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I am considering pulling the trigger on a thinkpad, but have never owned one before. Currently, I am looking for something no more than 500 to get the job done (considering the laptop I currently use weighs 7 lbs and has 2gb of ram on a dual core).
My question is though, for photoshop, web development and vmware - which series would be the best bang for buck here?
I've looked over the w520, t410/420 and t520 series, but am starting to get lost. Is a newer i5 better than an older i7 (2720)? Any advice what to do or look for here?
If needed, I can post a few of the ones Ive been looking at if that is of any additional help.
 

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Yeah I am aware. The most graphic intensive game I play on my desktop is GTAV - which I know I won't be playing on this machine. While it is a perk, it is not really a necessity - and the most graphic intensive game I'd be playing would be BF4 or Civ 5. Also, given the needs of this machine, I won't have much time for gaming and travelling - simultaneously.
 

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I've searched pretty hard to find a 2gb quadro for the same price. I really would like to go for it and upgrade the ram, but it doesn't seem possible. How much performance is the 4gb model over the one I linked in terms of my most noted needs? I'm honestly thinking of pulling the trigger on the 16gb model.
 

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Here I am contradicting myself but its worth noting the laptop you found with 16GB of RAM has a quad core cpu versus the one I found which is only a dual core. I think you are right to go ahead and get the 16GB model you found.
 

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A bit out of scope, but how does the w520 fare against an early/late 2011 MBP running bootcamp? Never owned a mac in a long ass time, but I've heard good things about their hardware?
 

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