The process of choosing a computer to get was difficult. I had been wanting one for a while, but it wasn't until my 4-year-old laptop's battery warped and the track pad stopped working that I decided I was in need of something more modern. So I began to do some research. Since I was on a pretty tight budget, I had originally wanted to build my own computer. However, by the time I had assembled a fairly decent parts list, I discovered that for the same price that my build was going to run me, I could get a laptop with even better specs.
The first laptop I looked at was the Dell Inspiron. There are many different models of the Inspiron, but there were two in particular that I liked: The 15R, of which one model was 550 dollars and had 500GB storage, 4GB RAM, and an Intel i3 processor. The other one was also a 15R, but it was 800 dollars and had 1TB storage, 8GB RAM, and an i7 processor.
I was just about to buy the 550 dollar model when I discovered that HP, a brand which, due it's mixed reputation, I had not considered, made a computer for the same price as the 15R, but with better specs. The computer, which was a dv6-7010us, had 750GB of storage, 6GB of RAM, and an AMD A8-4500M CPU. While this may seem like the obvious choice, it took me a while to settle on whether the dv6 or the 15R would be a better buy.
The main thing about the dv6 that I was concerned about was the processor. While the A8-4500M is roughly equivalent in performance to an Intel i5 processor, I had had little to no prior experience with AMD processors and had heard mixed reviews of them. However, I eventually decided that it would be worth it to get the dv6, because the A8 CPU, regardless of whether or not it performed as well as the i5, was still better than the i3, which was the processor that the 15R came with.
And there you have it. I am very pleased with my dv6-7010us. I have also been monitoring my CPU usage, and taking that into account, it looks to me like AMD is just as good as Intel.
Until next time.
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