Buying New Laptop suggest

[Ranjha Singh]

I am going to buying a new laptop i need suggestions as to what kind of laptop should i buy I am looking to spend about 700-1000$ i am not gonna be doing any gaming however i will be watching alot videos and casual word processing and couple of big softwares like HP(ALM) and HP(UFT) and so on I have couple of doubts first should i go with a laptop with integrated graphics or dedicated graphics i have already read couple of articles and how they are different. What do you guys think i should do. and ofcourse should i buy AMD based laptop or Intel. reason i am asking about intel and AMD is that one of my older laptops with AMD when 64 was brandnew kept heating up and eventually died on me

 

[jaguarskx]

Intel CPU have more processing performance than AMD APUs. I would assuming those programs are CPU intensive programs so I recommend getting laptop with a quad core i7 CPU. A dedicated GPU would not be necessary unless HP(ALM) and HP(UFT) has a graphics component to them. It's best to check the software requirements, I doubt if they will need a dedicated GPU. You can also ask your IT Dept to find out those programs benefit from a dedicated GPU.


The following HP laptop for $880 is an example of a laptop with a quad core CPU.

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[velo3100]

I am not sure what the programs you have mentioned are but if it is not gpu intensive then a quad core i5 or i7 should do depending on how much cpu power you need. 8 gigs of ram should be good. you should be able to find a laptop with an ssd and a hdd even if it is a small one.

 

[Ranjha Singh]

I am not sure what the programs you have mentioned are but if it is not gpu intensive then a quad core i5 or i7 should do depending on how much cpu power you need. 8 gigs of ram should be good. you should be able to find a laptop with an ssd and a hdd even if it is a small one.

They are for testing software UFT(writing vbscript and running it) Quality Center or newely name changed Alm for making bug reports and keeping reports

 

[velo3100]

I would say that barebone laptops are the best for you as they allow you to customise it to your liking. You should get an i5 m cpu, 8 gigs of ram, a ssd and a hdd should be possible with this price and an igpu as you are not doing anything graphical.