bendsley

I have a Dell D800 with a 2Ghz Pentium-M. It rocks. I absolutely LOVE AMD stuff, but they run hot, and in a laptop, heat does not do well. However, I do not like either brand, Compaq or Avaratec. I think you can get a much better laptop than either of those. Avaratec was dropped by Best Buy because of the amount of returns they got (I used to be a service tech at BBY part time, so I returned many of them). Also, Compaqs don't exactly have a good service record in anything the do except ProLiant stuff (servers).

I would recommend not going with either laptop unless you're just completely die hard on one or the other. If however, say someone held a gun to your head to make you buy one of those two, get the Compaq. Much larger company, more support for problems if you have any. Also, I think the Pentium-M in a laptop is quite nice.

Edit: I guess I missed where it said Celeron-M. Celerons, BOO! Please try to find another laptop.

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