Hello!
I'm in a process of buying a new laptop for work and I'm in a big dilema.
To give you a perspective in a little more detail.
I'm opening a business of my own and here in Croatia you can get around $5k from the state for the expenses of opening a business and buying the equipment.
With this money I plan to pay some business expenses and get two laptops.
Since I will primaraly do QA and run Virtual Machines I plan to get a Macbook Pro 13" from late 2015 and a laptop with Windows 10.
And here my dilema starts. Through some research Lenovo Y700 17.3" caught my eye. I've seen it in person, I love the all metal finish and the 17.3" display.
The one thing that I'm consenered about is the GPU. It has the GTX 960m with 4GB DDR5. And all the reviewers online say that that GPU is fairly outdated compared to the GTX 1050 successor.
I can't decide between these three laptops: Lenovo Y700 17.3" i5, Lenovo Y700 17.3" i7, Lenovo Y520 15.6"
(SSDs are relatively the same)
Y700 i7 17.3" specs:
i7 6700hq
Gtx 960m 4GB
RAM: 16GB DDR4
Y700 i5 17.3" specs:
i5 6300hq
Gtx 960m 4GB
RAM: 16GB DDR4
Y520 i7 15.6" specs:
i7 7700hq
Gtx 1050 TI
RAM: 16GB DDR4
One thing to mention, I am not a gamer. The last game I played was Call of Duty 2 more than 10 years ago. Maybe I'll play a game or two but that will maybe happen once or twice a year.
I will primaraly use the laptop for work. I work in QA and Virtual Machines are in my daily scope and it's important that the laptop can handle VM with ease.
1.) Will the screen size make a difference or is the 15.6" enough? I would want the bigger 17.3" due to bigger screen surface. But I'm not sure if those 2 inches more make a difference on a Full HD display. The 17.3" model has a better and brighter display. At least that is what the reviews say.
2.) Will the GTX 1050TI be an improvement when it comes to the work I plan to do with the laptop and when it come to future proofing the laptop? Or will the GTX 960m do the trick as well?
3.) What performance advantages can I except when comparing i5 6300hq -> i7 6700hq -> i7 7700hq?
I would want the laptop to be my work horse for the next 5 years minimum.
I can't decide because of the laptop reviews on Youtube. They speak of the GTX960m like its the devil and the GTX1050 the god. But when the GTX960m is compared with other cheaper laptops here in Croatia, the 960m is still a beast of a GPU.
Or maybe you have another laptop to recommend for my particular work?
Any and all comments are greatly appreciated!
I'm in a process of buying a new laptop for work and I'm in a big dilema.
To give you a perspective in a little more detail.
I'm opening a business of my own and here in Croatia you can get around $5k from the state for the expenses of opening a business and buying the equipment.
With this money I plan to pay some business expenses and get two laptops.
Since I will primaraly do QA and run Virtual Machines I plan to get a Macbook Pro 13" from late 2015 and a laptop with Windows 10.
And here my dilema starts. Through some research Lenovo Y700 17.3" caught my eye. I've seen it in person, I love the all metal finish and the 17.3" display.
The one thing that I'm consenered about is the GPU. It has the GTX 960m with 4GB DDR5. And all the reviewers online say that that GPU is fairly outdated compared to the GTX 1050 successor.
I can't decide between these three laptops: Lenovo Y700 17.3" i5, Lenovo Y700 17.3" i7, Lenovo Y520 15.6"
(SSDs are relatively the same)
Y700 i7 17.3" specs:
i7 6700hq
Gtx 960m 4GB
RAM: 16GB DDR4
Y700 i5 17.3" specs:
i5 6300hq
Gtx 960m 4GB
RAM: 16GB DDR4
Y520 i7 15.6" specs:
i7 7700hq
Gtx 1050 TI
RAM: 16GB DDR4
One thing to mention, I am not a gamer. The last game I played was Call of Duty 2 more than 10 years ago. Maybe I'll play a game or two but that will maybe happen once or twice a year.
I will primaraly use the laptop for work. I work in QA and Virtual Machines are in my daily scope and it's important that the laptop can handle VM with ease.
1.) Will the screen size make a difference or is the 15.6" enough? I would want the bigger 17.3" due to bigger screen surface. But I'm not sure if those 2 inches more make a difference on a Full HD display. The 17.3" model has a better and brighter display. At least that is what the reviews say.
2.) Will the GTX 1050TI be an improvement when it comes to the work I plan to do with the laptop and when it come to future proofing the laptop? Or will the GTX 960m do the trick as well?
3.) What performance advantages can I except when comparing i5 6300hq -> i7 6700hq -> i7 7700hq?
I would want the laptop to be my work horse for the next 5 years minimum.
I can't decide because of the laptop reviews on Youtube. They speak of the GTX960m like its the devil and the GTX1050 the god. But when the GTX960m is compared with other cheaper laptops here in Croatia, the 960m is still a beast of a GPU.
Or maybe you have another laptop to recommend for my particular work?
Any and all comments are greatly appreciated!
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