Any opinions on the Acer Travelmate 8006Lmi?

I've been trying to choose between an Acer Aspire 2025wlmi and a Toshiba Satellite M35-S4561, but on my travels, I came across Acer's Travelmate 8000 series. The 8006wlmi which seems to have everything I want in a laptop. The only handicap is the price, so I'm not entirely sure I'll be purchasing it anyway, as it's about $300-$400 more expensive than the two I had my eye on. For those to own the 8006, would you say that the improvements on it are worth the additional expense?

Another option I found is the 8003lmi, which has a smaller HD and slower speed than the Aspire 2025. The smaller hard drive doesn't bother me too much, but I do want to ask: Does a Intel® Pentium® M 1.6GHz processor with 1MB L2 Cache move much slower than Intel® Pentium® M processor 1.80GHz, 2MB L2 cache, 400MHz system bus for regular (non-gaming) use? The 8003 comes equipped with a Dothan processor as well, right?

On the plus side, I like the normal aspect ratio and the non-slot loading disc drive.

I'm not a techie, so I'm not sure I understand: does the 8003Lmi come with the same multi-DVD drive as the Aspire 2025?

Overall, would anyone here have opinions on whether the Acer Travelmate 8003 is an inferior choice to an Acer Aspire 2025, or if it stands on its own as well?

Thanks so much!

Thanks, Uriel.

Would you happen to have any opinions on the 8003 vs Aspire 2025 question, just in general?

Errr, what does it mean that the screen has lost its uniformity?

And other than the screen, the performance has been good, has it?

I'll be using my computer a lot for DVDs, too, so that's something to consider. Thank you for the input.

If I were going to get a widescreen, I'd likely purchase the Toshiba Satellite M35-S4561. But the thing is, I deal a lot with graphics (I've made and collected hundreds of desktops, for example, in the 1024x768 resolution, and it would be inconvenient not to be able to use them on my new laptop) and also with designing webpages. And while I've never actually used a widescreen, I figure, things would look quite different on it. Stretchy and ugly, perhaps, or else you'd have big blanks on the side. These things might seem trivial, but they concern me nonetheless.

Is your Ferrari a widescreen laptop? Have you ever tried using square desktops on it? How bad does it look, if so?

Would you say that the 8006's specs aren't worth the additional expense on them over the 8003, for my purposes, then? I'm somewhat attracted to the larger HD and faster processor.

So then, if you put on a 1024x768 desktop on a widescreen, you should expect to have two blank strips on the side, is it?

I've been reading that the Acer and Toshiba widescreens (which I'm looking at) are both originally at 1280x800. Would you know if setting them to a lower resolution would make things look "wrong"?

I don't know anything about monitors to be honest (sorry about that), but based on what you said, would that mean that I'd likely have to stretch my desktops as well, if I purchase either Travelmate, since I won't be able to use 1024x768 properly?

Thanks again, and I'm sorry to be asking too many question. Really am not well-versed in these things, so I appreciate the input.

Thanks for the explanation. And the link to what seems to be a very helpful guide. I really appreciate all your help. Definitely more to think about now.