jaxa

I was just shopping for a new laptop and was down to 2 choices, and the one I picked had an Intel Core i3, which beats the other's AMD A8-3500M.

Unless your Intel laptop has a decent (ededicated) GPU built in, this might not have been the wisest choice. While the AMD's CPU part may be inferior to the i3, the APU's GPU part is *way* superior.

It has an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 GPU. I think that counts as dedicated & decent. I mostly play just older games anyway, and the better CPU makes me happier for like making music, audio & video editing, etc.