Need help choosing between these 2 ASUS Laptops.

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mrminaj13

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hey, was wondering if anyone could help.
i am trying to decide between two laptops,
1 http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00R6BRJ...lid=3AFMXJ7FNTUKX&coliid=I3S1UANVSF2YO4&psc=1

2 http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00UAT7G...UTF8&colid=3JGVOF99FRDBT&coliid=I4078BGFZI44B

i need it to run fast and smoothly and be able to handle several applications at once. i need to be able to use several'webcam feeds', from different apps at the same time, without the thing falling to pieces or over heating. im not 100% sure whats needed for this and whether a dedicated graphics card makes any difference at all?
i very nearly got the Lenovo Z50-70 but got put clean off by some bad reviews and the fact someone in John Lewis (english department store) told me Lenovo is the most returned make.
 
beers

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I'd probably save 150 quid and go with the first one.

A dedicated graphics card is really only good for gaming or CUDA-enhanced applications.
 
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beers said:
I'd probably save 150 quid and go with the first one.

A dedicated graphics card is really only good for gaming or CUDA-enhanced applications.
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Yes that does seem wise. Though I am slightly worried about what the build quality and screen quality may be like compared to the more expensive ...
 
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mrminaj13 said:
hey, was wondering if anyone could help.
i am trying to decide between two laptops,
1 http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00R6BRJ...lid=3AFMXJ7FNTUKX&coliid=I3S1UANVSF2YO4&psc=1

2 http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00UAT7G...UTF8&colid=3JGVOF99FRDBT&coliid=I4078BGFZI44B

i need it to run fast and smoothly and be able to handle several applications at once. i need to be able to use several'webcam feeds', from different apps at the same time, without the thing falling to pieces or over heating. im not 100% sure whats needed for this and whether a dedicated graphics card makes any difference at all?
i very nearly got the Lenovo Z50-70 but got put clean off by some bad reviews and the fact someone in John Lewis (english department store) told me Lenovo is the most returned make.
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Go with the dedicted graphics card model, I know everyone else is talking about gaming but with you wanting to handle multiple feeds you want a graphics chip which will support those needs. Integrated graphics has come a long way as the one in my laptop will play Borderlands on mostly high settings at 1920x1080 but every once in a while it will lag for a very split second. When dealing with video feed you want everything flawless.

Lenovo builds good stuff but they have really taken the HP route with some things like the difference in quality internally with their hardware. If you spend enough money with them there machines are truly amazing, however their low end is nothing more then garbage.
 
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mrminaj13

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DMGrier said:
Go with the dedicted graphics card model, I know everyone else is talking about gaming but with you wanting to handle multiple feeds you want a graphics chip which will support those needs. Integrated graphics has come a long way as the one in my laptop will play Borderlands on mostly high settings at 1920x1080 but every once in a while it will lag for a very split second. When dealing with video feed you want everything flawless.

Lenovo builds good stuff but they have really taken the HP route with some things like the difference in quality internally with their hardware. If you spend enough money with them there machines are truly amazing, however their low end is nothing more then garbage.
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Being a complete novice, that's where I get confused, some people seem to say graphics cards are only for gaming, then some say its good for video feeds as well..
 
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mrminaj13 said:
i very nearly got the Lenovo Z50-70 but got put clean off by some bad reviews and the fact someone in John Lewis (english department store) told me Lenovo is the most returned make.
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Very interesting that John Lewis would say that. From my own experience I'd actually say that Lenovo's laptops are some of the most solid out there and ASUS can be a bit flimsy! It might be my personal preference, but I'd get a Lenovo or an ASUS myself.

John Lewis is a good place to get stuff from by the way (as I'm sure you know). Never really had a problem with them apart from recently when it took them ages to find my house - they kept driving past it! (but I live in a hidden little cul-de-sac. ;) )
 
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spirit said:
Very interesting that John Lewis would say that. From my own experience I'd actually say that Lenovo's laptops are some of the most solid out there and ASUS can be a bit flimsy! It might be my personal preference, but I'd get a Lenovo or an ASUS myself.

John Lewis is a good place to get stuff from by the way (as I'm sure you know). Never really had a problem with them apart from recently when it took them ages to find my house - they kept driving past it! (but I live in a hidden little cul-de-sac. ;) )
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http://www.johnlewis.com/lenovo-z50-laptop-intel-core-i7-8gb-ram-1tb-8gb-sshd-15-6-/p1857170

thats the one i was looking at.

Prayercall said:
We have the x555LD in home now its awsome and runs games really good fro a laptop
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may i ask how you find the build quality and screen quality ?
 
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tylerjrb

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Id get the Lenovo. I used to have a z580 and the build quality was great. That z50 looks to be really good and will do anything you need including many graphic intensive options in the future if you decide to do so.
 
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mrminaj13

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see this is where i am confused with the Lenovo or i would just get it straight away.
A review like this:

I had the Lenovo Z50-70 laptop for 6 weeks when ...
By Jake7 on 10 Oct. 2014
Style Name: Intel Core i7 with Nvidia G840Colour Name: Silver
I had the Lenovo Z50-70 laptop for 6 weeks when it suddenly developed a hard drive failure. Laptop was operating normally then would not detect the hard drive after sleep mode.

OK I thought, 6 weeks old, should be no problem, I'll phone the retailer I bought it from. They said to call Lenovo, which I did, the Tech Guy asked me to go through all the steps to make sure it really wouldn't boot or be recoverable from the Factory Reset Partition. None of the steps worked (I knew this because I tried this before I had called but you have to jump through the hoops to proceed).

The short story is they would send a letter within 3 days to start the warranty return but was warned that if the hard drive failure was due to the customer they would charge for the hard drive and repair costs.

I'm still waiting for that letter to arrive, it's only been 2 months now! I work as a PC Technician so I replaced the hard drive with one I had in stock, so laptop is up and running again. The 1TB drive was branded Samsung/Seagate, upon doing a web search I found that this particular drive has a high failure rate. If you do a Google search for the HDD model number ST1000LM024 you will see a result for Hard Disk Failure of the Month - http://www.cheadledatarecovery.co.uk/2014/02/hard-disk-failure-samsung-st1000lm024/

All in all I'm a bit disappointing with Lenovo.
 
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