Asus vs Lenovo laptop

[geoffreydw]

I'm doubting between 2 laptops:

Asus k56cb-xx457h-be : I5-3337U, 8GB RAM DDR3, NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M 2GB, 500GB HDD

Lenova ideapad s500: I5-3337U, 8GB RAM DDR3, NVIDIA GT 720 2GB, 500GB HDD, no dvd-drive


About the same price, Lenovo in stock, asus delivery in one week

Use: general, internet, watching films, some gaming

Which one should I choose?

 

[jaguarskx]

The Asus has the more powerful GPU which means it's more suited for playing games. If you want a certain minimum level of game performance then the Asus will last you longer before you feel the need to buy a new laptop with a more powerful GPU.

 

[geoffreydw]

Is asus as good as lenovo as brand?

 

[jaguarskx]

Asus is a good brand. They have actually been making laptops for quite some time, but for other brand names. I think they started selling laptops under their own brand name about 4 or 5 years ago. The only thing I don't like about Asus laptops is that the battery is integrated inside the chassis which means you need to send it back to Asus if you ever need the battery to be changed. Unless you are willing to partially take your laptop apart to get to the battery so that you can change it yourself. However, ultrabooks have internal batteries so the argument against internal batteries is moot.

Many of Lenovo Haswell generation laptops (or at least the ThinkPad series) have something called "Power Bridge". That means some of their laptops and ultrabooks have two batteries; one internal (relatively difficult to get to) and one removable battery. That basically means you can switch batteries without having to turn off the laptop.

 

[geoffreydw]

This asus model has a seperate battery, i'll go foor the asus the, thx