No Macs, I just did that as an attention grabber. I need a laptop for mostly internet browsing, document processing for work and school and some multimedia and gaming on the side. If you have any suggestions let me know but for now it's between these two.
Sony VAIO E Series
Intel® Core™ i5-450M processor (2.40GHz) with Turbo Boost up to 3.33GHz
4GB (4GBx1) DDR3-SDRAM-1066
500GB Hard Disk Drive (7200rpm)
DVD, no Blu-ray
TI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5470
http://reviews.cnet.com/laptops/sony-vaio-e-series/4505-3121_7-33968347.html
Or
Gateway ID Series
4096MB DDR3 Dual-Channel 1066MHz Memory
500GB 5400RPM SATA hard drive
Chassis with NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 330M with NVIDIA® Optimus™ technology up to 4091MB of TurboCache™ supporting Microsoft® DirectX® 10.1 and Mobile Intel® HM55 Express Chipset
DVD, no Blu-ray
And when talking about memory is it better to have one 4 GB or two 2GB? I don't know much about graphics either, stay away from Intel if I want dedicated right? Thanks.