Which lap top is better toshiba or hp

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I currently have a Toshiba satellite u205-s5057 but because of my stupidity its not working as it used to. I’ve had it for four to five yrs and I’ve had no problems until two months ago. So know I’ve decided to get a new laptop. I’m debating to either get an Hp or a Toshiba. I’ve read many reviews and based on the reviews it’s a tie btw the two. With the Toshiba I’ve noticed that its gets hot really fast. I’ve noticed this a few months ago. My sis told me that the Hp doesn’t get hot as much as the Toshiba. I’m not sure if this is true. I also I’m not a fan of windows vista, I actually prefer windows XP. However my friend’s brother told me that with Windows Vista u can retrieve ur files if the computer no longer works. I think he said that it has a second hard drive. Not sure if it’s a must for me to get a Vista has I have Norton and it backs up all of my files. I don’t play games on my laptop, but I watch a lot of videos, I do a lot of downloads, and listen to music. I should add one more thing, I’ve had quiet a few viruses (not major ones) and my laptop still held on. I’m not if HP would have crashed on me but Toshiba did not. Here is my list as to what I am looking for.

-strong hard drive as I am not getting a warranty.
-high hard drive capacity
-long battery life
--light weight

Here are links to the ones I was thinking of getting. One of them is neither HP or Toshiba. I should say that I am not great with computer terminologies so please explain it to me in words that I can understand. Thanks.


http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/gateway-gateway-laptop-featuring-intel-pentium-p6100-id49c04h-id49c04h/10172200.aspx?path=03f2bc7bf042afd9bc10cca835f73d94en02


http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/hewlett-packard-hp-pavilion-11-6-laptop-featuring-amd-e-350-processor-dm1-3248ca-black-dm1-3248ca/10171253.aspx?path=d2f847abbe826e85918a562e91b0674aen02

http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/toshiba-toshiba-satellite-14-laptop-featuring-amd-a6-3400m-l745d-00c-indigo-l745d-00c/10172901.aspx?path=d4a93c742799fa67593996e2688dd90fen02

http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/hewlett-packard-hp-pavilion-14-laptop-featuring-intel-pentium-b940-processor-dv4-4038ca-espresso-black-dv4-4038ca/10171937.aspx?path=b854cd21f9e6c07efc6c6e94dd04775cen02