Compaq Business Notebook
Which laptop is better? Im about to go to college?
Which laptop is better?
The HP Compaq Business Notebook 2710p or the AMD Turion X2 RM-72 dual-core mobile
what are the differences between the two, besides the price
Here are the websites
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9168189&st=TX2-1025DX&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1218041998718
and
http://www.shopisgtech.com/detail.cfm?ID=40
Go with the AMD Turion. The biggiest difference is that the HP 2710 is a tablet PC. No one uses tablet PCs anymore. The AMD has a better graphics card which allows some decent game playing. The AMD has more ram and a bigger hard drive. The 2710 is actually a complete ripoff. The AMD has multicore processor while the 2710 only has a single centrino processor. Your primarily paying for the touchscreen tablet which is pretty useless for most people.
If this is going to be the only computer you have in college I would highly recommend getting a laptop with a bigger screen. At least a 14″ or more. 12″ screen is good in short periods like typing in class but if your staring at it for hours like when your doing a term paper 12″ screens will be a big strain on your eyes. 12″ screens are mainly for business people who go out in the field to show presentations and stuff. Also with a 12″ screen the keyboard is very small so if you do a lot of typing I highly recommend an external keyboard.
I do not know your thoughts on Dell but my current laptop is a dell and I have had it for two years and it works great. The newer dells have a lot of features and you can customize it to your liking. It has been a couple years since I graduated but most people have 14″-15″ laptops. They carry it laptop bags.
http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/laptop-inspiron-13?c=us&cs=19&l=en&ref=lthp&s=dhs
http://www.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx/notebooks?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&~ck=mn
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