i'm thinking of picking up a laptop for some daily use, mainly browsing, posting, writing, MS Office, etc. i'm thrifty so i'm looking at factory refurb units, and there's two that i'm weighing.
differences? the stuff that matters to me is:
$350 Dell E6420
has i5-2520M processor with 4G of ram (if single slot, can't expand to 8G)
win7 home premium
$380 Acer E1 series
has N2920 processor with 8G of ram
lower power consumption (mainly from processor)
win8.1 with touch screen and full keyboard (w/ num pad)
both have DVD drives, a 1366x768 screen, and i'd swap in a 240G SSD into either one and do a clean install of the same OS (once i extract the key). both are refurbs and i'd add on a in-store warranty (up to 3yrs). and i actually do like win8.1 just as much as 7.
which is "better"? the one with the stronger i5 processor, or the one that has better everything else (ram, touch, numpad)?
differences? the stuff that matters to me is:
$350 Dell E6420
has i5-2520M processor with 4G of ram (if single slot, can't expand to 8G)
win7 home premium
$380 Acer E1 series
has N2920 processor with 8G of ram
lower power consumption (mainly from processor)
win8.1 with touch screen and full keyboard (w/ num pad)
both have DVD drives, a 1366x768 screen, and i'd swap in a 240G SSD into either one and do a clean install of the same OS (once i extract the key). both are refurbs and i'd add on a in-store warranty (up to 3yrs). and i actually do like win8.1 just as much as 7.
which is "better"? the one with the stronger i5 processor, or the one that has better everything else (ram, touch, numpad)?