I need help deciding between two 13-in laptops to buy:
- HP Pavilion
- Toshiba Satellite
Laptop price and warranty are about the same ($650 Ca). The Toshiba has more L2 Cache, but the HP seems to beat it in everything else (CPU Speed, RAM, Hardrive size and speed, etc...). Based on my research the HP also appears to have a better graphics card.
So am I making too big a deal about the Toshiba having 4 times the Cache? Or is it important enough to ignore the other benefits of the HP?
Here are all the details of the two (HP on left, toshiba on right):
HP PAVILION vs TOSHIBA SATELLITE
CPU MODEL:....... AMD Athlon Neo X2 L335 vs Intel Pentium ULV SU4100
CPU SPEED:........ 1.6 GHz vs 1.3 GHz
L2 CACHE:.......... 512 KB vs 2 MB
RAM:................. 4 GB vs 3 GB
GRAPHICS:.......... 1928 MB ATI Radeon HD 3200 vs Intel GMA 4500MHD
HARDDRIVE:........ 320 GB Serial SATA vs 250 GB
HD SPEED:......... 7200 RPM vs 5400 RPM
USB Ports:......... 4 vs 3
OTHER PORTS:... Same on Both Laptops
SCREEN:............ 13.3 In, 1366 x 768 (native) (Both Laptops)
OS:................... Win7 Home-Prem 64 Bit (Both Laptops)
BATTERY............. 6-cell lithium-ion (Both Laptops)
WEIGHT & SIZE:.. About the same for both laptops
Thanks!
- Chad