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power fuse0
05-04-11, 16:59
Okay, I'm buying a laptop in the next sorta 2 or 3 months, but I have a dilemma. The problem is I know very little about them.

I'm fairly sure I want:

core i5 -480m
4GB ddr3

however i'm not sure if there is that much of a difference between a NVIDIA GT420m and intel accelerated graphics.

If there is a hefty difference then it looks like i'll be buying a Dell xps L501x, but if there is not then I could probably start to look at other brands. Dell as far as I am aware do the cheapest laptop of this spec, and I was just wondering if it was really going to make that much of a difference.

I'll be doing work with the adobe suite on the laptop and i'll want to play games such as dark spore and left 4 dead.

If any one knows a better laptop to get in the next 2 months or so please suggest, budget : up to £600.

benzeman
05-04-11, 19:08
From a quick google it looks like the NVIDIA GT420m is the better chip... but I guess the only way to test for sure is the run them side-by-side...