Which laptop? (Acer v Dell)

[Tombles]

Hi all,

Im buying my girlfriend a laptop and i have a couple in mind but not really sure how good they are in terms of price and spec so any help much appreciated.

The two laptops i am looking at are:

Acer Aspire 5720 Gemstone

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 - 2GHz (x2), 800MHz FSB, 4MB L2 Cache
RAM: 1GB DDR2 - Low cost double memory offer, call for details!
Hard Drive: 160GB Serial ATA
Screen: 15.4" Widescreen TFT (1280x800 - 16:10) with CrystalBrite Technology
Optical Drive: DVD±RW Super Multi
Graphics: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 with up to 358 MB of Intel Dynamic Video Memory Technology 8 MB of dedicated system memory, up to 350 MB of shared system memory)
Wireless LAN: 802.11a/b/g
Battery Life (Depending on Use): 4 hours
Weight: 2.8kg
Warranty: 1 Year Collect and Return - Upgradeable to 3 Years!
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium
5 in 1 Card Reader
Integrated 0.3 Megapixel Webcam
Built-in Acer 3DSonic Stereo Speakers
S-video Output
Firewire Port

£549.97

and

Dell Inspiron 1520

Intel® Pentium Dual Core Processor T2330 (1.60GHz, 1 MB L2 cache, 533 MHz FSB) edit
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English edit
1 Year Base Warranty - Collect & Return edit
Jet Black Colour with Matte Finish without camera edit
15.4" Widescreen WXGA+ (1440x900) TFT Display with TrueLife™ edit
2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024] edit
160GB (5400RPM) SATA Hard Drive edit
nVidia® GeForce™ Go 8600M GT with 256MB DDR2 dedicated graphic memory edit
Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including Software edit
Primary 6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (56 WHr)
Intel® Pro Wireless 3945 802.11a/b/g Mini-Card - Europe - Pentium Dual Core Only

£592.52

She will be mainly web browsing and watching/listening to media but the odd small bit of gaming but nothing too performance demanding.

Thanks

 

[Tombles]

Thanks for the input guys, i specced up a Vostro 1500 and came out with this:

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5470 Processor (1.6GHz,800MHz,2MB L2 cache) edit
Genuine Windows Vista® Business - English edit
Base Warranty - 1 Year Business Hardware Support edit
15.4" Wide Screen WXGA+ (1440 x 900) Display with TrueLife™ edit
Matte Jet Black without Camera edit
3072MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM (1x1024 + 1x2048 MB) edit
160GB (5400RPM) SATA Hard Drive edit
256MB nVidia® GeForce® 8600M GT edit
Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive edit
Primary 6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (56 WHr)

What do you think? Think i could change Vista to Home premium and also haggle it down to £600 as thats kinda my limit.

edit: sorry the price came in at around £617

 

[Tombles]

I did look at the Zepto laptops but my girlfriend wants at least a 15.4" screen as she wont be using it for moving around much and also got to buy Vista on top of that price so none of them really were any good for me.

 

[Tombles]

Bump.

Opinions anyone? I want to order soon so need to know im making the right decision

 

[Tombles]

I would take the ram down to 2 gigs and get a better cpu in there, as the ram could be more easily upgraded later if needed.

The ram is a free upgrade :/ I want a better cpu but takes it way over budget unfortunately.