| JRPGfan said: if its for school... and you ll have to carry it around with you all day.... go for the one with best battery life & least weight. You ll come to hate its weight soon enough, dont get a "gamer laptop" for school, not worth it. |
So much this. I carry my laptop around a lot and was hesistant to switch from a 15" model to a 13" one because the smaller model was slower of course. I did and I never looked back because portability is so important if you need a notebook to actually work on. My girlfriend is even considering a 12" Macbook now because she takes her laptop to university daily and that one is very light.
But if gaming is important for you OP, sure give it a go. Guess it depends on whether you are a heavy (PC) gamer or not. But as others have said an SSD is a must. It gives you a way bigger perceived performance boost than a faster GPU or CPU.
