Top Laptops Comparison: Lenovo vs. HP vs. Dell.com

With three companies enjoying longstanding reputations for success, warranties which are largely equal to each other save for occasional deals, and an almost equally spotty record for service and complaints from customers across the board, these are three companies whose laptops just about beg you to get out there and kick some tires to find out which products are best for you. In this case we thought it best to do a more in-depth look at the laptops each company offered at each level, low-end, mid-level and high-end. Read on for an in-depth comparison at all places along that spectrum.

Low End Laptops

HP Pavilion

Features
Cost: $467
Display: 15.6 inches, 1366 x 768 pixels
Processor: 1.9 Gigahertz Advanced Micro Devices A4-3305M, 4 Gigabytes Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
Graphics: Advanced Micro Devices Radeon HD 6480G
Pros
fair display quality
processing speed adequate for low-level software
processing speed mostly adequate for mid-level software
smooth browsing
Cons
no backlit keyboard
no 1080p display
no heavy gaming

Dell Inspiron

Features
Cost : $471
Display : 15.6 inches, 1366x768 pixels
Processor : 2.4 Gigahertz Core i3-2370Megabytes, 6 Gigabytes double data rate 3 random access memory
Graphics : Intel HD Graphics 3000 (SB)
Pros
display quality is good
processing speed is fast enough to use low-and-mid-level software
speed seems somewhat faster than other two reviewed here
smoothest browsing
Cons
no backlit keyboard
no 1080p display
no heavy gaming

Lenovo IdeaPad

Features
Cost : $600
Display : 15.6 inches, 1366 x 768 pixels
Processor : 2.5 gigahertz A110 with 6 gigabites dual in-line memory module random access memory
Graphics : Integrated Intel HD 3000 Graphics
Pros
display quality is adequate
processing speed is fast enough to use low-level software
comes with its own fingerprint and face recognition software, along with passive
surveillance
Cons
no backlit keyboard
no 1080p display
no heavy gaming