HELP! New laptop 2ghx Turion or 1.86 Dell inspiron

[Alfie786]

Trying to decide which lappy to get

either the
hp dv5094EA from comet.co.uk
2ghx turion 64bit
1gb ram, 100gb 4200 rpm drive
dvd writer
15.4 screen 1280*800
£799 inc 2yr warranty!!

or the dell inspirion 600
1.86ghz centrino
1gb ram
80gb 5400 rpm drive
15.4 tft 1650*1050 screen
dvd writer
x300 128mb

at £782

NEED HELP 64bit wont be used properly for another 1-2yrs so not sure if we need the 64bit but its still good machine speed for now. But dell has very good spec too!!

I just need decent graphics for web dev surfing and playing movies!! and battery llife i was also hoing for light weight

dell is 3.3kg!! and HP 3kg

[Mike22]

If I had to choose, I'd go with the HP. I know 64-bit operating systems aren't exactly mainstream yet, but the upgrade potential is there. The only aspect where the Dell is better is the screen resolution...do you need the extra screen space? You've mentioned you just play movies and browse the Web for which the WXGA screen of the HP is perfectly adequate.

Also, which graphics card does the HP come with?

[cptwhite_uk]

lol 1650 x 1050 on a 15.4" widescreen????? you sure that's not some error

[bright_]

go for the Dell, they make okay laptops and you will notice the difference. The centrino processors are pretty good, and the 4200RPM HDD on the HP will be distinctly slow, and you'll notice that. The dell also comes with seperate GFX card, which will run some lower level games

[sawyen]

true.. unless u can spec the HP like Dell.. then just dump that 4200rpm drive for a 5400rpm.. Dump the S3 chrome (usually) that comes with Turion systems for a X700 or something..

Clock for clock the Turion and Pent-M is pretty comparable.. 2Ghz Turion will be roughly a 1.9Ghz PM.. so ur not losing out much..

The only.. but MAJOR downside with Dell systems are the rediculous super lousy vivaciously annoying, totally useless + a christmas shovel bloatwares that comes with all their XPs. And if you're bold enuf to format the system.. there goes ur warranty.. (dont get all angry at me.. I'm just speaking from my experience with DELL Australia), Dell UK might be superly different..