Choosing between laptops

[celticnate123]

549.99

Dell Inspiron 15R Notebook PC - 3rd generation Intel Core i5-3337U 1.8GHz, 8GB DDR3, 1TB HDD, DVDRW, 15.6 in. Display, Windows 8 (i15RM-5098sLV)

http/www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8041011&SRCCODE=WEBBP1765&cm_lm=celticnate1337@gmail.com&cm_mmc=email-_-Retro-_-WEBBP1765-_-tigeremail1765&utm_source=EML&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=WEBBP1765
499.99

ASUS S56CA Ultrabook - Intel Core i5 6GB RAM 750GB HDD+24GB SSD 15.6" Windows 8 (S56CA-DH51)

http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230598&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL110813&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL110813-_-EMC-110813-Index-_-MTFootrest-_-34230598-L0C

Which is better? Should i wait for black friday sales or jump on one of these? Thanks.

 

[AndyC53]

549.99

Dell Inspiron 15R Notebook PC - 3rd generation Intel Core i5-3337U 1.8GHz, 8GB DDR3, 1TB HDD, DVDRW, 15.6 in. Display, Windows 8 (i15RM-5098sLV)

http/www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8041011&SRCCODE=WEBBP1765&cm_lm=celticnate1337@gmail.com&cm_mmc=email-_-Retro-_-WEBBP1765-_-tigeremail1765&utm_source=EML&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=WEBBP1765
499.99

ASUS S56CA Ultrabook - Intel Core i5 6GB RAM 750GB HDD+24GB SSD 15.6" Windows 8 (S56CA-DH51)

http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230598&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL110813&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL110813-_-EMC-110813-Index-_-MTFootrest-_-34230598-L0C

Which is better? Should i wait for black friday sales or jump on one of these? Thanks.

You didn't include what GPU is in the two notebooks. By just the look of the CPU, RAM and SSD/HDD the 15R is probably better.

 

[celticnate123]

You should wait for black friday sales, but both of those are pretty bad. For a laptop at that price, it would be FAR better to buy a laptop with an AMD APU inside of it. APUs are a LOT of power in a small little core. They will get you better performance in Visual Apps like videogames.

Im brand new to laptops so i dont really know how the market is, AMD is better than Intel in a laptop?

 

[AndyC53]

You should wait for black friday sales, but both of those are pretty bad. For a laptop at that price, it would be FAR better to buy a laptop with an AMD APU inside of it. APUs are a LOT of power in a small little core. They will get you better performance in Visual Apps like videogames.

Im brand new to laptops so i dont really know how the market is, AMD is better than Intel in a laptop?

No, Intel is better than AMD.

 

[Deus Gladiorum]

You should wait for black friday sales, but both of those are pretty bad. For a laptop at that price, it would be FAR better to buy a laptop with an AMD APU inside of it. APUs are a LOT of power in a small little core. They will get you better performance in Visual Apps like videogames.

That's heavily dependent on the specific APU. There are some APUs which are better than either of the laptops he's mentioned, and some which are far, far worse. I have a laptop with an A4-3305m and it's absolutely terrible (it wasn't my choice to get it).

Anyway, to the OP, what are you looking for in a laptop? Because if all you're trying to do is use it for music, word processing, video playback, and web browsing than either of those laptops are sufficient. If it's for gaming, then if I were you I'd look towards Lenovo and be willing to spend closer to $800 (or hope they have a really good black friday deal).