Looking at 2 different Laptops
1) Toshiba $899 i7-720QM CPU & GeForce 310M GPU Link = http://tinyurl.com/ykhhemj
2) Gateway $799 i5-430M CPU & ATI Radeon® HD 5650 Graphics Link = http://tinyurl.com/ybd9z76
Both fall in my price range <$900
This is for my wife and she will use it as follows:
85% Facebook, email, internet
10% Adobe Photoshop Elements 8
5% Roxio Creator 2010 (for slideshow creations and possibly some video editing for a yet to be purchased video camera?)
From my research it appears that that the i5 (dual core) maybe better for the Facebook, internet stuff because it has a higher base frequency. Although the i7 also has Turbo Boost it has a smaller base frequency and from what I read it really hampers light tasks such as internet / email? It also appears that a quad core (i7) is probably better for video editing. I also have a desktop that has Intel Q9450 CPU and GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB which she could use for video editing if it actually makes a huge difference that a quad core is necessary.
Other info - battery doesn't make a difference, she will probably have this for 5 years or so.
Q1) Which laptop is better for her use 1 or 2 or something else?
Q2) more of a side question - how do these discrete graphics cards compare to the integrated HD offerings from Intel for the core i3, i5 and i7. Are they really THAT MUCH better? I know she really wont use the GPU much but I am assuming that it will help the overall performance of the laptop.
Thanks in advance and I'll let the experts jump in.
1) Toshiba $899 i7-720QM CPU & GeForce 310M GPU Link = http://tinyurl.com/ykhhemj
2) Gateway $799 i5-430M CPU & ATI Radeon® HD 5650 Graphics Link = http://tinyurl.com/ybd9z76
Both fall in my price range <$900
This is for my wife and she will use it as follows:
85% Facebook, email, internet
10% Adobe Photoshop Elements 8
5% Roxio Creator 2010 (for slideshow creations and possibly some video editing for a yet to be purchased video camera?)
From my research it appears that that the i5 (dual core) maybe better for the Facebook, internet stuff because it has a higher base frequency. Although the i7 also has Turbo Boost it has a smaller base frequency and from what I read it really hampers light tasks such as internet / email? It also appears that a quad core (i7) is probably better for video editing. I also have a desktop that has Intel Q9450 CPU and GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB which she could use for video editing if it actually makes a huge difference that a quad core is necessary.
Other info - battery doesn't make a difference, she will probably have this for 5 years or so.
Q1) Which laptop is better for her use 1 or 2 or something else?
Q2) more of a side question - how do these discrete graphics cards compare to the integrated HD offerings from Intel for the core i3, i5 and i7. Are they really THAT MUCH better? I know she really wont use the GPU much but I am assuming that it will help the overall performance of the laptop.
Thanks in advance and I'll let the experts jump in.
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