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Hi, been given the task by my dad to find him the best laptop for £400ish. He wants it for general use and to edit his photographs w/photoshop.

I’ve narrowed it down to these two, which would you get for photo editing? I’m guessing the i3 is the better proccessor but looses 1gb ram.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-Notebook-i3-370M-processor-Wireless/dp/B004EBUX12/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-Notebook-Pentium-Wireless-Windows/dp/tech-data/B0045UBCR6/ref=de_a_smtd

Thanks :>

Quoted from AnimaL

i3 also will use less power – more time to shop

you do realise both those processors are the same family?
Same Socket, Same TDP, same thermal characteristics?

http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=50175
http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=49020

n/b

I haven’t tested either of those CPU’s myself to check power usage, but i3 is the better CPU from a performance POV (personally i’d never buy an acer ever again though, had several fail on me recently, but wouldn’t recommend anything else either)

Quoted from Tikcus

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you do realise both those processors are the same family?
Same Socket, Same TDP, same thermal characteristics?

http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=50175
http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=49020

n/b

I haven’t tested either of those CPU’s myself to check power usage, but i3 is the better CPU from a performance POV (personally i’d never buy an acer ever again though, had several fail on me recently, but wouldn’t recommend anything else either)

any of the new pentiums dont have same level of on demand mhz switching thats on i3/i5… they use more energy when cpu is half used, speedstep isnt as good anymore :P