[Discuss] Yet Another Laptop Recommendation Thread

[dsr at randomstring.org (Dan Ritter)]

On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 10:38:40PM -0400, David Kramer wrote:
> Through work I can get significant discounts on Lenovo and HP laptops,
> so I'm focusing on them.  I just priced out a ThinkPad T530, and
> it was over $900 with the discount, and I picked the slowest i5
> processor they have and 4GB RAM (though the better video card).  That
> seems a bit much.  Maybe I should look at i3 processors.  Many of the
> models had ~14" screens, and I want at least  15".

A current i3 has decent integrated graphics for anything except
major game playing. Take the savings and get more RAM
(aftermarket; manufacturers always charge a premium.)

-dsr-