I am in the market for a new laptop and have been looking mostly at the Acer Aspire 7520G-502G32Mi and the HP Pavilion dv9645. I want to be able to play games quite well and I also watch ALOT of movies and such on my laptop so i want the 17" screen. These two computers are exactly the same price (~1.180€ or ~$1.670). i'm thinking the Acer but would really apreciate some input form you guys.

The specs are as as follows:

Acer Aspire 7520G-502G32Mi

Screen 17" 1440x900 CrystalBrite
AMD Turion X2 TL-60, 2.0Ghz, 1MB Cache
RAM 2GB (2x1024MB, DDR2 667Mhz)
HDD 320GB SATA 5400rpm (2 x 160GB)
nVidia GeForce 8600M GS 512MB

HP Pavilion dv9645 (I really like the HDMI output on this one)

Screen 17" 1440x900 BrightView
AMD Turion X2 TL-58, 1.9Ghz, 1MB Cache
RAM 2GB (2x1024MB, DDR2 667Mhz)
HDD 250GB SATA 5400rpm
nVidia GeForce 8400M 128MB On Board, up to 895MB shared

get Core2Duo and here is a nice 17" Core2Duo laptop:

Dell Vostro 1700 with this config :
Intel Core2Duo T7250 2.0GHZ
2GB RAM
8600
320GB HDD

http://configure.us.dell.com/dells [...] wlpv&s=bsd

but if u only want one of those laptops , go for ACER one

Yes i'd like to go C2D but with that Dell i get a lower grade gfx card, and less features such as bluetooth etc for a higher price...

no that dell has 8600GT which is equal to the acer one , also that CPU blows away the TurionX2

Actually, the Dell has either the 8400m GS or the 8600mGT. The GT would be better than the card the Acer has.

yeah u r right , it was 8600GT not GS, thanx

Yeah the GT is indeed a faster GPU, alltho only 256mb VRAM... However i made thet build on the Swedish website and the cost with tax turns out to ~13000SEK or $1.977 wich is sadly over my budget anyway

Like Maz said before, if you have to choose between the two you posted, the Acer is the clear winner. It has a better processor and a better GPU than the HP.

Your not going to be able to play many games with the 8400m Video card... I would definatly go with the Acer and the 8600m card...

I reckon you shoud get one of the Following Models In this order:
Dell XPS M
Rock
Alienware
Spent 3 months research Alienware lost dur to AMD and Desktop replacement, Rock Lost due to asteticks, Dell XPS M1710 dur to the Cover, Performance and yes the Light! You can get the XPS M1710 for about that price nowadays

I don't think he's in for a huge powerhouse laptop, he can't afford one. Plus I don't want to touch Alienware with a 10 foot pole. Made of lead. Because their customer supports is apparently atrocious and they ended up threatening Hexus.net for reviews, which just isn't cool.

Check out Asus F3 series which have dedicated gfx

i found that Acer has much less sponsorware.....

well...i got a cheap one, and Acer doesn't seem to have too much preinstalled applications....it's a much cleaner OS i have to say....

my 2 cents

the dell 17" is a great option. my 1720 plays all of the latest games except crysis exceedingly well.