<p>Be aware that there is a *significant* performance difference between the i3 and i5, in terms of normal CPU capability. I'd rather buy a refurb midrange laptop than a new i3.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Apr 30, 2012 8:25 AM, "John-Thomas Richards" <<a href="mailto:jtr@jrichards.org">jtr@jrichards.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
LUG,<br>
<br>
I am probably going to order a laptop today. I have a question<br>
regarding specs / performance. I have my choice narrowed down to two<br>
manufacturers. The laptops have nearly identical specs with two notable<br>
exceptions. They are:<br>
<br>
Laptop 1 Laptop 2<br>
==============================================================<br>
Core i3 2350M 2.3GHz Core i5 2450M 2.50GHz<br>
nVidia 540M 1GB Intel High Definition Graphics<br>
$1,097 $923<br>
<br>
The only experience is have with Intel graphics is several years ago<br>
when it was merely passable. Is the Core i3/nVidia combo worth $174<br>
over the Core i5/Intel HD combo?<br>
<br>
Both laptops come with Linux preinstalled. If I go with the nVidia<br>
system, I would run the binary drivers.<br>
--<br>
john-thomas<br>
------<br>
You only have power over people as long as you don't take everything away<br>
from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he's no longer in<br>
your power—he's free again.<br>
Alexander Solzhenitsyn, novelist, Nobel laureate (1918-2008)<br>
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