What should i do about these laptops?

The Lenovo, easily. I don't understand how there's even a question here. Especially if these are somehow the only two choices.

Lenovo plus points:

* More memory (more ram is ALWAYS good, unless you're spending big and already have an excess; 2GB is not an excess these days!)

* Better customer review by almost a whole 20%

* HDMI output and fingerprint reader, both of which could be quite handy for connecting to a TV and keeping it secure without having to bum around repeatedly typing in your password (so long as no-one steals your finger imprint).

* Probably has a business class screen with decent resolution and a matte coating, which is worth its weight in whatever gimmicky nonsense Toshiba try and dazzle you with. Lenovo have done IBM proud, quality-wise, after buying the Thinkpad line off them.

Lenovo minus points:

err... you might not like the styling? could be heavier? um.

Toshiba plus points:

erm.

Toshiba "meh" points:

* The facial recognition thing, which as far as I know is still pretty experimental and insecure.

* They've bothered to list it as "Energy Star compliant", which basically EVERY computer has been for the last TWENTY YEARS or more. I've got a 486SX from 1992 that shows an Energy Star logo on it's boot screen. They're reaching a bit for selling points, aren't they?

* Probably has a not very good screen within that 15.6 inch frame - low resolution, cheap panel type and glossy coated, which is useless for anything except watching movies in subdued light and terrible if you want to get work done in a bright place. EG writing something up at school.

Toshiba bad points:

* It's a Satellite... like, ugh, they've never been any better than mediocre. Toshiba probably make some very good laptops, but not in this range. It'll serve a purpose, but you will grow to dislike it.

* Poor amount of memory for a modern PC (which is pretty much a Satellite trademark - they NEVER have enough RAM by default, and run like crap as a result until you spend money upgrading them)

* Worse customer review rating. You really want to buy something that's effectively got a 66% satisfaction rating vs an 84%?

Though, a question that may be worthy of answering - what are their respective battery lifes, and what are the keyboards like? And do you get any _useful_ software bundled along with (e.g. MS Works or even a student version of Office, OneNote, etc...) ? And what's the actual screen resolution? Graphics chip power? Internal DVD burner? SD card reader for transferring digital photos etc if you haven't got a cable? USB 3.0 ports? VGA port for connection to a projector? (School equipment tends to be old, cheap, and bereft of HDMI connections)

Their core specs are, after all, largely the same - same CPU (though "E-Series" could cover two models that are themselves very different, at opposite ends of the "E" scale), same disk, same display size, same OS, probably similar styling and keyboard layout.

I've never seen a Lenovo so I can't vouch for it's dependability. However it does have the better setup. I'd suggest to get one with 4GB reguardless of who you go through but I think you'd be happier with a mainstream company like the Toshiba one there. If only it had 4GB ram instead of 2. Either way though if all you're doing is minor internet browsing and typing up word/excel docs for school both laptops should work fine as is.

Lenovo, the extra RAM is nice for windows 7.