Please could someone explain the difference between these two builds....

[stesmy]

The first is the

17.3" Optimus II
From £650.00 inc VAT and Delivery.
Ideal For: Intensive Use

> 2nd Gen Intel® Core™ CPUs
> GeForce™ GT540M/GT555M
> Full HD 1920 x 1080 Res
> SuperSpeed USB 3.0
> HDMI Output Connection

The second is
17.3" Vortex II 17
From £980.00 inc VAT and Delivery.
Ideal For: Extreme Gaming
> 2nd Gen Intel® Core™ CPUs
> 1.5GB GeForce™ GTX460M
> Full HD 1920 x 1080 Res
> SuperSpeed USB 3.0
> HDMI Output Connection

My budget is about 1000GBP.

I dont know a huge amount about components but the more expensive laptop has an i3 processor. Where as I can upgrade the cheaper laptop to have an i7 and it still comes in a lot cheaper.

I want to use the laptop for - 1) Blue ray movies (plus HDMI) and 2) Games - but it doesnt have to be all games on top resolution plus top graphics, just good.

Could anyone suggest what I should do. Also with a though about longevity.

Thanks

 

[Teaz]

nothing really apart from the features of the chassis and the gpu as the vortex has a powerful gtx460 gpu. the gt540 is also good but i would suggest for the gt555 as the gpu and cpu on laptops aren't upgradgable down the down an tends to get left behind in advancements.

both laptops will have no probs with what you require

I'd go for this:

Chassis & Display
Optimus II: 17.3" Full HD LED Backlit Widescreen (1920x1080) Super Clear Glossy

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-2720QM (2.20GHz) 6MB Cache

Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG 1333MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (1 x 4GB)

Graphics Card
nVIDIA® GeForce® GT 555M - 2GB DDR3 Video RAM - DirectX® 11

Memory - Hard Disk
500GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD5000BEKT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)

DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
SONY BC-5500H 4x BLURAY ROM/DVD WRITER & CYBERLINK SOFTWARE (£84)

Memory Card Reader
Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)

Bluetooth & Wireless
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N CARD INC. BLUETOOTH 3.0

USB Options
2 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS AS STANDARD

Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)

Total: 991

 

[stesmy]

Thanks alot for your advice.

 

[Randomthom]

I was about to respond to the duplicate post but Teaz linked to this one...
THEN I was about to reply to the initial post but realised that my answer was going to be identical to Teaz... go him!