New Laptop Buying Help: Lenovo Y510p or U430?

[Yellow Squash]

I need a laptop that can run a lot of programs at once and not get slowed down. I dont play a lot of games, just use it for IM stuff, but I need to upgrade my 7 year old HP.

The Y510p
Lenovo Y510p | High-Performance 15.6" Multimedia Laptop from Lenovo | Lenovo (US)

The U430
Lenovo U430p | Thin and Light 14" Laptop | Lenovo (US)
Looking at the third one.

Thoughts? These deals look good for people with VISA cards. Im a cheap prick.

 

[evilgenius]

Macbook.

 

[JoseArmando]

I got myself this bastard last week ASUS N750JK i7-4700HQ 2.4 GHz Notebook - 17.3 inch - N750JK-DB71-CA - London Drugs

It's siiicckkk fast, like 3 sec boot

 

[d_diggler]

Im a cheap prick.

 

[skank]

+1 for Raspberry Pi

 

[Paper_Chase]

but who was macbook pro

 

[TeeBird]

My son got the y510p for graduation with the dual video cards and he loves it. It does run hot, but it is a beast playing all the games at the top frame rate.

 

[Jameel]

Gentoo

 

[CCarter]

Macbuk Preo​

 

[skank]

I have the old version of the Y510 and it's a solid fucking computer. I might upgrade to the new version soon enough

 

[Netphase]

I would avoid the u430 just because of the 1366 x 768 display.

Unless you don't mind low resolution screens. I hate working on them.

 

[taktikz]

That Lenovo Y510p looks like a pretty good deal.

 

[Zaino]

The y510p says +24 gig ssd? Is that large enough for the operating sys?

 

[TeeBird]

Lenovo IdeaPad Y510p (59406636) Gaming Notebook Intel Core i7 4700MQ (2.40GHz) 8GB Memory 1TB + 8GB SSHD HDD Dual NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M SLI 2GB 15.6" Windows 8.1 64-Bit - Newegg.com

 

[Fatbat]

The y510p says +24 gig ssd? Is that large enough for the operating sys?

Just big enough. Windows 7 & 8 64 bit both require 20 GB of disc space. Which I guess is the point, but I would rather have a drive big enough to accommodate all my programs too.

I'd go for a laptop by ASUS over Lenovo.

 

[King.]

Macbook.

Guess what, I succumbed to all that macfag propaganda a couple months ago and bought the latest macbook pro, after a week I gave it away and bought myself a beastly powerhouse of a 17" asus laptop. Fuck Apple and their shitty computers.

 

[Yellow Squash]

The y510p says +24 gig ssd? Is that large enough for the operating sys?

Please tell me more. What should I be looking for? I am not really a techy.

 

[Fatbat]

Please tell me more. What should I be looking for? I am not really a techy.

Depends on how many programs you have on your machine. I absolutely need a 256 GB SSD for everything I use, but you might be able to get by on a 128 GB. You definitely want at least 8 GB of RAM, maybe 16 gigs. Full 1080 HD screen or higher.

Why are you getting a laptop specifically?

If you travel a lot consider adding one or two of these bad boys to your kit...

http://www.asus.com/Monitors_Projectors/MB168BPlus/

 

[Yellow Squash]

Depends on how many programs you have on your machine. I absolutely need a 256 GB SSD for everything I use, but you might be able to get by on a 128 GB. You definitely want at least 8 GB of RAM, maybe 16 gigs. Full 1080 HD screen or higher.

Why are you getting a laptop specifically?

If you travel a lot consider adding one or two of these bad boys to your kit...

Monitors & Projectors - MB168B+ - ASUS

Thanks. One last dumb question. When it says the hard drive is "1TB 5400 RPM + 24GB SSD" What is the 1TB 5400 RPM all about, then?

 

[Fatbat]

Thanks. One last dumb question. When it says the hard drive is "1TB 5400 RPM + 24GB SSD" What is the 1TB 5400 RPM all about, then?

Means there's an old school 1 TB platter drive in the computer spinning at 5400 RPM, which is typical on laptop drives because slower drives preserve battery life. Whereas desktops would normally spin at 7200 RPM, up to 10k RPM for higher performance drives. More RPM means faster data transfer.

In addition there's a small SSD drive in the laptop. Sometimes you'll see hybrid drives where there's a small SSD attached to a regular platter drive, but I don't think that's the case with the laptops you linked to, though I could be wrong.