Intel I core vs AMD ? Which one would you pick and why ?
// Advice needed on buying laptop ..

I think this is more personal choice than anything. personally I like amd cause they tend to be faster at lower prices, I got a 2.6ghz quad core for $700 about 2 years ago. back then for an i7 you had to overclock to reach that speed. but on the reverse side if you want a msata ssd and a regular HD in a laptop you have to get intel, AFAIK intel processors are the only systems that support them at the last time I checked

By my experience with AMD, I know I won't take another one before a loooong time. For the same price, I had a CPU which was supposed to be better than a i5 4XXXK and finally I got a CPU that makes a lot of noise, makes me freeze in a lot of games. I had to change the ventirad because it was overheating. So, I would like to tell you : take an Intel

I prefer intel based laptops, i5+ is good enough. And as mentioned, the msata options is really good to have (saves you a lot of money down the road). But its all personal opinion. Although my 5y old i7 still kick most newer laptops' ass.

I personally have noticed that Intel performs better than AMD, AMD is fine for low budget systems but it overheats quickly and misses the support and compatibility that Intel has.

I was thinking about hp 15 AMD 4 GB 1 TB with windows 10 which has reasonable price ..it's expandable up to 8 GB

@Vikram tbh, HP is a good brand, but beware the cooling issues that HP has (no matter if you chose Intel or AMD)

@FMashiro oh ok ! So what's the best out there ? I can't trust Dell cz of their motherboard issues ..no Acer too lenovo is my second hope ..my budget is around $400

@Vikram I heard toshiba made some good laptops, never had one so I can't tell you if it's true or not.

$400 is a very low budget for a good development laptop. if you don't have alot just go for something cheap to start with until you can afford a decent one. other than that you might beable to grab a decent one from a rent2own store

Intel is better at single core performance

Intel is better at single core performance

@Vikram I have decent experienced with acer Asus and for low end Lenovo is decent.

Personally I'd go with acer or asus

As a dev I would like to run Eclipse and SQL developer and some other workbenches at a time with chrome running with 15+ tabs .. considering this scenario what you guys think I should opt for ?

@Vikram get a lot of ram, I suggest 8GB minimum as editors, mysql and browsers are really ram hungry. Also, a little bit of processing power, you don't need multi-threading so get a higher clock single or dual core

@FMashiro thanks a ton buddy ! Appreciate your advice ..will take your views 😊

Depends on what you want to do. I favor AMD since I've usually got a shitload of vm's running and they crave CPU cores which Intel uses less of since they're more potent per core. The offside is that in my experience AMD has a tendency of freezing more often. If you need only one machine at a time, Intel produces nice, powerful CPUs that get the job done reliably. It's just a question of picking the right tool for the job.

Try to get a Dell Vostro 3559.

- 15 inch, 1366 x 768 Pixel
- Intel i5 6200U
- up to 16GB RAM
- ~350€ for a used one