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I need to buy a new laptop and both of these are the same price. I dont know tons about computers so I thought I would ask the community which one is better.

Comp 1
• Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
• 3rd generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3320M (2.4 GHz, 3MB L3 Cache)
• NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) GT 650M Graphics with 2GB GDDR 5 video memory
• 12GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
• 750GB 7200 rpm Hybrid Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
• NO mSSD Hard Drive Acceleration Cache
• No Additional Office Software
• $30 OFF Norton Internet Security(TM) 2012 - 15 Months Subscription (activation required)
• 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
• 15.6-inch diagonal HD BrightView LED-backlit Display (1366x768)
• SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support
• HP TrueVision HD Webcam
• 802.11b/g/n WLAN
• Standard Keyboard with numeric keypad
Accessories


Comp 2
15.6" 1366x768 HD LED-Backlit Wide Screen Display

· Dual-Core Intel® Core™ i5-3210M 2.50GHz 3MB Cache

· Mobile Intel® HM76 Express Chipset

· 2 x 4GB PC3-12800 1600MHz DDR3 SODIMM

· 500GB SATA 7200RPM - 2.5" - WD Scorpio Black WD5000BPKT

· Super-Multi DVD-RW / CDR Combo Drive

· Intel® HD Graphics (Integrated Graphics)

· Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 2230 (802.11BGN 2x2) with Bluetooth 4.0 and Wireless Display (WiDi)

· Keyboard for Jetbook 9743 Series

· Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Professional (64-bit) with Recovery Partition

· No Recovery DVD

· Microsoft Office 2010 - Home and Business Edition with DVD Media (DOEM)

· System Assembly and Testing (Notebook)

· Label - Jetbook - Circle

· 1 Year Notebook Warranty


Comp 1 is straight from manufactor and Comp 2 would be built by professional at his store

thanks everyone

P.S. I hope I put this in the right spot thread-wise

Comp 1 > Comp 2 IMO

Based on Cpu and gfx card

http://ark.intel.com/products/64896/Intel-Core-i5-3320M-Processor-3M-Cache-up-to-3_30-GHz

http://ark.intel.com/products/67355/Intel-Core-i5-3210M-Processor-3M-Cache-up-to-3_10-GHz-rPGA

Would go with the first one.
Then just buy a MS office for very low / even free if a student at certain universities

Comp. one. How much are you spending?

First one for sure.

@ Klae17
I am spending right around a grand.

I guess i'm also kinda wondering if comp 1 is a good computer. I think the actual price is 1100. Is it worth that? Am I getting a good computer?

BTW thanks everyone for your help!!

From: garyman
@ Klae17
I am spending right around a grand.

I guess i'm also kinda wondering if comp 1 is a good computer. I think the actual price is 1100. Is it worth that? Am I getting a good computer?

BTW thanks everyone for your help!!

Whats your currency, £ $ € ?

Go with the first one, as said above, get MS free in certain universities/colleges or you can also find great websites that offer cheap softwares for students..

or um maybe TPB? :whistling:

Thanks everyone for your input i will be purchasing the first one.

i think dell is better

specs for the 2nd 1 is incomplete. If anything, you should buy laptops from msi/sager/asus