I need to buy a new laptop. I mostly use it at home to watch movies and play a few games. These are my choices:
1. Toshiba L55T-A5290 15.6"
Intel® Core™ i5 Processor with Turbo Boost 2.0
8GB DDR3 Memory
750GB 5400RPM Hard Drive
15.6" LED backlight diagonal touch screen display (1366 x 768)
DVD-SuperMulti drive (+/-R double layer)
Wi-Fi® Wireless networking (802.11b/g/n)
Premium US keyboard with 10-key pad
HD Webcam and Microphone
DTS Sound™
4 cell lithium ion battery: Up to 3.97 hours of battery life
Weight: 5.35 lbs.
Windows 8
PRICE:$549
2. Lenovo G510(Model 59402507) 15.6-inch Laptop
- 4th Generation Intel Core i7-4700MQ Processor (2.4 GHz 1600MHz 6MB)
- Windows 8.1 64
- 15.6" HD LED Glossy with integrated camera (1366x768)
- Intel® HD Graphics 4600
- 8.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHz
- 1TB 5400 RPM
- DVD Recordable (Dual Layer)
- Lenovo BGN Wireless
- Bluetooth 4.0
- One year
- Industry Standard Multi-touch 2 button touchpad;
- Weight: 5.7 lbs
- 6 Cell Lithium-Ion
PRICE:$649
Which would be the better choice?
Added (1). The Toshiba is a touchscreen laptop and is $100 less but the processor is Intel i5 compared to the Lenovo which is not a touchscreen but has Intel i7.
Also the RAM of the Toshiba is expandable to 16 GB but not the Lenovo.