Solved! Help plz...Which one would you buy? Dell Vostro 3700 or Sony Vaio EB190

[colavs19]

Torn between which one to get...the Dell does have better specs but I love the look of the Sony compared to the Dell(lol) and yes that makes a difference to me. the Sony also has a 15.6 instead of a 17 and id rather go for the 15.6 for mobility

Which one would you guys choose? Also if you could comment on which Video Card is better and which brand is more reliable id very much appreciate it. Both are at a sale price so I would like to decide asap

Sony Vaio:
* Intel® Core™ i5-430M processor (2.26GHz) with Turbo Boost up to 2.53GHz
* 15.5" VAIO Display (1366x768)
*ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5470 Graphics (512MB VRAM)
* 6 cell battery
* 320GB Hard Disk Drive (5400rpm)
* DVD +/- R DL / DVD +/- RW / DVD-RAM Drive
* Microsoft Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit
* 4GB (2GBx2) DDR3-SDRAM-1066

Total Cost: 800 CAD


Dell Vostro:
- Intel® CoreTM i5-450M Processor (2.4GHz, Turbo Boost up to 2.66GHz, Dual Core/4T, 3MB/L3)
- 17.3 inch High Definition LED Display (1600 x 900) with Anti-Glare
- Nvidia® Geforce™ GT 330M, 1GB Graphics
- 6 cell battery
- 320GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
- 8X DVD+/-RW with double-layer DVD+/-R write capability
- Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 32-bit, English
- 4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 at 1066MHZ, 2 DIMM

Total Cost: 750 CAD

Note: I already have a copy of Windows 7 64 bit so the 32 bit Dell isnt a problem.

thanks for the help in advance

 

[Maziar]

The main difference is the VGA,in games gt 330M performs much better than HD 5470M.
If you aren't going to game,then go with the Vaio one(since you need portability too)

 

[colavs19]

I'm going to game a little bit - mainly SC2 which i'm sure the 330M makes a noticeable difference.

Any opinion on which is a more reliable brand/laptop? And also is a 7200RPM drive a lot faster than a 5400RPM one?

I assume the processors are a wash as the 450/430 are very similar.

 

[Maziar]

Both are good brands.
I t the CPU and HDD
As for 7200 vs 5400,well you'll get less boot/load times with 7200
And for CPUs,the difference isn't noticeable in almost all games/apps