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[kittens]

Hey GAF, I got my financial aid refund, and I'm lookin' to buy a laptop. Help me decide!

All that's really important to me is that its small, lightweight, has a decent battery life, and has at least 2 GB of RAM (4 GB is preferable). I'm going to be using it for general use, school work, and some occasional Photoshop projects.

I've narrowed it down to two options.

1. Lenovo ThinkPad X120e

AMD Radeon HD 6310 Graphics, AMD Fusion Processor E-350 (1.6Ghz, 1MB L2, 1.0GHz FSB) 2.0GT/s
4 GB PC3-10600 DDR3 SDRAM 1333MHz SODIMM Memory (2 DIMM)

Total = $546.95

2. HP Pavilion dm1z

AMD Dual-Core Processor E-300 (1.6GHz, 1MB L2 Cache)+AMD Radeon(TM) HD 6310M Discrete-Class Graphics
4GB DDR3 System Memory (1 Dimm)

Total: $425.48

I'm not especially tech literate, and I don't really know what half those specs mean. Any sort of insight you all might have would be appreciated. I want to keep this laptop for a few years, so good build quality, battery life, and customer service are all important to me, too.

And if you think both these options suck, feel free to make a totally different suggestion.

 

[RevDM]

I've only heard good things about the ThinkPad, although I don't know squat about AMD processors. What is the Intel equivalent?

 

[j_k_redtail]

Can't speak for this particular model, but before I opened the thread, I was going to tell you to get a Thinkpad.

 

[DonMigs85]

The HP Pavilion g6 with the AMD A4 APU isn't half bad if you want a bit more processing power (enough for moderate gaming) and is good for 4-5 hours on battery.