free 2nd year warranty.
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great

by agnesvd - 3/13/12 9:05 AM

In Reply to: These will be very very nice for this work. by R. Proffitt Moderator

thanks a lot


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The Thinkpad

by samkh - 3/13/12 7:55 AM

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is practically a standard for enterprise mobile computing. IT loves it for its configurability, durability, supportability, etc etc. You won't be left 'hanging out alone'. But of course not cheap.


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ok thanks

by agnesvd - 3/13/12 7:57 AM

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I'll give it a thought.


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