Looking For A New Laptop For My Needs

[Ithfifi]

I hope I am posting this in the right place, eek!

Hi everyone! I've been jumping around the internet all day without really getting any information. I don't make huge purchases often so I'd love some help to make sure I get the best one possible, please

I am looking to buy a new laptop, preferably a 2 in 1. I am a blogger and primarily want the laptop to be able to photo and video edit (although not on a professional high end level) so it needs to run photoshop, jasc paint shop pro and filmora smoothly. I want the 2 in 1 function because I can imagine my editing time being cut in half with the touch screen function. I also want the freedom of movement!

I am also hoping to find one with a stand alone graphics card should I want to play games in the future - this isn't required and certainly isn't a priority enough to go for a gaming laptop. The editing takes priority.

I was REALLY interested in this Lenovo 510 with (This one http/www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/lenovo-yoga-510-14-2-in-1-black-10146159-pdt.html) but when I spoke to someone at Lenovo he dismissed my choice instantly and directed me to a £1000 laptop.. I am on a round about £500 budget.

He also wouldn't explain why the one I am interested would not be a good match for me. Actually. After he linked the expensive one he just stopped talking..

ANY help would be amazing, thank you SO much in advance!

 

[Guest]

I'd probably go for the Lenovo 510 myself as well.

 

[jaguarskx]

For some reason the link is not working for me. I assume the following Lenovo Yoga 510 laptop is the one you are considering since it is within your budget.

http/www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/lenovo-yoga-510-14-2-in-1-black-10146159-pdt.html


The AMD A9-9410 APU is a bit less powerful than a modern Intel Core i3 CPU. The link below compares some CPU benchmarks for the A9-9410, Core i3-6100u and Core i7100u. The benchmarks that you should focus on are the X.264 (Pass 1) and X.264 (Pass 2) since they are most related to video editing of all the benchmarks. The A9-9410 performs worse than the i3-6100u. The newer i3-7100u has no benchmarks, but it should performance at least as well as the slightly older i3-6100u.

http/tinyurl.com/yaobmopb


The laptop does not have a dedicated (stand alone) GPU; instead it relies on the integrated Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) graphics core. Below is a link to Notebookcheck.net which compares game performance of the Radeon R5, Intel HD 620, nVidia 920m and nVidia 940m. Overall, the Radeon R5 is a bit worse than the Intel HD 620; in some cases much worse.

http/tinyurl.com/y7qsvelw