Name Dell Latitude D520
Processor Intel Core Duo T2300 1.66Ghz
Screen 14.1” XGA
RAM 1GB
HDD 80GB
Optical Drive DVD+-RW
Graphics Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
Network 10/100 Ethernet + Intel 3945 802.11g Wireless
Other 4 x USB2.0, 1 x Firewire
*note - Battery does not hold charge, i need to get a new one*
or
Name IBM-Lenovo Thinkpad T42
Processor Intel Pentium-M 1.7GHz
Screen 14.1” XGA
RAM 1GB
HDD 200GB
Optical Drive DVD-ROM/CD-RW
Graphics ATI Mobility Radeon 7500
Network 10/100/1000 Ethernet, Intel 2200 802.11g Wireless
Other 2 x USB2.0
both will run Ubuntu 11.10, and will be used mostly for web-surfing, watching videos/listening to music, word processing, and an occasional game or two with light system specs. (Casual/Web Browser-based games, etc).
debating on which will be *my* computer and which I will set up for general usage in the house, like for my daughter.
whaddya think? how much of a difference does the dual core make, vs the video card in the other one?