If they both cost the same, there's really no comparison. The HP has a better video card, higher resolution, and more HDD space. One thing though, it's usually cheaper to buy RAM and install it yourself. That might be factoring into the...
Here are a couple of items I am selling so I can replace my broken laptop:
HP Dual TV Tuner ($80)
2 x 1GB DDR2 533Mhz RAM ($60 per stick, 1 Corsair, 1 Transcend)
HP Notebook QuickDock ($90)
Dell 2005WFP ($260)
I really need to sell...
Anyone around Austin willing to do a pinmod on a HP dv4000? I've got a pinmoddable CPU, Artic Silver, tweezers, cord, and everything, I just need someone to actually do it. Thanks.
That would be Austin, Texas by the way.
No question, buy the Compaq. It's cheaper and the video card is maybe 1.5 to 2x better.
I'd say the laptop is pretty portable. Anything below 7.5 lbs is easy to carry around in one hand so you should have no problem.
warranty is...
Your average LCD TV has a resolution of 1024x768 to 1366x768, which at 26", looks like crap. Also, response time is horrible on a TV compared to a LCD monitor, with the difference being 20-40ms on average. There's a reason why it's...
The configuration in my signature will cost you around $1300 from HP. You could probably up the processor to 1.86Ghz or so, which should give you a really nice laptop. I personally opted for a 256MB stick from HP and bought a 1GB...
Get a Compaq v2000z and it has a much better integrated chip that's actually a decent performer in low-end gaming!
Personally, anything with Intel integrated graphics I would never recommend to anyone simply because it takes away from...
Any HP configured with a AMD Turion processor will do. The graphics chips in those machines are decent enough to last a while.
Unless your sister is totally set on getting the most performance possible, a Intel Core Duo isn't really...