Dell 15R or Acer Timelinex 4820T

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Which is Better? and will not become obsolete in less than 3 yrs

DELL 15R
ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5470 - 512MB (India)
6-cell Lithium Ion Battery
Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 1000
Intel® Core™ i3-380M Processor (2.53GHz, 4Threads, 3M cache)
FreeDOS OS with CD kit
15.6 Widescreen HD WLED Glossy Display with TrueLife™ (1366x768)
2GB (1 X 2 GB) 1 DIMM DDR3 1333Mhz
320GB 5400RPM Hard Drive
DVD+/-RW Optical Drive For N-series
Integrated Stereo Sound with SRS Premium Sound
Dell Wireless 365 Bluetooth Internal (2.1+EDR) Mini-Card For N-series
Dell™ Keyboard with Touchpad (English)

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Acer Timeline X 4820T

Windows 7 Home basic
14.0″ inch (1366 x 768 pixels) LED Backlit LCD display
Option for Intel Core i3-370M
Intel HD Graphics with 128MB Memory
2GB RAM
500GB Sata Hard Disk Drive
DVD Writer
WLAN 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth v3.0
5-in-1 Memory card reader
Four USB 2.0, HDMI with HDCP, VGA, RJ-45 Ports

14 or 15.6 doesn't matter
OS also is of no concern i usually use Kubuntu with full effects enabled.. both are same priced ~34K or is there some better config available ?

as sandy bridge is delayed :sad:

i need to buy before this month end ...

Please specify for what purpose will you be using the laptop?

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general use. just don't want laptop to become obsolete in next 3-4 years if some win 8 etc comes up which requires more graphics etc ..

in that case its better 2 go with dell as it has dedicated GFX card!

It could have been better if you'd suggested your budget. The HD 5470 is defiately better than Intel HD graphics but don't expect to do wonders. I'd recommend that you spend 2-3k more & get the Inspiron 15R with 1GB ATI HD 550v.

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budget is no issue i can extend till 40k, 550v is no doubt better than 5470 but since its based on old technology (and not 45nm like 5470) it will consume more battery and produce more heat which can cause issues ......

Definitely the Inspiron.

My vote also goes to dell inspiron 15R

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