New laptop - AMD or Intel?

downshifted

Many thanks for all your help :-) Problem solved. I will clean this one, buy a new one with the Intel 5 processor, and we will have one each until this one dies!

gibby9

If you buy the Toshiba can you reply here as to how it is to use?

I'm also looking at laptops at the moment and this looks to be about the best value for the money but the silver casing puts me off. I know that shouldn'tbe an issue.

Steve-o

gibby9 wrote: »

I know that shouldn'tbe an issue.

There are so many styles and colours of laptops, because looks are an issue to most of us.

Weird_Nev

Certainly opt for the i5 Intel laptop. The processor and GPU are the things that you cannont change. The integrated Intel graphics processor (4600), they have a dedicated GPU of sort on the same chip as the CPU, are actually pretty good for general use and light gaming.

AMD are lagging well behind in PC processors and have been for years. Their focus right now is supplying the current generation of games consoles and making potent processors for mobile devices. Intel are blitzing them in terms of performance in the PC market.

Main things to check are screen quality and keyboard quality. After that, processor specs, and check the RAM is upgradeable (.e. no soldered onto the main board). You can always buy more RAM or a bigger hard disk, you can't change the processor or screen.

isofa

1. Choose Intel - AMD haven't caught up.

2. Don't choose PC World.

[Deleted User]

The guy above is correct but not really helping your problem in finding a capable machine.

HP, Asus & Sony are good quality makes. Do not go for Toshiba,Acer or Dell as they use cheap parts and fail very easily.

If you are tech literate and want to save money then I would design a custom built laptop at www.pcspecialist.co.uk. There you choose exactly what you want for your machine at a very reasonable price.