What do you think of this laptop?

They both look good. Honestly if you find 45 seconds a long time to wait for boot up, how on earth do you think you are going to be able to sit through 3/4 hour lectures at university, every week?

John.

Out of those two, go for the i7. It'll be faster and it has 2x USB3.0 ports as well as a full 1080p HD display. The only negatives out of that laptop is the battery (which you've said isn't an issue) and the webcam being VGA instead of HD. For basic stuff/webchats to friends, even a VGA webcam will be sufficient.
And it's reasonably priced too!

I agree, but hopefully be little cheaper in the sales. If not I'm happy with the i5!

Ah well, I love my Macs and fortunately can afford to spend that much.

Are you going to university for a degree? Have you started yet, or which year are you in? All of my fourth and fifth year lectures, or most of them anyway, were four hours plus? Trust me waiting a minute for your computer to boot up is no big deal!??

I think I should update my description, I've changed my mind to this laptop

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/lenovo-ideapad-310-full-hd-laptop-silver-10152541-pdt.html

I'm in second year, just completed first semester for second year. I only have two hour lectures.

If you can try and get some sort of discount and save a bit more get this one
http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/hp-pavilion-15-aw084sa-15-6-laptop-modern-gold-10152472-pdt.html
if you want battery life
http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/hp-pavilion-15-au072sa-15-6-laptop-white-10146645-pdt.html

And what degree are you doing btw, if you mind me asking?

I've never had good experiences with Lenovo

The first one is i3. The second one is AMD.

I'm looking for i5 or i7.

i3 is fine actually?

I can afford i5 with my budget so I'm aiming for that at the moment.

and 16 gig ram?

Dude, he doesn't need a a gaming pc
4-8 GB ram should be okay

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Lenovo is still a good brand
Otherwise Dell is good too!

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The laptop seems ok and has good specs. I tend to check reviews on different websites. My laptop is a lenovo idealpad 305 and was £250 so I'd say lenovo are good.