Which Laptop Should I get Laptop 1: Mobile AMD Athlon XP2800+ (2.13ghz) 512mb PC2700 DDR 40gb Harddrive 16x DVD/ 24x cd-rw 10/100 NIC ATI Radeon Video 64mb D-Link PCMCIA Wireless Card 3 years old Laptop 2: Intel Celeron M 1.5ghz 512mb DDR2 40gb Harddrive DVD/CD-RW 10/100 NIC Intel Graphics Media Accelerator up to 128mb Builtin 802.11b/g 14.1in Viewable (Wide Screen) New Give me any info that might help me... I heard the Celeron M is pretty good but it really sucks down the battery... Please help me soon... Thanks

Personally I would go with Laptop 1. Computer Components

why do u say Laptop 1 could you give me a reason? I need to decide by tomorrow!!!!

any other help? or comments?

Laptop 1 should outperform Laptop 2 because of the AXP 2800+ processor that it boasts, obviously the memory (RAM) is a bottleneck but even with that it is still the better of the two. I don't know the circumstances behind these particular selections, but I'm curious. Why only these two? Computer Components

looking at the laptop number two. it looks very much like the tiger direct sale for a acer laptop for $399. There was a two or three day sale for it, however, this sale on the laptop has been going on for a while. every time i see it i think that i should get it, but don't. I think this is the 4th time they have advertised it through email. Ok, that is off topic... Anyway, i think it depends, each has a weakness and advantage. for the first one, it is faster, you know that it is reliable, if it has been going for three years, and has what look likes some sort of dedicated graphics card. however, it is old, have to give it that, and probably doesn't use the new 802.11g wireless, and has ddr1 instead of ddr2, but then ddr2 probably takes more power, (i'm guessing on the last one). for the second, it is newer, you can say you have a nice new laptop, rather then an old used one, it uses the newer more advanced ddr2, and has 802.11g wireless. on the other hand, 14.1 inches is kinda small, integrated graphics, while saving on power, are not great, and pool their memory out of the system's. it is slower and the celeron M isn't really the best choice. Really not enough detail to make a firm choice. other things that you might consider, are the number of expansion slots, (can you upgrade the memory later if needed?), and the number of USB as well as if it is 1 or 2. and the biggest in my opinion, price. Seems like you are leaving yourself with little time to think this decision over. I agree with sabertooth on the only two issue. You might consider looking at other options, and giving yourself at least a few weeks to look around and decide what is best for your needs. you might as well go impulse buy a laptop in a retail store if you need to make a decision in one day. the retail clerks would gladly show you the expensive ones first. hope that helps some! George Please respond after you have solved your problem to notify who helped you and what solved the problem. Both sides benefit when you do.

New versus 3 years old?Laptop 2. I would buy new everytime including any extended warranty that is available. What is the warranty on laptop 1,including the battery?