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Need help choosing laptop for Maya, Illustrator, etc.

chaives

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Jan 29, 2014
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I'm having a difficult time choosing between these three laptops due to my lack of computer knowledge. I'd mainly be using them for 3D rendering and most of the Adobe suite but I'd also be doing some light gaming, likely just L4D2 on low.

http://www.cowboom.com/product/851971?utm_campaign=LS&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_source=vYI6gXo6Ieg&siteID=vYI6gXo6Ieg-Uhbkb6Vvn.vBl576xh.BLQ

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/pavilion-17-3-laptop-4gb-memory-750gb-hard-drive/3215015.p?ref=199&loc=je6NUbpObpQ&siteID=je6NUbpObpQ-Z0E8DjYBBBrp4oIVuvnkTg#tab=specifications

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-Ideapad-G505-AMD-Quad-A6-5200-2GHz-4GB-Ram-500GB-HD-Radeon-8400-59RF0390-/281252116794?_trksid=p2054897.l4275

If you have any suggestions, I'm pretty strapped for cash so I can only afford ~$400 and lower.
 
Solution
All of those are pretty lacking for your chosen tasks. It will 'do it', but you'll probably be unsatisfied with the performance.