Which Laptop would you choose?

[wooohooo]

Alright so I was looking around on bestbuy today and I noticed they had a HP sale on their laptops and the sale does end today... So my sister was looking for a laptop but the nice brother that I am decided to give her mine and I will just buy myself a nice new laptop =)

So the choices that I have narrowed it down to are:
Choice 1:
HP 6515B 14.1" AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core TL-56 1.8GHz Laptop
Graphics Chipset ATI Radeon X1250
Approximate Battery Life 3 Hours
Hard Drive Speed/Capacity 160GB 5400RPM

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/prodde...81&catid=20354

Regular Price:
$1,199.99
On Sale: $899.99
After $300.00 instant savings

Choice 2:

HP DV2418 14.1" Intel Centrino Core Duo T2450 2.0GHz Laptop
Approximate Battery Life 4 Hours
Hard Drive Speed/Capacity 160GB 5400RPM
Graphics Chipset Intel GMA950

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/prodde...81&catid=20354

Regular Price:
$1,179.99
On Sale: $799.99
After $380.00 instant savings

Choice 3:
HP Pavilion DV2408CA 14.1" Intel Pentium Dual Core T2080 1.73GHz Laptop
Approximate Battery Life 4 Hours
Hard Drive Speed/Capacity 160GB 5400RPM
Graphics Chipset Intel GMA950

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/prodde...51&catid=20354

Regular Price:
$1,099.99
On Sale: $899.99
After $200.00 instant savings

Choice 4:
HP Pavilion TX1208 12.1" AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core TL-58 1.9GHz Laptop - Best Buy Exclusive
-Screen twists 180 degrees for presentations or portable entertainment and folds flat like a slate.

Approximate Battery Life 2.5 Hours
Hard Drive Speed/Capacity 160GB 5400RPM
Graphics Chipset Nvidia GeForce Go 6150

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/prodde...78&catid=20354

Regular Price:
$1,199.99
On Sale: $999.99
After $200.00 instant savings


Phew so I don't know too much about computers and I'm not sure which video cards are better, the speed and so on... so any help would be GREATLY appreciated! Thanks in advance!!

[wooohooo]

Oh and I am a student... so a portable laptop would be very nice which is why I only want something 14" or smaller. However, I do play games (Dota [warcraft 3] and the occasional counter-strike).

Thanks again!

[Bobblehead]

choice 1 & 4 should be discounted. AMD is not strong in the laptop processors, and you can see that in the battery life.

Out of 2 & 3, neither are all that great. You can do better for that price by looking around.

Personally, I would pass.

[worth]

Personally, i'd look at something like this:

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...7&promoid=1078

[wooohooo]

That is about a few hundred dollars out of my range and a few inches too big =/. I only have the budget for around 1100 and that is pretty much pushing it... aka I won't have any food to eat when the school year starts. Ok well not that desperate but around 700-900 I would be alot more comfortable with. Hurray for poor students! I'm also willing to take donations... =)

[Top Shelf]

I'd do choice 2, good price, nice processor.

[Bobblehead]

Dell has some nice machines in your price range for better than any of those, or keep an eye at RedFlagDeals.com, some good deals show up there.

[wooohooo]

Ok looking at the processors, i'm not sure what is better... Core 2 Duo or Centrino Core Duo T2450 2.0 Ghz

So the Dell processor would be a
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5250 (2MB cache/1.5GHz/667Mhz FSB)
and the HP would be
Intel Centrino Core Duo T2450 2.0 Ghz

[Bobblehead]

Originally Posted by wooohooo

Ok looking at the processors, i'm not sure what is better... Core 2 Duo or Centrino Core Duo T2450 2.0 Ghz

So the Dell processor would be a
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5250 (2MB cache/1.5GHz/667Mhz FSB)
and the HP would be
Intel Centrino Core Duo T2450 2.0 Ghz

They're both made by Intel. The Core 2 Duo is a better processor. Core Duo is being phased out.

Centrino is a marketing term meaning it has Intel Processor, Intel chipset and Intel wireless chipset - Centrino can't be used to figure out if it is better or not.

[Red]

Don't get HP with AMD chip. I had one and took it back after two days, my knees were getting burned.

I got the Intel HP 6200 series and I am very happy with it.

[greerb]

I am a fan of the AMD proccessors, yet I own an Intel Mac. I just ordered a 14" Dell with an ADM, for work. If I had to chosse from you selections I would go with #1.