Acer vs. Compaq? which is the better deal?

I need a cheap laptop for school because I'm putting myself through college. I can afford either one of these, but I've heard that Acer is an unknown Chinese brand, so I'm skeptical to jump for it despite it's seemingly better features. Which one of these should I go for?

Compaq Presario Notebook with Intel® Celeron® M Processor 520
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?...

or

Acer Aspire Notebook with AMD Turion™ 64 Mobile Technology MK-38
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?...

Answers:
Both Acer and Compaq make good desktop and notebook. acer is slightly cheaper than compaq.

go for AMD turion 64 x2 either Acer or Compaq with win xp and 1gb memory
im gonna say the Acer .
I am going with the Acer as it will out perform the Compaq in every way.

Either way you go, upgrade the RAM as soon as you can. Vista's RAM sweet spot is 2GB for typical usage.
I am writing oops typing this letter on an Acer-Aspire 3690-2900 laptop right now the only thing that I have found to be an unwanted or unsatisfactory condition is the memory, it comes from the factory with only a half gig memory and you have to buy more memory which is a little pricey at Best Buys it cost me a little more then $150.00 for a full gig of memory now I have a gig and one half which is plenty. This inexpensive laptop is fast even with Windows XP and Vista Home Basic. The features are very good the performance is good it is reliable does not freeze up, overall in my opinion I would not purchase the Compaq now that I have had the chance to use this laptop. Did I also mention that I bought it on January 31,2007 the day Vista was released, so overall the savings and perks made it a smart buy.
HP-Compaq is the top seller, stick with one.

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