Choice of Laptop!

[opticgeekify]

Hey there ,

I am in a bit of a pickle. I have to select a laptop for around £500. I currently have 2 laptops in mind. These are:

http/www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/laptops-netbooks/laptops/laptops/hp-pavilion-15-n268sa-15-6-laptop-black-silver-21862441-pdt.html?sPageInfo=4_20&sSortInfo=price-asc#packs

http/www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/laptops-netbooks/laptops/laptops/asus-x550dp-xx025h-15-6-laptop-21840965-pdt.html?sPageInfo=2_50&sSortInfo=price-asc

I am going to buy my laptop from PC World because they have knowhow.
Please may you tell me which is the better laptop.

What i will use it for:

School Work (I use it in every lesson at school except maths)
Casual Gaming - Like Minecraft , Kerbal Space Program. Maybe BF4 on LOW/MED Settings.
Photoshop and other CS Software.
Video's and TV (I watch most things online)

Also i tend to break stuff a-lot so build quality is VERY importent too.

So which one is better laptop?
If you have any other suggestions (Must be from PCWORLD/CURRYS) please tell me?

Thank you in advance

 

[opticgeekify]

If those are your two options, you'll want to go with the HP. I personally despise HP, but the dedicated graphics are going to be far superior for your games than depending on just the AMD APU.

Also the HP has an A10 proc and the ASUS has a weaker A8.

Thanks , may i ask why do you despise HP? I have only had good things from them apart from the cooling.

 

[opticgeekify]

Because their build quality is crap. Not sure who told you good things about them, but their laptops statistically have the lowest lifespan on the market.

I also used to work for their tech support. It's not good. Despite what we knew and how we could help we had to follow a question tree which always led to send in your machine and get a refurbished one in return. It's a cycle of failure.

Nobody told me I own a HP netbook and despite being me* it has been quite reliable at not breaking
* - I tend to break too much. I broke 6 PS2'S in 1 yr by complete mistake.

Bit upsetting with there Tech Support!
Thanks for you help!

 

[ScrewySqrl]

Working is tech support for ANYTHING can give you a low opinion of quality levels, because you ONLY see the items needing repair. HP has had a drop in quality over the last decade (their stuff from the 00s was pretty good) but yes, the A10 is a better CPU than the A8. And yes, the A10 can run BF4 at medium settings at the 1366x768 screen you will have.

 

[opticgeekify]

Working is tech support for ANYTHING can give you a low opinion of quality levels, because you ONLY see the items needing repair. HP has had a drop in quality over the last decade (their stuff from the 00s was pretty good) but yes, the A10 is a better CPU than the A8. And yes, the A10 can run BF4 at medium settings at the 1366x768 screen you will have.

Thanks , i think i have 100% decided to go with the HP (Unless £1000 appears in my bank). Thank both of you for your help!