Dear All,
I am a little stuck as to which laptop I should choose, both roughly have the same specs with a few small differences and both are roughly the same price. Unfortunately, I am living in the UK and for some stupid reason I cannot find any UK pages which allow me to customise a HP Envy. Similarly the Lenovo page says you can upgrade the Edge 420s to an i7 CPU, but I cannot find this option when you go through the customise process, anyway this isn't too important for me.
Here are the spec sheets, I have just opened them with Google Docs viewer for easy access;
http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=h...hinkpad/edge-series/e420s/en/EDGEE420s_EN.pdf
http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://h40059.www4.hp.com/uk/homelaptops/pdf/14-2000ea_ds_ene.pdf
Both have a i5 2410m CPU.
The first difference is in the chipset. The Edge 420s has an Intel QM67 Chipset, and the Envy 14 has an Intel HM65 Chipset. Which is better?
The second difference is the GPU. On the spec sheets the Edge 420s has a an AMD 6630M Switchable graphics card at 2GBvram, and the Envy 14 has an AMD 6630M Dedicated graphics card at 1GB ddr3. I am not sure of the differences between vram/ddr3. But ultimiately, my question is which GPU is better?
The only other difference that is important to me is the HDD but I am not bothered about having a 320GB with the lenovo, over 500GB with the HP.
Another prioty is build quality, I know that lenovo have a good reputation. I am also aware that the Edge 420s doesn't have the rollcage technology of the other thinkpads, but is this model still made of magnesium alloy? I like the look of the HP Envy 14 but I don't like the look of the plastic bottom of the model.
I basically need this laptop for university, but I would be able to play some games, so I guess the more important factor is the GPU. I know that the 6630 is a mid ranged product, and I don't expect to play crysis on this but I would like to play some CoD. Also, I know the I could wait and wait and get the newest, fastest computer/laptop but if everyone did that, nobody would buy a computer, but how future proof is this laptop?
Thanks in advance!
Rob
I am a little stuck as to which laptop I should choose, both roughly have the same specs with a few small differences and both are roughly the same price. Unfortunately, I am living in the UK and for some stupid reason I cannot find any UK pages which allow me to customise a HP Envy. Similarly the Lenovo page says you can upgrade the Edge 420s to an i7 CPU, but I cannot find this option when you go through the customise process, anyway this isn't too important for me.
Here are the spec sheets, I have just opened them with Google Docs viewer for easy access;
http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=h...hinkpad/edge-series/e420s/en/EDGEE420s_EN.pdf
http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://h40059.www4.hp.com/uk/homelaptops/pdf/14-2000ea_ds_ene.pdf
Both have a i5 2410m CPU.
The first difference is in the chipset. The Edge 420s has an Intel QM67 Chipset, and the Envy 14 has an Intel HM65 Chipset. Which is better?
The second difference is the GPU. On the spec sheets the Edge 420s has a an AMD 6630M Switchable graphics card at 2GBvram, and the Envy 14 has an AMD 6630M Dedicated graphics card at 1GB ddr3. I am not sure of the differences between vram/ddr3. But ultimiately, my question is which GPU is better?
The only other difference that is important to me is the HDD but I am not bothered about having a 320GB with the lenovo, over 500GB with the HP.
Another prioty is build quality, I know that lenovo have a good reputation. I am also aware that the Edge 420s doesn't have the rollcage technology of the other thinkpads, but is this model still made of magnesium alloy? I like the look of the HP Envy 14 but I don't like the look of the plastic bottom of the model.
I basically need this laptop for university, but I would be able to play some games, so I guess the more important factor is the GPU. I know that the 6630 is a mid ranged product, and I don't expect to play crysis on this but I would like to play some CoD. Also, I know the I could wait and wait and get the newest, fastest computer/laptop but if everyone did that, nobody would buy a computer, but how future proof is this laptop?
Thanks in advance!
Rob