Which do you suggest?
About me and what I'm looking for: I'm a med student and need a laptop that I can carry around to class and use at home. Right now I have a dell 5150 and love it. However, it's just way too heavy to carry around all day. I mainly use the computer for internet, word/powerpoint, listening to music, and sometimes watching movies. My main concern before was having a 15" screen (since that was what i've had for the past 5 years on my dell 7500), but now I'm willing to compromise for the portability.
I want: light as can be, 14" sxga screen (unless i can find a 15" under 6lbs and not too expensive), as fast a processor as I can afford (preferably the dothan), CDRW, 512mb, and maybe most importantly, long long battery life. I see both computers can come with an extra battery, but IBM seems to think the battery is worth twice as much as dell's. I don't do any gaming. Screen quality matters too.
I've owned two dell laptops and i've been very happy with both. However, I've heard a lot of good things about IBM, and a 1" thick 5lb computer that lasts 6 hours is very tempting. Money is a big issue also, though, and I don't think i'll be able to spend over $1500. The closer to $1300, the better. But which is the better computer, money considered and money not considered.
If anyone has any other suggestions, also, I would be interested. However, I'm fairly set on these two (or three), so don't just list off 50 other notebooks for me to consider. Thanks for any input.
About me and what I'm looking for: I'm a med student and need a laptop that I can carry around to class and use at home. Right now I have a dell 5150 and love it. However, it's just way too heavy to carry around all day. I mainly use the computer for internet, word/powerpoint, listening to music, and sometimes watching movies. My main concern before was having a 15" screen (since that was what i've had for the past 5 years on my dell 7500), but now I'm willing to compromise for the portability.
I want: light as can be, 14" sxga screen (unless i can find a 15" under 6lbs and not too expensive), as fast a processor as I can afford (preferably the dothan), CDRW, 512mb, and maybe most importantly, long long battery life. I see both computers can come with an extra battery, but IBM seems to think the battery is worth twice as much as dell's. I don't do any gaming. Screen quality matters too.
I've owned two dell laptops and i've been very happy with both. However, I've heard a lot of good things about IBM, and a 1" thick 5lb computer that lasts 6 hours is very tempting. Money is a big issue also, though, and I don't think i'll be able to spend over $1500. The closer to $1300, the better. But which is the better computer, money considered and money not considered.
If anyone has any other suggestions, also, I would be interested. However, I'm fairly set on these two (or three), so don't just list off 50 other notebooks for me to consider. Thanks for any input.
