Confused between a toshiba and a lenovo

[MegaStrike]

I'm looking for a laptop as my PC is getting too old and after a lot of searching,I settled on 2 laptops that I can't choose between.My uses are web browsing,documenting,videos,music and maybe some casual gaming.Here are the 2(both are priced nearly the same),I can't paste text for some reason so I won't go too deep in the specs:

Toshiba Satellite C850-A823
Core i5 -320GB HD-4GB RAM-AMD Radeon 7610m

Lenovo ideapad g580
Core i5 -500GB HD-4GB RAM-NVIDIA Geforce 610M(some other local stores list it as 620M with the same price so I'm not so sure about the model number)

I think both are close spec-wise but I'm not sure which is more reliable,got better battery life,overheats less etc.I couldn't find any reviews for the toshiba but I found some for the G580 and the main complaints about it are the touchpad and below average battery life.

 

[lxgoldsmith]

also check which i5 processor. i5 *** vs 2*** vs 3*** makes a difference along with its clock speed (Ghz).

 

[k1114]

They are both ib cpus. G580 is not the full model number there should be a - and more numbers/letters like the c850 for more exact specs. They are both close spec wise, similar battery life 4 hours, both reliable but as you said the lenovo g580 can have touchpad issues.

 

[MegaStrike]

@lxgoldsmith They both got an i5-3210M and same clockspeed(2.5ghz)
@k1114 Well I just read that toshiba's keyboards flex.Guess I have to go to an actual store and try out both and see which is more annoying lenovo's toucbpad or toshiba's keyboard.But what about overheating ? I read in a g580 review that under full load,temperature can reach 47.1c at the palm rest,not sure about the toshiba tho.