Which one?

gasdoctor · 12 Oct 2010 at 12:13

Acer 5741 (3gb i3 win7 32 bit intergrated gfx)

or

Lenovo IdeaPad Z560 Laptop (2gb win7 64 nvidia card)

Both same price....dilemma.

I like the acer but put off by 32 bit OS but the lenovo only has 2 gig.

sja360 · 12 Oct 2010 at 13:08

what is the laptop going to be used for? i think 2GB of ram just for browsing/music and the typical home user software is plenty.
also what is the full specs of the two laptops your looking at ?

gasdoctor · 12 Oct 2010 at 14:12

Ill use it mainly for office stuff, browsing and the odd game. Just wondering which is better value. Can you upgrade the OS on laptops easily? Is the nvidia card worth it?

Lenovo:
Intel Core i3-350M 2.26GHz
320GB HDD 7200RPM
2GB RAM
15.6" HD LED
Webcam + HDMI
NVIDIA GeForce 310M Dedicated Graphics
Windows 7 Home Premium 64BIT

Acer:
Intel Core i3 330M / 2.13 GHz ( DualCore )
RAM 3 GB (installed) / 8 GB (max) DDR3 SDRAM 1066 MHz
Hard Drive 320 GB
Display 15.6" TFT 1366 x 768 ( WXGA ) CineCrystal
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium

sja360 · 12 Oct 2010 at 14:14

well i checked both online and the acer is ment to be cheaper, but the lenovo is going to be the better machine. i wouldn't worry about the 2GB of memory unless your doing music/video conversion or something like that. plus im sure the 2GB memory can be upgraded to 4GB at very least if you wanted to.

gasdoctor · 12 Oct 2010 at 14:17

Cheers, dont know much about lenovo laptops, acers seem to get good reviews.