Acer 4202 (dual core, Intel 950) vs 4402 (single core, x700)

QuadCannons

I need an ultraportable laptop and I'm considering over these two:

Acer Travelmate 4202
Intel Core Duo T2300 (1.66Ghz)
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 (the best one as far as I can tell)
1GB DDR2 667

Acer Travemate 4402
AMD Turion64 1.6Ghz
ATI x700 with 64MB dedicated memory
512MB DDR 333

Both are 1.3" thick and around $1150-1300
I'm planning to do schoolwork mostly (I hope) and occasional gaming

Which one is better? And does anyone have any better suggestions? I'd also prefer a laptop with a built in camera.

Dojomann · 01-30-2006, 20:14 | posts: 3,637 | Location: Windsor, ON, Canada

If you're going to do any gaming at all I'd go with the 2nd one. Trust me, I had to use the GMA 950 before I upgraded to the 7800GT, and man was that ever a pain. And laptop ram is upgradeable, so you can up it to 1gig later.

scoutingwraith · 01-31-2006, 01:08 | posts: 9,222 | Location: Sector ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha

15.4" WSXGA (WUXGA options)
Pentium M 1.73GHZ (1.86GHZ option)
ATI X700 256MB
512 MB DDR533 (dual channel)
40.0 GB 5400rpm HD
Integrated CMOS Video Camera/4-in-1 Card Reader
8x DVD / 24x10x24 CD-RW Combo Drive & Software
10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet
Internal V.90 Fax/Modem
Intel PRO wireless A+B+G (bluetooth option)
Credit price
$1356.00

From www.pctorque.com
The Sager is pretty good for this price