Please, Help me to decide between this 2 laptops. (Programming/Gaming)

SebMek

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Feb 4, 2014
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Hi, I'm looking for help because I can't decide between 2 laptops. I need a laptop to programming and a little bit of gaming (any new game). I only have 600$ so I found this 2 laptops but I can't decide because I need to dual-boot Windows 7/8 and Linux (Maybe Ubuntu). So, I don't know wich will be better for me. I don't care if one of these have a 500GB HDD, I'll use an external HDD and later I'll buy an mSata SSD. thanks.

Acer E1-472G-6648 14" Specs:
- Intel Core i5-4200U 1.6 GHz (3 MB Cache)
- 8 GB DDR3L SDRAM
- 500 GB 5400 rpm Hard Drive
- 14-Inch Screen, NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M
- Windows 8.1, 4-hour battery life

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HC3498M/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=NQZWKTOL0WHC&coliid=I2S7QLZCU95OQQ

Acer Aspire V5-552G-X852 15.6" Specs:
- AMD Quad-Core A10-5757M 2.5 GHz Processor (4 MB Cache)
- 8 GB DDR3 RAM
- 1 TB 5400 rpm Hard Drive
- 15.6-Inch Screen, AMD Radeon HD 8750M
- Windows 8, 4.5-hour battery life

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FNPD1WG/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=NQZWKTOL0WHC&coliid=I2CFVBU0YC4FW7
 

LummusMaximus

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The second would actually net you superior gaming performance. Graphically, the 5757m + 8750m have superior graphical performance to a 720m (I assume you meant 720m). The 5757m has processing performance roughly equal to an i3, however it's integrated graphics are much faster.
 

SebMek

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Feb 4, 2014
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No, there's already an 800 series of nvidia... look http://www.geforce.com/hardware/notebook-gpus/geforce-820m

And is it better the Acer E1 instead of Acer Aspire V5? I think that i5-4200U and A10-5757M have similar processing power, obviosly i5-.4200U is a little bit better than a10-5757m, or that's how I think, if I'm wrong, please tell me.

Thanks