Hi everyone
I'm a student and I use my laptop A LOT, Its typically on for 16 hours a day, but I'm usually close to a charger.
I typically use it for heavy productivity; I will almost always have 10+ Google Chrome tabs open, multiple Word Documents, PowerPoints, spreadsheets etc… when I am researching and writing reports, preparing presentations etc...
When I’m not doing this, I’m typically chilling in bed watching Netflix/YouTube and browsing the web (again, lots of tabs open)
The thing is, I HATE slow, laggy technology that freezes and takes longer than it should to do a task, so I want something that handles what I throw at it like a champ. Especially given that a rely on my laptop so much and I get a lot of use out of it.
I'm looking at i5/i7s, but there is so much variety and I'm not sure what processor will best suit needs?
I'm currently looking at the i5-5200U vs the i7-5500U in the Lenovo Thinkpad series E range, but thoughts on any other processors are more than welcome! It would be paired with 6-8GB RAM and a SSHD or a SSD.
Also, would I see a difference in performance if I went with a quad core processor? I'm also not sure what generation to look at. As mentioned earlier, I'm usually close to a charger to power consumption is of less importance.
Any thoughts and advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.
I'm a student and I use my laptop A LOT, Its typically on for 16 hours a day, but I'm usually close to a charger.
I typically use it for heavy productivity; I will almost always have 10+ Google Chrome tabs open, multiple Word Documents, PowerPoints, spreadsheets etc… when I am researching and writing reports, preparing presentations etc...
When I’m not doing this, I’m typically chilling in bed watching Netflix/YouTube and browsing the web (again, lots of tabs open)
The thing is, I HATE slow, laggy technology that freezes and takes longer than it should to do a task, so I want something that handles what I throw at it like a champ. Especially given that a rely on my laptop so much and I get a lot of use out of it.
I'm looking at i5/i7s, but there is so much variety and I'm not sure what processor will best suit needs?
I'm currently looking at the i5-5200U vs the i7-5500U in the Lenovo Thinkpad series E range, but thoughts on any other processors are more than welcome! It would be paired with 6-8GB RAM and a SSHD or a SSD.
Also, would I see a difference in performance if I went with a quad core processor? I'm also not sure what generation to look at. As mentioned earlier, I'm usually close to a charger to power consumption is of less importance.
Any thoughts and advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.