Samsung 2 series vs Thinkpad E520

[Jimmy1]

http://www.shop.bt.com/products/len...5-6--widescreen-7WS0.html?refs=50600-22&src=3

http://www.shop.bt.com/products/sam...rofessional-laptop-7WHT.html?refs=50429&src=3

Which one would you guys pick?. I cant seem to find any info on the i5 2550m but the laptop isnt out for 3 weeks so that might explain that. Even if its much better than the processor in the lenovo, would the e520's faster hard drive make up for that?.

Also the samsung has a 5 year warranty offer but I would have to get the RAM upped by them, so the price difference becomes quite large...

 

[Jimmy1]

Anybody?

 

[jkkc313]

what about waiting for a few weeks for the ivy bridge laptops? you may even see those above reduce in price if you want to stay with sandy bridge...
back to the question, i will suggest the samsung

 

[Jimmy1]

Is it true that Ivy bridge is more about power consumption than speed?, point taken about price drops though.

On the Lenovo site where they come with 2gb ram, can these still be upped by me to 8?surely nobody pays £96..