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1/15/2013 11:40:38 PM
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I'm actually a big fan of the Y500s. Solidly built, well specced and good value. Not the highest spec, but good enough, which is all you can reasonably ask of a laptop. As I said, they're not the highest spec. The processor is excellent, and you've got plenty of RAM, and it has a 1080p screen, and a caching/OS SSD, the only bit where it falls down, and i must emphasise this is only slightly, is the graphics card. The 650M is about as good as you're going to get without spending another thousand dollars, but it's going to struggle to run most new games on high settings, especially as your screen is 1920x1080, instead of the usual laptop 1366x768. That said, I'd take the 1080 screen any day.
So basically, right now, for the money, it's about as good as you're going to get from a very good brand.
So, if you can't get a desktop, and you're unwilling to wait ~6 months for Haswell (intel's new CPUs, with integrated GPUs that are supposed to be on par with the 650m) and the next round of mobile graphics, you should probably just go ahead and spend your money.
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That addressed all of my main questions, particularly about the screen size. I already have a desktop, but I have a bit of cash to blow and I need a good laptop. The only hardware I'm familiar with is for gaming; I was considering a ThinkPad because it's a more professional laptop, and I don't intend to use it mainly for gaming. Thanks for the reply, if you have a recommendation for a laptop less geared towards gaming but also worth spending a decent amount of money on, I'd appreciate it.
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Going with a manufactures business class machines is always a good move, provided you have the money and see the value in the move. For people who replace laptops more often than phones, or treat them as semi-disposable applicances... that's not a good choice. But as someone who travels, works in the field a lot, and has access to business-class machines, they ARE more reliable, better designed/built, and while they may not have the VERY latest in components, they will keep up with you, both your needs and your mobile abuse.
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Seconding all that about business class machines (especially as they often come with extended warranties/service contracts as standard), but with Lenovo you pay a very hefty premium for ideapad vs thinkpad and you won't get as good a graphics card, if you even get one at all; as far as I can tell the T series only come with low end workstation graphics.
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Would the graphics card be a bottleneck for anything besides gaming? The only reason I was looking at gaming laptops was for their impressive components and performance; I'm considering a similarly priced T530 at this point. I might wait a couple days to see what their next sale is, but the model I'm looking at is already ~$150 off.
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Nope, just gaming. The Ivy Bridge Core processors come with very impressive GPUs already built in that are more than capable of handling everything else. They can actually even do [i]some[/i] gaming of their own.
