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General discussion

College laptop

May 13, 2017 1:38PM PDT

I'm wondering which laptop to choose before going to college
I'd like to buy one of these:
Dell Vostro 5568 (i3-6006U/8GB/120+500)
or
Laptop ACER Aspire F5-573G-52M7 (i5-7200U/4GB/1000)
I'm going to use it mostly for surfing the net, watching movies, not really gaming
Which one is better?

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My choice
May 13, 2017 1:58PM PDT

The i5. I can add ram, change the HDD to SSD but can't change the CPU if I want more than the i3.

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More choices at the top of this forum.
May 13, 2017 2:23PM PDT
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I would choose
May 13, 2017 2:16PM PDT