AMD PHENOM 3 core VS INTEL i3 DELL LAPTOP

by neo3007 Oct 10, 2010 9:54PM PDT

hey,

I WANTS to buy a dell laptop and need some your help to make choice between THESE 2 CONFIGARATION WITH SOME JUSTIFICATION
DELL INSPIRON M501 with AMD PHENOM TRIPPLE CORE 2.2GHZ with 3GB RAM and ATI RADION 550v (1GB)
and
DELL INSPIRON 15R WITH INTEL CORE I3 2.4 GHZ WITH 2GB RAM AND ATI RADION 5470(512mb)

I THINK DELL INSPIRON M501 MUCH BETTER THAN DELL INSPIRON 15R?
SO ANY SUUGESTIONS ARE MOST WELCOME

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For what use?

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Oct 11, 2010 12:33AM PDT

Both look like value units. They appear to have less than 4GB RAM and maybe some 32 bit OS but I can't tell.

Here's my question. How could you justify getting a laptop without knowing what its use will be?
Bob

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yup

by neo3007 Oct 11, 2010 11:00PM PDT

hey,

yup its for more gaming + some programming
thats it
And here is some tech spaces for AMD
http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/inspiron-m5010?c=in&l=en&s=dhs&cs=indhs1&~oid=in~en~78002~inspn_m501r_t540902in8~~

and For intel i3
http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/inspiron-15r?c=in&l=en&s=dhs&cs=indhs1&~oid=in~en~78002~inspn_15r_t540906in8~~

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One looks hot.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Oct 12, 2010 2:25AM PDT

And I mean the temperature of the laptop. Read:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-550v.31270.0.html

That 550v is on the old nano meter line and I bet it's one warm to hot laptop. If you can live with short battery times (try one hour) and short life spans (count on 2 years then hope for more) then this one is OK.

I've seen the second laptop and while it's not a cold as stone laptop I found it not as high temperature as the first unit.

I wonder why the 2GB RAM and not the usual 4GB RAM and Windows 7 64 bit solution. It's time to ignore all the 32 bit offerings.
Bob

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