Hi: very LOW tech question!
I have a 5 year old Centrino single core laptop with 1GB of RAM. I need to replace it only because the screen is toast on it.
I am NOT a gamer and I rarely watch videos - so graphics arent a huge deal for me. I basically use Firefox (with up to 20 tabs open at a time), Quickbooks, MS Office... The most resource intensive app I use is Dragon Naturally Speaking.
I dont necessarily need a battery that lasts all day - but I do use a battery for about 1.5 hours per day and I would like the battery to last for years...
I dont want to spend more than $400. Here are my main options - all with 500GB hard drive and 4GB of RAM.
AMD C-50 $280
AMD E-350 $280
Pentium B940 $400
i3-380m $400
AMD A6-3400m $400
Im not looking for a major analysis of each chip. Ive done quite a bit of research and I understand the C-50 and E-350 use the least power. If I were buying the C-50 or E-350, which might work best for me? Likewise if I was choosing between the other 3. And then, finally, which do you think would be best overall? (eg. if relatively speaking they're all fast, would I even notice a difference between any of them. If that's the case, I'd just get the C-50 which uses less power and is less expensive.)
Thanks for any direction you might be able to give.
Dave
I have a 5 year old Centrino single core laptop with 1GB of RAM. I need to replace it only because the screen is toast on it.
I am NOT a gamer and I rarely watch videos - so graphics arent a huge deal for me. I basically use Firefox (with up to 20 tabs open at a time), Quickbooks, MS Office... The most resource intensive app I use is Dragon Naturally Speaking.
I dont necessarily need a battery that lasts all day - but I do use a battery for about 1.5 hours per day and I would like the battery to last for years...
I dont want to spend more than $400. Here are my main options - all with 500GB hard drive and 4GB of RAM.
AMD C-50 $280
AMD E-350 $280
Pentium B940 $400
i3-380m $400
AMD A6-3400m $400
Im not looking for a major analysis of each chip. Ive done quite a bit of research and I understand the C-50 and E-350 use the least power. If I were buying the C-50 or E-350, which might work best for me? Likewise if I was choosing between the other 3. And then, finally, which do you think would be best overall? (eg. if relatively speaking they're all fast, would I even notice a difference between any of them. If that's the case, I'd just get the C-50 which uses less power and is less expensive.)
Thanks for any direction you might be able to give.
Dave