I'm planning on buying a laptop soon and I've narrowed it down to two.
The main confusion I have is whether to opt for a stronger CPU or a better GPU. Here are the specs for the laptops:
Laptop 1:
4th gen i5 4200U, 6gb ram, 500gb HDD, Nvidia GT 750m GPU
Laptop 2:
3rd gen i5 3230m, 4gb ram, 1 TB HDD, Nvidia GT 630m GPU
I understand that laptop 1 has a much better GPU and ram while laptop 2's processor is much faster than the haswell one. I'll mostly be using the laptop for coding in C/C++/Java/Android development/3D rendering with blender, 3DS max, Maya etc as well as Photoshop, Illustrator etc.
I also want to run Virtual machines on the computer with Virtual box.
So which Laptop would be better suited for my needs?
The main confusion I have is whether to opt for a stronger CPU or a better GPU. Here are the specs for the laptops:
Laptop 1:
4th gen i5 4200U, 6gb ram, 500gb HDD, Nvidia GT 750m GPU
Laptop 2:
3rd gen i5 3230m, 4gb ram, 1 TB HDD, Nvidia GT 630m GPU
I understand that laptop 1 has a much better GPU and ram while laptop 2's processor is much faster than the haswell one. I'll mostly be using the laptop for coding in C/C++/Java/Android development/3D rendering with blender, 3DS max, Maya etc as well as Photoshop, Illustrator etc.
I also want to run Virtual machines on the computer with Virtual box.
So which Laptop would be better suited for my needs?