is Lenovo G505s good for ubuntu studio

[nmakes]

I live in India and I want to do music mixing and video editing (kind of light movie making). Is the Lenovo G505s good for running ubuntu studio 13.10?

LINK: http://www.flipkart.com/lenovo-essential-g505s-59-380146-laptop-apu-quad-core-a10-8gb-1tb-dos-2-5gb-graph/p/itmdm79dbkjzewwk?pid=COMDM799ZGJTXAVT&ref=28e89b1e-90ef-4c77-8b4a-574bba8fdc76

AMD 5750M;
integrated HD 8650m 512 MB and dedicated 2GB Sunpro HD 8570 graphics;
8GB RAM (upto 16GB DDR3, 2 slots);
1TB 5400 rpm HDD;
Dolby stereo speakers;

40K INR budget...

 

[Half Life]

ok, i am sure you know it but the mobile cpus just don't compare with the desktop ones when it comes to performance. unless you want a laptop, i'd suggest a desktop.

 

[nmakes]

ok, i am sure you know it but the mobile cpus just don't compare with the desktop ones when it comes to performance. unless you want a laptop, i'd suggest a desktop.

Ya.. I forgot to tell that! I am planning to buy a laptop for mobile development purposes. Can you suggest a better laptop (not more than 40k) which is there on www.flipkart.com ?
Cuz I believe, this one should be a flagship AMD APU (with crossfire) laptop. Anything above 40K rupees, I don't think, would be good for running linux.

 

[Half Life]

couple of things:
1. My office pc costs more than two lakhs, and it runs ubuntu. and there are 2 thousand of them here. so, above forty no linux need not be the case.
2. your requirements point at hyper-threading and that means a high end computer. so forty k kind of limits your choices

lastly, i am familiar with intel based pcs but am not so much with AMD ones.

 

[vinaykumar5320]

I live in India and I want to do music mixing and video editing (kind of light movie making). Is the Lenovo G505s good for running ubuntu studio 13.10?

LINK: http://www.flipkart.com/lenovo-essential-g505s-59-380146-laptop-apu-quad-core-a10-8gb-1tb-dos-2-5gb-graph/p/itmdm79dbkjzewwk?pid=COMDM799ZGJTXAVT&ref=28e89b1e-90ef-4c77-8b4a-574bba8fdc76

AMD 5750M;
integrated HD 8650m 512 MB and dedicated 2GB Sunpro HD 8570 graphics;
8GB RAM (upto 16GB DDR3, 2 slots);
1TB 5400 rpm HDD;
Dolby stereo speakers;

40K INR budget...

That's one of the best laptops available at around 40k. For high-end rendering performance, of course, you have to spend more for i7 4***QM. Moreover, the AMD APUs offer a balanced CPU+GPU Configuration. It'd not be a wise decision to buy a strong Intel CPU without discrete Graphics card. Intel Integrated Graphics are good for nothing, really. So, go ahead if you want something VFM. If you're willing to spend more, I can suggest better.

 

[nmakes]

couple of things:
1. My office pc costs more than two lakhs, and it runs ubuntu. and there are 2 thousand of them here. so, above forty no linux need not be the case.
2. your requirements point at hyper-threading and that means a high end computer. so forty k kind of limits your choices

lastly, i am familiar with intel based pcs but am not so much with AMD ones.

hmm... Well, this one I'm planning to get just for linux tweaking and working with the linux environment during my next 5 years in college. I'll make a high end desktop when broadwell comes out. So, that'll be like DDR4 + Broadwell...

 

[nmakes]

OK. WHAT ABOUT THIS LAPTOP?

https://www.hpshopping.in/hponlinestore/Material/PDF/HP%20ENVY%2015-j133tx%20Notebook%20PC%20%28ENERGY%20STAR%29.pdf

HP ENVY 15-j1333tx. It's 80K and has great features. Except for a 1080p screen, everything else seems nice for a simple linux development portable machine.

here: http://www.flipkart.com/hp-envy-15-j133tx-laptop-4th-gen-ci7-8gb-1tb-win8-1-4gb-graph/p/itmdryz57hupbpfg?pid=COMDRYNYFSPBHN74&ref=c5413409-2109-4be9-bf08-029ab1bf0b91

 

[vinaykumar5320]

Well, Nothing beats Lenovo Y510p at that price point.
Full HD LED Glare Display
i7 4700QM (Better than i7 4702QM, which, in fact is underclocked 4700QM with lower TDP)
GT755M (The specs given on flipkart website quotes it wrongly as GT750M)
JBL Speakers.

http://www.flipkart.com/lenovo-ideapad-y510-59-390016-laptop-4th-gen-ci7-8gb-1tb-win8-2gb-graph/p/itmdr5tthexkfgrf?pid=COMDZ59FESCW6E46&ref=4ced50ba-b44d-4504-99cc-1e5e0b316814

 

[Half Life]

I'll make a high end desktop when broadwell comes out. So, that'll be like DDR4 + Broadwell...

The thing I would like to highlight is this. Through my experience, I have realized that a laptop is a poor choice for personal purposes. It is not value for money. Portability is not paramount for residential purposes.

Also, ivy bridge is available and is cheaper compared to haswell. May I recommend a build in that? You can get a decent build there.

 

[nmakes]

I'll make a high end desktop when broadwell comes out. So, that'll be like DDR4 + Broadwell...

The thing I would like to highlight is this. Through my experience, I have realized that a laptop is a poor choice for personal purposes. It is not value for money. Portability is not paramount for residential purposes.

Also, ivy bridge is available and is cheaper compared to haswell. May I recommend a build in that? You can get a decent build there.

Well by the time, I'll be making that build, ivy bridge would have become pretty old. The basic aim is to sustain for the next 4-5 years (For my college time). So for that, I'll have to get a DDR4 (since, it is coming out this year, I thought I should get it for lesser power consumption and future proofing). I believe the broadwell + DDR4 config would consume much lesser power and deliver much better performance than any configuration availible with ivy bridge.

The laptop I was asking for was just for dedicated linux learning purposes..