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Please help me decide

Aug 3, 2016 1:23PM PDT

Hi guys,

I am a student and I need to buy a new laptop I have some in my mind and i'll post their specs right here, if you could please tell me which is better and why. I mostly need this laptop for programming software (Unity,Visual Studio,VM virtual machine)

Lenovo Yoga 500-14 80R500FJIV

Intel® Core™ i7-6500U Processor, 4M Cache, 2.5 GHz up to 3.10 GHz
8GB DDR3L 1600MHz (1 x 8GB), 1 x SO-DIMM slot
256GB SSD
14.0 Inch FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS display with 10-point multitouch technology
NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 940M with 2GB DDR3 VRAM
10/100/1000M Ethernet LAN
Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 3160 - 802.11b/g/n/ac
Yes, Built-in Bluetooth™ V4.0
Widi
Integrated 720p HD webcam
1.5W stereo Speakers with Dolby® Home Theater® certification
Integrated digital array microphone
4-in-1 card reader (SD, SDHC, SDXC, MMC)
2 x USB 3.0
1 x USB 2.0
1 x Audio combo jack
1 x HDMI
1 x RJ-45
Windows 10 Home 64Bit (Hebrew, English)
1.95 kg (4.3 lbs) without ODD
340.1 mm x 230.1 mm x 21.6 mm
2-cell 30WHr Li-Ion Battery
65W AC Adapter

Price - 991.47$


Lenovo Yoga 510-15 80S8000MIV

Intel® Core™ i7-6500U Processor, 4M Cache, 2.5 GHz up to 3.10 GHz
8GB DDR4 2133MHz (1 x 8192 MB), Up to 8GB, 1 x SO-DIMM slot
256GB SSD
15.6 Inch FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS Touch, 250 nits display
AMD Radeon™ R7 M460 2GB
10/100/1000M Ethernet LAN
WiFi 1 x 1 a/c
Yes, Built-in Bluetooth V4.0
Widi
1 MP Fixed Focus CMOS Camera (720p)
Stereo Speakers with Harman Audio Certification
4-in-1 card reader (SD, SDHC, SDXC, MMC)
2 x USB 3.0
1 x USB 2.0
1 x Audio combo jack
1 x HDMI
1 x RJ-45
Windows 10 Home 64Bit (Hebrew, English)
Starting at 4.58 lbs (2.08 kg)
378 mm x 253 mm x 21.4 mm
3-cell 52.5WHr Li-Ion Battery
65W AC Adapter

Price - 1095.90$


Now for some questions:

1)I checked in some compare websites and I saw that the Yoga 510 is LCD display while the Yoga 500 is WLED display, what's the difference between the two?
2)The RAM speed is different , how bad is 1600MHZ , there's major difference between 1600 & 2133 MHZ?
3)As I said before, I need this laptop more for my studying and i'm not going to play games much, do I really need a GPU? is the GPU has any effect on those programs I use? And just to know which one you think is better from those GPUs?

Please let me know what you think guys, really important for me! Happy

Thanks!
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