which laptop is the best of of these two

[christy053]

hi i am looking for a laptop for christmas and only want a cheapish one to use internet and play games etc:
i have called round many shops and yesterday in currys they said the ADVENT 7109 at 399.99
but i am not familiar with ADVENT and have never heard of them so dont no if i would trust there products so i looked on DELl and found this DELL INSPIRATION 1501 at 399 please can you have a look at the websites for both and tell me whcih one is generally bettr please
thankyou lots and lots

[christy053]

hi sorry i forgot to post the links to the website for each laptop so here they a4re -
http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/pro ductdetails.aspx/inspn_1501?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=e n&s=dhs

http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/store/cur_page .jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0171054829.1165051261@@@ @&BV_EngineID=ccedaddjidedlkgcflgceggdhhmdfio. 0&page=Product&sku=186712&tabIndex=2

thankyou

[fo3nix]

The dell has a much better processor, but doesn't have a DVD-RW drive. It also only has half the RAM that the advent does (advent is a well-known brand at places like Currys).

Personally I'd go for the Dell, due to the processor.

What games do you play? Neither contain a proper graphics card so won't do too well on games.

[christy053]

hi on the dell website if you are wanting to buy the dell pc you can personalise it and add what you want and you can add a DVD RW for 35 pound also you can add a graphic card i think but not too sure i play games like sims 2 and syberia but thats it really i will be surfing the net and listning to music
thankyou

[fo3nix]

Then you should be fine with the Dell really.