Dell Studio 15 or HP HDX16?

I'm having trouble deciding between these two notebooks and I was wondering if someone a bit more experienced could maybe help me out.

These are the specs:

HP HDX16

Operating system installed
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium 64-bit with Service Pack 1

Processor
Intel® Centrino® 2 Processor Technology featuring Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor P7450
• 2.13 GHz, 3 MB L2 Cache, 1066 MHz FSB

Standard memory
4096 MB

Memory layout
4096 MB (2 x 2048 MB)

Memory type
DDR2 System Memory

Maximum memory
Supports up to 8 GB DDR2 memory

Internal hard disk drive
320 GB

Hard disk controller
SATA Hard Disk Drive

Hard disk drive speed
5400 rpm

Optical drive type
LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support

Display size
16.0" Diagonal High Definition HP BrightView Infinity Display

Display resolution
1366 × 768

Video RAM
Up to 2302 MB total available graphics memory with 512 MB dedicated
(Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT)

$1199.95 CDN

Dell Studio 15

PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo P8700 (2.53GHz/1066Mhz FSB/3MB cache)

GRAPHICS CARD 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570

OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition, 64-bit SP1

OFFICE SOFTWARE Microsoft® Works 9

HD DISPLAY 15.6” Full High Definition (1080p) High Brightness LED Display with TrueLife™ and Camera

MEMORY 4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 800MHz

HARD DRIVE Size: 320GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)

OPTICAL DRIVE 8X Slot Load Super Multi (DL DVD+/-R Drive + RAM support)

KEYBOARD Back-lit Keyboard

$1349 CDN

Thanks for the help in advance!

 

Between those two sets of specs, I would certainly opt for the Studio 15. That setup has a much nicer processor and display (1080p vs 720p). The only thing that the HP system has the advantage in is the graphics card; the 9600m GT is marginally more powerful than the ATi Mobility Radeon HD 4570, although either one will easily be more than powerful enough for HD movies and some moderate gaming.

What do you intend to do with this laptop?

 

Thanks!

And I will probly just be surfing the web, watching and downloading videos and movies, listening to music, playing a a few video games and making documents.

Do you know if the ATI Radeon HD 4570 is a discrete graphics card or not?
Sorry if that's a stupid question, I don't really know how to tell the difference.

Thanks again

 

For those tasks, either system will be more than sufficient. The Studio 15's 1080p display is excellent for movies, as well as fitting a lot of text on the screen at once. You can very comfortably type two pages side-by-side in Word at that resolution. What games were you looking to play, specifically?

The 4570 is a discrete graphics card, as is the 9600m GT on the HP system.

 

Ok, and i knew the Nvidia was i was just verifying the ATI, thanks!

And maybe games like Left 4 Dead or some of the newer RTSs.

Thanks again

 

I can play Left 4 Dead on my current system with an ATi 3450, which is significantly weaker than either the nVidia 9600m GT or the ATi 4570. And RTS games, for the most part, do not rely on graphics power as much as they do CPU power. I think either system will handle those just fine.

 

Ok, thanks a lot, you were a big help.

I think I know which laptop I'm going to get now

 

Glad to be of service. *Bows*

 

I wrote Turion processors are bad in an AMD thread.....