HP or Asus which should i get?

[la321]

Are asus laptops good? i'm trying to figure out which laptop to get http://www.sears.com/asus-15.6inch-k55n-rin4-notebook-pc-w-amd/p-00332956000P?prdNo=10&blockNo=10&blockType=G10 or http://www.sears.com/hp-envy-6-1014nr-15.6inch-led-sleekbook-pc/p-00333212000P?prdNo=5&blockNo=5&blockType=G5

 

[Maxx_Power]

ASUS>>>>>>HP.

HP is ranked bottom in North America for # of repairs per laptop.

ASUS is ranked near the top, with Lenovo and Apple.

Last time I read the stats...

 

[Maxx_Power]

ASUS also has 1st year accidental damage (of any type) warranty, and 2nd year regular warranty.

HP is loathed by relatives who used to work for them.

 

[dudewitbow]

i'd push for asus, i kinda despise my old hp laptop.

 

[Maxx_Power]

i'd push for asus, i kinda despise my old hp laptop.

Lol, yet another of the same. I haven't heard of anyone who owned an HP/Compaq who DIDN'T despise it after getting a more reliable model/brand.

 

[la321]

is the processor AMD A8 4500M a good one? is that a dual or quad core?

 

[spartanmk2]

Lol, yet another of the same. I haven't heard of anyone who owned an HP/Compaq who DIDN'T despise it after getting a more reliable model/brand.

My first "real" computer (that actually had a Windows OS, not DOS lol) was a Compaq and it did well...14 years ago

Today I work with HP servers and they do pretty well, but I wouldnt buy one of their desktop or laptops imo.

 

[Maxx_Power]

My first "real" computer (that actually had a Windows OS, not DOS lol) was a Compaq and it did well...14 years ago

Absolutely, before HP bought Compaq, Compaq had some of the best engineered, most over-built desktops on the market. Then they slid down the hill...

 

[Maxx_Power]

is the processor AMD A8 4500M a good one? is that a dual or quad core?

Whether or not that CPU is a good one depends on your intended usage. That CPU is geared toward mass-market multi-media scenarios. So if you do a little bit of gaming, movies, music, browsing, office work, scientific computing, etc then it will be fine. If you start to specialize in any of that, as in pro-gaming, music production, encoding movies, or video editing, etc, then that's not a good processor.

It is a very general purpose, generic entertainment type of processor.

 

[la321]

thanks on the laptop i won't be doing all of that and does anyone know how i can find out how much l2 cache the asus K55N-RIN4 have?

 

[Maxx_Power]

thanks on the laptop i won't be doing all of that and does anyone know how i can find out how much l2 cache the asus K55N-RIN4 have?

According to:

http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-A-Series-A8-4500M-Notebook-Processor.74884.0.html

It is 4MB of L2 Cache.

 

[la321]

so it's a quad core and 4mb l2 cache thank you all

 

[la321]

Does asus make good desktops?

 

[Maxx_Power]

Does asus make good desktops?

They are acceptable, but DIY or parts then assembled by the user are far better. I have seen a few ASUS desktops with bad bundled PSUs, and "le" edition motherboards with fewer features and upgrade-abilities.

 

[la321]

Can a processor be changed in a laptop?

 

[dudewitbow]

Can a processor be changed in a laptop?

only on select motherboards and only a select amount of cpus are possible in this feat.

 

[Maxx_Power]

Can a processor be changed in a laptop?

The thicker the laptop is, the more likely this is. For thinner laptops (one inch or less) the CPU socket is usually omitted to reduce height. In that case, the CPUs are actually soldered to the motherboard. The physical package of the CPUs that are soldered are Ball Grid Arrays (BGA) where as the CPUs that are socketed have pins and are Pin Grid Arrays (PGA).

 

[la321]

Are the intel i3, i5 and i7 quad core processors?

 

[dudewitbow]

i3s, are dual core, i5s are usually dual core unless specified on laptops. i7s are usually quad cores.

 

[gen7]

Whether or not that CPU is a good one depends on your intended usage. That CPU is geared toward mass-market multi-media scenarios. So if you do a little bit of gaming, movies, music, browsing, office work, scientific computing, etc then it will be fine. If you start to specialize in any of that, as in pro-gaming, music production, encoding movies, or video editing, etc, then that's not a good processor.

It is a very general purpose, generic entertainment type of processor.

This CPU scores very highly relative to other laptops of the same price range (4198):
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_lookup.php?cpu=AMD+A8-4500M+APU

Many mid-range performance laptop CPUs will score anywhere from 1400 to just over 2000, but it is rare to find a CPU with this performance for $549 laptop.