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    Lenovo W520 vs MBP 15" 2011

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by memphistre, Jul 10, 2015.

  1. memphistre

    memphistre Notebook Geek

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    I may consider a w530 if it is worth the money to splurge on it over the w520.
     
    memphistre, Jul 28, 2015
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    ajkula66 Courage and Consequence

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    Well, hopefully you were the one who got that W520...
     
    ajkula66, Jul 28, 2015
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    memphistre, Jul 28, 2015
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    I'm not a photoshop user but if what you are doing is cpu or gpu dependent I'd avoid the s1 yoga. I also had one the i7 dual core low voltage was slower than my 2540m on my t420.

    The s1 yoga and w520/w530 are entirely different realms in terms of form factor, performance, ports, ergonomics.

    The w530 is ok, no real performance increase on the w520, w530 has worse keyboard, has a battery chip and has no esata (people don't think much of this but if you transfer larger files esata is superior to usb 3.0).

    Usually the w520 is much cheaper so price/performance of the w520 is much better.
     
    jedisurfer1, Jul 28, 2015
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