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which laptop should i buy?

Messi_adrinho

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hello everyone

I'm about to buy a new laptop and I'm bit confused which one of those should i take



  • dell INSPIRON 3542 cost 43000 da~ 430$

    hp250 G3 cost 46500 da~ 465$

    Toshiba satellite l50 cost 47500 da~ 475$

    Toshiba tecra c 55 cost 44500 da~ 445$

    acer aspire e1-572 cost 53000 da~ 530$

    asus x751l cost 49000 da~ 490$ (15.6'' LED, i3-4030U, DDRIII 4 GB, 1To, inte HD 4600)

    lenovo g50-70/80 37000da/38000da~370$/380$

most of the above listed models are (15.6'' LED, i3-4005U, DDRIII 4 GB, 500GB, inte HD 4400)

except acer which is i5-4200U, 1.6GHz, 4 GB, 500 GB, AMD Radeon HD8750M

there is also a local brand here in algeria (condor which have i3 5th Gen and cost 49500da~495$)

i will use this laptop for programig (java, php, c, c++, javascript) and web design (photoshop and dreamweaver), also to navigate on net and skype ( i chat a lot in cam )

so can you please help me about the best possible brand regarding the models listed above

thank you in advance
 
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One of the first concerns should be Brand support in your country. For example where I live Dell, HP and Toshiba have a TERRIBLE customer support. Other than than asus acer and lenovo are all good. Personally I have to program from my lenovo g50-70 (8gb ram, i3 4005u, m230) in Java and javascript and I find it pretty comfortable, but then again it is a point of preference. As long as you don't go below a 3rd gen i3 cpu and 8gb ram, you should be good.

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One of the first concerns should be Brand support in your country. For example where I live Dell, HP and Toshiba have a TERRIBLE customer support. Other than than asus acer and lenovo are all good. Personally I have to program from my lenovo g50-70 (8gb ram, i3 4005u, m230) in Java and javascript and I find it pretty comfortable, but then again it is a point of preference. As long as you don't go below a 3rd gen i3 cpu and 8gb ram, you should be good.
 
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Messi_adrinho

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thank you for your answer, for support i guess only condor have that, the other brands are just imported and have no represantant in my place, also there is no 8gb for my budget but i will ask at store if they can upgrade it by adding another 4gb ram module, what im looking here is for a durable brand laptop, i have already bought dell 3521 2 years ago and now some keyborad touch dont work, so im here just asking wich one of this laptops could be good and last for long regarding the price
 

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My old lenovo is already 5 years old and has no problems, that's why I tend to stick to lenovo. Also additional 4gb ram should be no more than 30$ and is always available since the laptop has an additional ram slot.
 

Messi_adrinho

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thank you, i will go for lenovo g50-80.
 

Messi_adrinho

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i didnt ask yet but maybe i will buy a higher specifications since lenovo is cheaper here then other brands
 

Messi_adrinho

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yeah, i got lenovo today but the seller have ask me to charge it 8hours before use it, is that normal ?