Thanks for all the input, not i just have one more question. Which one would have better game performace (both HP)
dv8000z: AMD Turion 64ML-40 (2.2Ghz, 1mb L2) - 2gb Ram (dont know speed) - 80gb 5400rpm - ATI 128mb RADEON XPRESS 200M
or
zd8000: Pentium 4 630 (3ghx, 2mb L2) - 1gb RAM (533mhz) - 60gb 7200rpm - ATI 256mb mobility RADEON X600
actually now that i look at these side by side, the pentium 4 one would be better. Does anyone think otherwise?