I'm considering getting a Lenovo G470 with an Intel B950 / 4GB RAM. Question is whether this CPU is enough to decently run Visual Studio 2010/2012 (mostly C# programming) + SQL Server. I see in the benchmarks that this CPU is quite close to the basic 2nd-gen i3, but the price difference is ridiculous in my country, the B950 being a lot cheaper than any i3 or i5. I'd rather put the money in a nice SSD, which should make a bigger difference than the small CPU differences. Especially since the laptop comes with a 5400RPM HDD. I'll probably also upgrade to 8GB RAM in the future.
My desktop is an i5-2500 / 8GB RAM / Corsair Force 3 and VS2010/2012/SQL Server runs great, so I'm looking for something as close to that as possible.
I chose Lenovo because of the keyboard, I really appreciate a good keyboard (my desktop has a Leopold/Cherry blues) and I can't stand the usual chiclet keyboards in most laptops.
Am I correct in my assumptions? Comments welcome.
Thanks.
My desktop is an i5-2500 / 8GB RAM / Corsair Force 3 and VS2010/2012/SQL Server runs great, so I'm looking for something as close to that as possible.
I chose Lenovo because of the keyboard, I really appreciate a good keyboard (my desktop has a Leopold/Cherry blues) and I can't stand the usual chiclet keyboards in most laptops.
Am I correct in my assumptions? Comments welcome.
Thanks.