TravelMate 1682WLCi vs Aspire 4002LMi

Hi,

I'm hesitating between these two since I can get them for almost the same price and both come with an ATI Radeon 9700 64Mb graphic card (here in Switzerland), P-M 725 1.6Ghz, a 60Gb HD and 512Mb RAM.

From what I could see, the 1682WLCi has a wide screen while the 4002Lmi has the standard 15". Otherwise, the 4002Lmi has firewire while the 1682WLCi has no firewire but has 3 in 1 card reader (MS, MMC, SD). Last thing in the description is that the 4002LMi has bettery life of up to 5 hours while this is only up to 2 hours for the 1682WLCi.

Now the questions:

- Can you tell me what is the actual difference between the Aspire serie and the TravleMate serie?

- Is the difference only in the battery life?

- Which one would you get if you can have them for the same price and why?

- Is the 15.4" of the 1682WLCi really worth when compared to the 15" of the 4002Lmi?

Thanks

 

Little correction: I meant TravelMate 4002Lmi VS Aspire 1682WLCi, not the opposite [ )]

 

If really want 15.4 inch go for 1682...There is one good reason for it . You can always buy pcmcia firwire port or get addditional 8 cell battery to give u 5 hours on 1682..

But if you go for 4002 you are struck with 15" TFT

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