A10 15.6 samsung series 3 or hp envy

[fluffywolfbla]

Hey all, tossing up between a samsung series 3 and a hp envy, both a10-4600, and hd7660 discrete. samsung has 6gb and hp 8gb memory, planning on using it mainly for web, with a couple of games sc, csgo, tf2, watching movies, a tiny bit of video editing and maybe some small cad work (proE/inventor). the samsung is roughly 50-80 cheaper at just under 670-750 and 750-800. (best buy, amazon, hp store, FS in order of above 4 prices)

http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/samsung-samsung-series-3-15-6-windows-8-amd-a10-4600m-8gb-ram-750gb-hdd-laptop-silver-np355v5c-a03ca/10225727.aspx?path=e6477f47cbda9906feaee0c379e90893en02

http://h20386.www2.hp.com/CanadaStore/Merch/Product.aspx?id=C2L93UA&opt=ABL&sel=PCNB#

 

[fluffywolfbla]

if you are looking for something in this class, or for an amd a10 apu laptop, you could also check out the asus N56DP-DH11, the bigest advantage is the 1080p (1920x1080) screen over the 1366x768 that the hp and samsung has. this looks to be a big point if your going to be watching hd movies/photos.

http://www.agearnotebooks.com/asusn56dp-dh11.html#tabs

 

[fluffywolfbla]

so being in canada in irritating to say the least ($120 postage and 5% tax, from the us), and turns out the samsung only has the apu dedicated graphics processor which i had not noticed.

which leaves me with these two, a perhaps slightly better asus or a lighter hp.

http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/hewlett-packard-hp-envy-m6-15-6-laptop-black-amd-a10-4600m-1tb-hdd-8gb-ram-windows-8-m6-1184ca/10225903.aspx

http://www.bestbuy.ca//en-CA/product/asus-asus-n-series-n56dp-15-6-laptop-black-amd-a10-4600m-1tb-hdd-8gb-ram-windows-8-n56dp-bh11-cb/10227298.aspx

the hp is cheaper, a full cm thinner, (2.6v3.6cm) half a kg lighter (2.4v3kg), supposedly has longer battery life. the asus has a slightly better gpu (7670m vs 7730m) but that seams perhaps the only thing going for it at an extra $100. note that this asus deos not have the full 1080p screen, cannot find a single one in canada online for any price.

 

[edit1754]

Why not just go $950 for this IdeaPad Y500 that comes with a decent display (15.6" 1920x1080) and an even better GPU (GT 650M) at the same time.

http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/webca/LenovoPortal/en_CA/builder.workflow:Enter?sb=:000001CA:00002C66:#.UM4f9G_Ad8H

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