3002/3WLCi versus 5002WLCi

Hi all,

I hope the Acer experts can help with this question. I'm looking for a widescreen laptop primarily for multimedia (DVD, MP3, Divx, playing internet poker, Photoshop). Battery life is moderately important, but I'll probably rarely have it unplugged for extended times (most of it's time will be on my lap while I'm watching TV). I was looking at 2 different Acer models

http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=007623&cid=896

http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=007690&cid=896

It's only a 50 dollar difference between these two models (I live in canada). Is the upgraded processor worth less battery life?

As well, it seems that the Acers have no S-video out. I was hoping to occasionally hook it up to my TV (my tv doesn't have VGA in, but it does have component and svideo in). Have any of you done this and can you comment?

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.

 

SiSM760GX chipset with integrated Mirage™2 graphics.. that's why you don't have s-video out. If you really want, you can actually solder a piece of cable from vga to s-video, but will cost lost of infomation (life colour difference) and stuff like that.

EDIT: And the processor is really up to you. If you don't play much games (you can't play much games on it anyway), and if you don't do processor hogging tasks, you can go with the cheaper option. But I find that there are more notebooks out there that fufills your needs more...

 

I'd get the cheaper one and spend the moeny saved upgrading to a faster hard drive. That is were you'll get the biggest increase in performance.