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Which laptop shall I go for ?
Hi,
My brother is in need of buying a laptop and he's going to do that in the next few days. He asked me to help him to choose the best one for his budget, I think I have already decided which one shall I tell him to go for but I would appreciate more opinions.
He needs it mainly for web browsing / watching movies and maybe sometimes would need to use it for university projects in software such as Auto Cad ( basically just practise )
Alright so, his budget is $400 ( 350 euros ) and since he's in Germany at the moment he prefers to buy it from Germany.
I searched for a while and these 2 are the best laptops I have come by so far.
HP 350 G2 15,6 Zoll Notebook L8B11ES 1TB 1000 GB Intel Core i3 USB 3.0 HDMI DOS | eBay
HP 350 G2 ( $350 )
Display: 15,6 inches
Resolution: 1366 x 768
CPU: Intel Core i3 4030U dual core 1,9 GHz ( 2 cores 4 threads )
GPU: Intel HD Graphics 4400
RAM: 4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz
HDD: 1 TB
Here's the 2nd one
HP Notebook - 4 x 2.40 GHz - 8GB - 500GB - USB 3.0 - HDMI - Windows 7 Prof. | eBay
HP Notebook ( $360 )
Display: 15,6 inches
Resolution: 1366 x 768
CPU: AMD A8-6410 2 GHz ( 4 cores 4 threads )
GPU: AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
RAM: 8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz
HDD: 500 GB
As for OS of the laptops, Im not quite sure but I think both of those have Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
In my opinion the first one is better due to:
- Better CPU ( better performance per core of the i3 4030U, newer manufacturing process )
- Bigger HDD ( 1 TB vs 500 GB )
- $10 cheaper
Pretty much it wins in everything except RAM and GPU clock speed if you ask me and I think that 4 GB would be enough for his needs as well as the GPU of the first laptop.
Please share your opinions, also feel free to suggest if you find any better laptop up to $400.
Thank you.