Help needed choosing a laptop

[Fernando88]

Hi i'm in the market for a new laptop and having difficulty choosing. It will mostly be used for music production.

TOSHIBA Satellite L50-B-235:

Processor: i5-5200U
Memory: 8 GB
Storage: 1 TB HDD
Resolution: 1366 x 768

LENOVO Z50:

Processor: i5-4210U Processor
Memory: 8 GB
Storage: 1 TB SSHD
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce 820M

Thanks

 

[Fernando88]

Also the toshiba is £50 cheaper. I have to make a decision today any help would be much appreciated.

 

[jaguarskx]

The Core i5-5200u (2.2GHz) has a higher base clockspeed compared to the Core i5-4210u (1.7GHz), but both have the same max Turbo Boost speed of 2.7GHz. When doing CPU intensive task both should provide similar performance.

The Lenovo has a 1080p vs. the 1366x768 screen in the Toshiba. For me that is an auto disqualification for the Toshiba. Having such a low resolution on a laptop is a real pain since there is only so much info that can be displayed on the screen.

I purchased a 14" Lenovo IdeaPad Y470 (Sep 2011) and the biggest drawback of the laptop is the 1366x768 resolution screen. I finally decided to purchase a 15.6" laptop with a 1080p screen (Dell Latitude 3540) in Jan 2014 because the higher resolution screen allows me to see more info on the screen at any single time. It also makes for better multitasking since I can see multiple windows / programs on the desktop.