Any difference between these two?

Vostro 3400
PROCESSOR Intel Core i3-370M Processor (2.4GHz, Dual Core/4 Threads, 3MB L3 cache)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 32-bit, English
MEMORY 3GB DDR3 Shared Dual Channel at 1066MHZ, 2 DIMM
HARD DRIVE 250GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
Width: 13.35"/339mm
Height: (front/back) 0.86-1.16inches/21.9-29.5mm
Depth: 9.54"/242.2mm
Starting weight: 2.16kg/4.76lb with 6-cell battery and optical drive

Inspiron 14R
PROCESSOR New 2010 Intel® Core™ i3-370M (2.4GHz, 4Threads, 3M cache)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit
MEMORY 3GB DDR3 Shared Dual Channel Memory
HARD DRIVE 320GB 5400RPM HDD
Width: 13.50" (343.0mm)
Height: 1.20" (30.5mm) front / 1.33" (33.8 mm) back
Depth: 9.69" (246.0mm)
Starting weight of 4.96 lbs (2.25 kg)3 (14" HD display, 6 cell battery, integrated graphics, DVDRW).


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Overall, im thinking of getting the Vostro since it is about 30 dollars cheaper and is lighter and smaller then the Inspiron. any thoughts? I dont care about hard drive space or win 7 since im going to install my owe OS on it

 

What kind of differences are you thinking about? Obviously the physical characteristics are going to be different, but the specs are more or less comparable. I doubt you'd notice a speed difference between the two in general use.

 

One difference that i see is that inspiron has a 64 bit OS while other has a 32 bit OS.
So if you plan to upgrade your ram to more than 4 gb in future that it would be useful or else go with the vostro

And what warrenties do you get on those

 

Not sure about the latest Inspirons, but in the past Vostros have had better build quality, but poor quality speakers.

 

You could always just just reinstall Windows in 64 bit flavor...

Do the Vostros have matte screens? That would be a deal breaker for me.