Which laptop should I get?

[KielC]

Hi. I thinking about buying a laptop because I will be spending most of the next eight months away from the office in the field. My budget is around $600 and I found these two Compaq's.

Both have very similar specs except for the processor and graphics chip. Any recommendations on which one to get? Or any other laptop recommendations?

I don't usually play games but am looking forward to Battlefield Heroes. Do you think both these machines would run it?


Compaq 15.4" Laptop (C769CA) $599
-Intel Pentium Dual Core T2370
-Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100

Compaq 15.4" Laptop (CQ50-106CA) $599
-AMD Turion X2 RM-70 Dual-Core
-NVIDIA GeForce 8200M

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0926INGFS10 105584&catid=25253

http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/pro...gon=&langid=EN

[Rathji]

You will need a non integrated video card at minimum, without looking at any of the specs of these machines, I know that the -Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 is a integrated card (ie it uses your computers ram)

I may be wrong, as I don't know the reqs of BF:Heros but a gaming laptop will run you about 900 minimum.