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Which laptop to buy

HP 550
Core 2 Duo 1.60GHZ
2GB RAM
250GB HDD

ASUS F5N
AMD ATHLON TK-55 1.80ghz
1gb Ram
160GB HDD
 
I would go with the first one because of having a better CPU and RAM but if you are going to use Vista/7,i strongly recommend getting 4GB of RAM
 
The HP seems to be the better laptop on paper. I am a huge fan of Asus notebooks though. Absolutely love mine and highly recommend the brand. For the most part Asus doesn't make cheap laptops but you get a lot for the money.
 



T510 looks pretty good.
 


I figure the only difference between the two beings the display screen size.
T510 is better.