Help me decide on which laptop to get

[oynaz]

I need a new 15,4" laptop. Performance wise we are in the region of 2 Ghz, 2 Gb RAM, 160 Gb HDD and a 8600GT or HD2600 GPU. I have found a number of interesting options, namely Dell Vostro 1500, Dell Inspiron 1520, MSI GX600 and Asus G1S. But which to buy?

I have posted the links to the rigs. The pages are in Danish, but hardware names are the same anyway, so you should not have too much trouble.

Dell Vostro - 8737 DKK ($1724) - The price listed in the link excludes VAT
http://configure.euro.dell.com...007&rbc=N1215007&s=bsd

Dell Inspiron 1520 - 8290 DKK ($1635)
http://configure.euro.dell.com...2014&s=dhs&~ck=expbuy3

MSI GX600 - 9190 DKK ($1813)
http://www.pcnetto.dk/produkt/1000103158/index.html

Asus G1S - 9718 DKK ($1917)
http://www.edbpriser.dk/Produc...stprices.asp?ID=384926

Thoughts? Suggestions? Please chime in with any advice 🙂

 

[onlyCOpunk]

The Asus or Vostro for sure.

 

[gorcorps]

Dell's customer support blows, go with the other 2.

 

[oynaz]

Thanks for the replies. The Asus looks good, but is quite expensive. Is it worth the extra money?

 

[oynaz]

Bump. No one else with a bit of advice?

 

[onlyCOpunk]

I'd go with the Asus. For the extra price you get a 2 year global warranty and 1 year accidental warranty. That's pretty much the best stock warranty any laptop maker offers. Especially the accidental damage warranty.