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    Acer Aspire 5 Slim vs. IBM IdeaPad 3 15" Intel

    I'm currently looking to get my daughter a remote learning laptop. I don't want a chromebook. In addition to remote learning, she will play Roblox. I'm looking at the Acer Aspire 5 Slim AMD from Amazon for $364.99. Just today I have the chance on getting a nice discount through my job on the IBM IdeaPad 3 15" Intel model for $223.09! I believe the AMD in the Acer is much better than the Intel, but otherwise, the specs are almost the same.

    Any advice between these two models is much appreciated.

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    1) IBM doesnt make laptops for 15 years already, let it go. Ideapads have nothing to do with them.
    2) Both of those laptops have a bazillion of different configurations on both Intel and AMD. It depends which one you can get.
    R5 5600X | Thermalright Silver Arrow IB-E Extreme | MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk | 16GB Crucial Ballistix DDR4-3600/CL16 | MSI GTX 1070 Gaming X | Corsair RM650x | Cooler Master HAF X | Logitech G400s | DREVO Excalibur 84 | Kingston HyperX Cloud II | BenQ XL2411T + LG 24MK430H-B

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    I bought Acer Aspire.. I think 3? for high school. Hasn't let me down yet and it still works perfectly after 5 years. Needed to replace the fan and keyboard at one point though (keyboard was my fault as I had long acrylic nails then and they damaged it)

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