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Hey guys/girls
I'm after a new laptop, mainly for browsing the web, word processing and some casual gaming. Ideally I'd like to be able to run Football Manager at a high speed with a large database and to be able to play games like the Total War series smoothly and at a high as possible resolution. My budget is up to £500. I don't really know a great deal about laptops so not sure what I should be looking for to be able to do the above. I've seen a couple of laptops which are listed below, not sure if they are suitable or not, any help would be appreciated!
ACER Acer Aspire 5552 15.6" Laptop
General Information Processor AMD Phenom II Quad-Core N930
- 2GHz
- 2MB L2
Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
RAM 4GB
Graphics card ATI Mobility Radeon HD5470
Screen type High-brightness (200-nit) Acer CineCrystal™ TFT LCD
Screen resolution 1366 x 768 pixels
Screen size 15.6" HD
Screen features High-brightness (200-nit) Acer CineCrystal™ TFT LCD
Hard drive 750GB
Optical disk drive 8X DVD-Super Multi double-layer drive
USB 3x USB 2.0
FireWire No
WiFi Acer InviLink™ Nplify™ 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™
Video interface External display (VGA) port, HDMI
TV output External display (VGA) port, HDMI
Sound High-definition audio support
Webcam Built-in
Battery Li-Ion- Up to 3.5 hours
£349.97
HP Pavilion dv6-6001sa 15.6" Laptop
General Information Processor Quad-core AMD Phenom™ II X4 P960
Cache memory 2 MB
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64
RAM - 4GB DDR3 RAM
Graphics card AMD Radeon HD 6470M
512 MB DDR3 Dedicated
Screen type High-Definition LED HP BrightView Infinity Display
Screen resolution 1366 x 768
Screen size 15.6"
Hard drive 500 GB
Optical disk drive LightScribe SuperMulti DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support
Memory card reader Multi-Format Digital Media Card Reader
USB 2 USB 2.0; 2 USB 3.0
Modem/Ethernet Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n;
Bluetooth
Video interface
Audio interface 1 headphone-out/microphone in
TV output 1 HDMI; 1 VGA
Sound Beats sound system
Webcam HP TrueVision HD Webcam
2 megapixel
Keyboard & Mouse
Battery 6-cell Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) battery
£429.97
LENOVO Ideapad Z570 15.6" Laptop Processor Intel Core i5-2410M
- 2.3 GHz Clock Speed
- 3MB Cache
Operating System Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit
RAM 4GB DDR3
Graphics card Intel HD 3000 shared graphics memory
Screen type LED Backlit 16:09 screen
Screen resolution 1366 x 768
Screen size 15.6"
Hard drive 500GB 5400 rpm SATA 300
Optical disk drive DVDR
Memory card reader 5 in 1 Multi-card reader
USB 4 x USB 2.0
Modem/Ethernet 10/100M Ethernet
WiFi WiFi 802.11b/g/n
Bluetooth No
Video interface 1x VGA, 1x HDMI, 1x eSATA
Audio interface Onboard sound card, 2.0 Channels, Mic input, Headphone Jack
Sound Integrated stereo speakers (2*2W), SRS® Premium Sound™ audio enhancement technology
Webcam Yes
Keyboard & Mouse Keyboard and Touchpad
Battery Up to 5 hours battery life
Additional features OneKey™ Theater II – one-touch audio-visual optimization for clearer, brighter images and richer audio
VeriFace™ face recognition – a fun way to login to your PC
Thermal Management System regulates the fan-speed assuring optimized temperature and noise control with a De-dusting Mode to boost maintenance
AccuType keyboard for comfortable and accurate typing
Lenovo Enhanced Experience 2.0 for Windows® 7 with RapidBoot technology – to start your PC up to 20 seconds faster than a typical Windows 7 computer
Kensington Lock for added security
Accessories included Laptop, Battery, AC power cable, AC adapter, Documentation
Software included OneKey Rescue System 7.0, McAfee, Veriface 4.0
Size 20~35.5mm x 376mm x 250mm (H x W x D)
Weight 2.6kg
£479.99
I'm after a new laptop, mainly for browsing the web, word processing and some casual gaming. Ideally I'd like to be able to run Football Manager at a high speed with a large database and to be able to play games like the Total War series smoothly and at a high as possible resolution. My budget is up to £500. I don't really know a great deal about laptops so not sure what I should be looking for to be able to do the above. I've seen a couple of laptops which are listed below, not sure if they are suitable or not, any help would be appreciated!
