Which laptop is better?

[Guest]

So, I've narrowed my laptop search to 2 possible choices:

1) Acer Aspire E1-572
-i5-4200U
-HD 4400
-8 GB (RAM)
-500 GB HDD

2) ASUS X550LD-XX023H
-i5-4200U
-Nvidia GeForce 820 2GB
-4 GB (RAM)
-500 GB HDD

They are almost identical in price and the only difference is that the Acer has more ram but no GPU and the ASUS has less RAM but a low-range GPU.

I would be using this laptop only to surf the web, some light programming (C/C++, Java, Perl), PostgreSQL, and some HTML, CSS, JS etc. web development related stuff. Nothing too serious, only learning and practice. I would install Linux on it and play no games at all.

So, which would be better?

 

[deadlockedworld]

With no game playing there is almost no difference. Neither ram or gpu will matter much. You should go find them in a store and touch them -- feel means a lot in laptops. Trackpad quality is important too - particularly with Win 8.

Other thoughts: The acer may have better battery life with no GPU. I prefer Asus as a brand.

 

[AliRidha]

4gb should be enough for light programming and the gpu is an added bonus so go with the asus

 

[Guest]

Thank you guys, I have chosen the Acer. Battery life made me decide, since the GPU is not needed and would only draw power for nothing.