Which one?

[arrowman1256]

I am kinda choosing between two relatively different laptops here, and I am not sure which I would like more, one has obviously superior hardware, and the other is, well an ultrabook (light, thin etc.) 

 

So here they are the Dell XPS 13 9350 at about $1050 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015PYYPFG/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&smid=A2SP7PATXBS8OB

 

And the Lenovo Ideapad y700 (i'm posting specs because otherwise its not clear which im talking about) for about $900

6th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-6700HQ Processor (2.60GHz 2133MHz 6MB)

15.6" FHD IPS AntiGlare Backlight (1920x1080)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4GB

8.0GB PC4-17000 DDR4 2133 MHz

1TB 5400 RPM+128GB PCIe SSD

 

Theres another y700 for $700 with a 6th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-6300HQ Processor (2.30GHz 2133MHz 6MB) and all the other specs the same

 

Some context for this is I am a college student, I generally dont stay in one place for more than 8 hours a day, I want to do some light gaming on whatever I get (age of empires, hearthstone, etc.), and I will be using it for some engineering applications.

[PRTI]

The Lenovo Y700,the Dell XPS uses a iGPU i5 which can be on the down side

[arrowman1256]

4 minutes ago, keNNySOC said:

The Lenovo Y700,the Dell XPS uses a iGPU i5 which can be on the down side

I think I undoubtedly want the y700 before considering size. I'm just concerned with portability as I currently have an HP Pavilion dv6t and im unsure how they compare. Where as the XPS 13 I know would be super easy to take around

[PRTI]

1 minute ago, arrowman1256 said:

I think I undoubtedly want the y700 before considering size. I'm just concerned with portability as I currently have an HP Pavilion dv6t and im unsure how they compare. Where as the XPS 13 I know would be super easy to take around

Trust me,i have a 15.6 laptop,you can carry it in your hand...if you have a bag that's even better

[arrowman1256]

1 minute ago, keNNySOC said:

Trust me,i have a 15.6 laptop,you can carry it in your hand...if you have a bag that's even better

alright and between the two which do you think would be better suited to me and what I do, the i-7 version or i-5, just curious if i was to spend the extra money if it would be worth it

[PRTI]

2 minutes ago, arrowman1256 said:

alright and between the two which do you think would be better suited to me and what I do, the i-7 version or i-5, just curious if i was to spend the extra money if it would be worth it

For $900 one are you talking about a Touch feature?

[arrowman1256]

Just now, keNNySOC said:

For $900 one are you talking about a Touch feature?

nope literally the only difference between the 800 and 900 one is the processor

 

the 800 has 6th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-6300HQ Processor (2.30GHz 2133MHz 6MB)

 

the 900 has 6th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-6700HQ Processor (2.60GHz 2133MHz 6MB)

[PRTI]

Just now, arrowman1256 said:

nope literally the only difference between the 800 and 900 one is the processor

 

the 800 has 6th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-6300HQ Processor (2.30GHz 2133MHz 6MB)

 

the 900 has 6th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-6700HQ Processor (2.60GHz 2133MHz 6MB)

Depends on you,but personally i would save up the $100 and just get the i7

[arrowman1256]

1 minute ago, keNNySOC said:

Depends on you,but personally i would save up the $100 and just get the i7

alright, also I just remembered another I looked at, I think its almost identical in specs to the y700, and pretty much identical in price, but made by dell

 

http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-15-7559-laptop/pd

 

that shows all the models, first two are the comparable ones

[PRTI]

1 minute ago, arrowman1256 said:

alright, also I just remembered another I looked at, I think its almost identical in specs to the y700, and pretty much identical in price, but made by dell

 

http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-15-7559-laptop/pd

 

that shows all the models, first two are the comparable ones

Does not feature a 128gb SSD

[arrowman1256]

5 minutes ago, keNNySOC said:

Does not feature a 128gb SSD

oh yea I forgot to say, I am relatively confident that I could find some type of discount on the Dell, whereas the lenovo is already heavily discounted

[PRTI]

4 minutes ago, arrowman1256 said:

oh yea I forgot to say, I am relatively confident that I could find some type of discount on the Dell, whereas the lenovo is already heavily discounted

I would just get the lenovo,or if you don't want the SSD (don't know why you would not want it) get the Dell if you can find it bellow $900

[arrowman1256]

4 minutes ago, keNNySOC said:

I would just get the lenovo,or if you don't want the SSD (don't know why you would not want it) get the Dell if you can find it bellow $900

eh im relatively confident I would want the SSD, I have dual drive setup on my PC and I love it, also Im assuming a pcie ssd is faster transfer rate than a SATA? Not that it necessarily matters, curious more than anything

[PRTI]

2 minutes ago, arrowman1256 said:

eh im relatively confident I would want the SSD, I have dual drive setup on my PC and I love it, also Im assuming a pcie ssd is faster transfer rate than a SATA? Not that it necessarily matters, curious more than anything

If you want the SSD i recommend the Lenovo

 

As for the SSD,it depends,SATA provides lower potential bandwidth,well PCI-E offers higher bandwidth so a bottleneck is not created...depends how fast the SSD is in the first place

[arrowman1256]

2 minutes ago, keNNySOC said:

If you want the SSD i recommend the Lenovo

 

As for the SSD,it depends,SATA provides lower potential bandwidth,well PCI-E offers higher bandwidth so a bottleneck is not created...depends how fast the SSD is in the first place

fair enough, thanks for the help!