Best Under $300 dollar laptop

bustinya

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Nov 7, 2012
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I know i might be asking for too much, but here goes:

-IDC about the size
-IDC if windows 8 or 7. Im gonna get 7 for free from my school anyway.
-Really, really need an optical drive.
-4GB RAM but if there's a 2GB that really is worth it, its ok.
-Not a tiny HDD, I think I can manage with 320 or MAYBE a little less.

Well, those are the details im looking for. My top 2 contenders right now are:

Dell Inspiron 15.6" http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Dell+-+Inspiron+15.6%26%2334%3B+Laptop+-+4GB+Memory+-+320GB+Hard+Drive+-+Black/8786054.p?id=1218893506517&skuId=8786054#tab=specifications

And Toshiba Satellite C55D 15.6" http://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-Satellite-C55D-A5240NR-15-6-Inch-Horizon/dp/B00D3F7H0K/ref=sr_1_1?m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1377365418&sr=1-1

The toshiba has a videocard and AMD dual core CPU (tends to make computers cheaper when they have AMD). This tells me that the toshiba might be a bit better BUT the Dell's price in amazon is $45 more expensive than the toshiba on amazon and the same dell on best buy.

Doubt: Amazon says the toshiba has DIMM RAM and the Dell has DDR3. If i'm not wrong, DDR3 is a type of DIMM, isn't it?

Thank you for everything and sorry for being so needy and bossy :S