The "Which laptop for college?" question has been asked a few hundred times so I bet you'll find a model you like listed.
Bob
My daughter needs a lap top for college. It?s between these two. Things I?ve read,
Acer has a ati x1400 gpu,hp has a NVidia7200go, they both come with xp home rather than pro. I need pro but read were getting all the drivers back was not easy. Any one had any experience on this, and are both machines the same

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