ACER Acer Aspire 5552 15.6" Laptop
General Information Processor AMD Phenom II Quad-Core N930
- 2GHz
- 2MB L2
Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
RAM 4GB
Graphics card ATI Mobility Radeon HD5470
Screen type High-brightness (200-nit) Acer CineCrystal™ TFT LCD
Screen resolution 1366 x 768 pixels
Screen size 15.6" HD
Screen features High-brightness (200-nit) Acer CineCrystal™ TFT LCD
Hard drive 750GB
Optical disk drive 8X DVD-Super Multi double-layer drive
USB 3x USB 2.0
FireWire No
WiFi Acer InviLink™ Nplify™ 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™
Video interface External display (VGA) port, HDMI
TV output External display (VGA) port, HDMI
Sound High-definition audio support
Webcam Built-in
Battery Li-Ion- Up to 3.5 hours
£349.97
HP Pavilion dv6-6001sa 15.6" Laptop
General Information Processor Quad-core AMD Phenom™ II X4 P960
Cache memory 2 MB
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64
RAM - 4GB DDR3 RAM
Graphics card AMD Radeon HD 6470M
512 MB DDR3 Dedicated
Screen type High-Definition LED HP BrightView Infinity Display
Screen resolution 1366 x 768
Screen size 15.6"
Hard drive 500 GB
Optical disk drive LightScribe SuperMulti DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support
Memory card reader Multi-Format Digital Media Card Reader
USB 2 USB 2.0; 2 USB 3.0
Modem/Ethernet Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n;
Bluetooth
Video interface
Audio interface 1 headphone-out/microphone in
TV output 1 HDMI; 1 VGA
Sound Beats sound system
Webcam HP TrueVision HD Webcam
2 megapixel
Keyboard & Mouse
Battery 6-cell Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) battery
£429.97
LENOVO Ideapad Z570 15.6" Laptop Processor Intel Core i5-2410M
- 2.3 GHz Clock Speed
- 3MB Cache
Operating System Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit
RAM 4GB DDR3
Graphics card Intel HD 3000 shared graphics memory
Screen type LED Backlit 16:09 screen
Screen resolution 1366 x 768
Screen size 15.6"
Hard drive 500GB 5400 rpm SATA 300
Optical disk drive DVDR
Memory card reader 5 in 1 Multi-card reader
USB 4 x USB 2.0
Modem/Ethernet 10/100M Ethernet
WiFi WiFi 802.11b/g/n
Bluetooth No
Video interface 1x VGA, 1x HDMI, 1x eSATA
Audio interface Onboard sound card, 2.0 Channels, Mic input, Headphone Jack
Sound Integrated stereo speakers (2*2W), SRS® Premium Sound™ audio enhancement technology
Webcam Yes
Keyboard & Mouse Keyboard and Touchpad
Battery Up to 5 hours battery life
Additional features OneKey™ Theater II – one-touch audio-visual optimization for clearer, brighter images and richer audio
VeriFace™ face recognition – a fun way to login to your PC
Thermal Management System regulates the fan-speed assuring optimized temperature and noise control with a De-dusting Mode to boost maintenance
AccuType keyboard for comfortable and accurate typing
Lenovo Enhanced Experience 2.0 for Windows® 7 with RapidBoot technology – to start your PC up to 20 seconds faster than a typical Windows 7 computer
Kensington Lock for added security
Accessories included Laptop, Battery, AC power cable, AC adapter, Documentation
Software included OneKey Rescue System 7.0, McAfee, Veriface 4.0
Size 20~35.5mm x 376mm x 250mm (H x W x D)
Weight 2.6kg
£479.99
