New laptop advice

[Wovenhand]

Budget: R6k max.

What it will be used for: Web development mostly, so Photoshop and one or other PHP editors/IDEs. Being able to play strategy games on medium settings would be a bonus, though I expect my budget may be a bit low for that.

Two Core i5s I have found are these:

Toshiba C850-F31Q

Dell Vostro 1540

I don't know anything about AMD processors and how they measure up against Intel's.

 

[Goliath]

http://www.makro.co.za/p/28120/packard-bell-core-i5-laptop/

Bought this a while ago.. bargain for what u get + 3yr on-site warranty..

 

[CataclysmZA]

The Toshiba is the better choice by far. Other alternatives:

Toshiba Satellite C850-F32Z (Ivy Bridge and updated graphics) @ R6189

 

[Wovenhand]

http://www.makro.co.za/p/28120/packard-bell-core-i5-laptop/

Bought this a while ago.. bargain for what u get + 3yr on-site warranty..

Nice. Is the graphics card onboard?

What OS does it have?

 

[NomNom]

Nice. Is the graphics card onboard?

What OS does it have?

It most likely has Intel HD Graphics 3000.

http://ark.intel.com/products/53452/Intel-Core-i5-2450M-Processor-3M-Cache-up-to-3_10-GHz

If you don't mind the crappy graphics capabilities then the one from Makro is a bargain. It most likely has Windows 7 Home Basic 64bit.

 

[Wovenhand]

The Toshiba is the better choice by far. Other alternatives:

Toshiba Satellite C850-F32Z (Ivy Bridge and updated graphics) @ R6189

Thanks.

It most likely has Intel HD Graphics 3000.

http://ark.intel.com/products/53452/Intel-Core-i5-2450M-Processor-3M-Cache-up-to-3_10-GHz

If you don't mind the crappy graphics capabilities then the one from Makro is a bargain. It most likely has Windows 7 Home Basic 64bit.

Think I'd prefer half-decent graphics and I can stick more memory in later. HDD size isn't very important.