hypeforlife91

I am having a hard time deciding whether I should return this Sony Vaio I bought and get the HP dv2 online instead. They are both Windows vista home 64-bit. I bought the Sony Vaio NS series for $499.99 plus all those fees for a total of $563.74 at Best Buy. If I return it I will most likely have to pay the dreaded 15% restocking fee which comes to about $70-80 less in refund money, even though I noticed yesterday that this laptop was a bit sluggish, which isn't typical for a Sony Vaio which has such a good reputation. Not fair, but I have to pay it.

I browsed the web and saw a brand new, with warranty HP dv2 for only $599, everything included in the price. And I can also get Microsoft cash back on it, which is minus 40-50 dollars. I also have the ebay rewards, which is minus an additional 11-12 dollars. I know that some people get turned off by the idea of buying from ebay. However, this seller seems legit and feedback received has been favorable. I also have paypal buyer protection when i receive it.

However, what caught my eye was that the HP dv2 the seller was selling has 4gb RAM and 500gb Hard drive. Compared to this Sony Vaio, which is only 3gb RAM and 250gb Hard drive...that is a long way. I have used an hp laptop before and it lasted a good 2 years and something before breaking. Which I guess is pretty acceptable? The HP dv2 also has a small, very portable 12.1 inch screen, compared to this standard 15.4 inch screen on the Sony Vaio.

The only thing that makes me draw back a bit is...the graphics card. The Sony Vaio has a better graphics card I think, as it is a Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD , while the HP dv2 has a ATI Mobility Radeon HD Premium Graphics 3410 with 512MB DDR2 dedicated graphics memory which i guess isn't as good. I do play games and I want them to work well.

What should I do? The pictures and link to both products are here:
Sony Vaio (the one i bought yesterday):

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1218093001336

HP dv2 (I may substitute for this)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...id=p2759.l1259

There is more information on the hp site about the dv2, if you need the link please tell me.

Thank you so much for all your help guys! =)

Madcatz

First thing, Intel graphics are normally just basic and its also shared memory, which means its taking your RAM and parting it out.

ATI graphics will usually run circles around Intels, and the ATI has dedicated graphics which means its not going to canniblize your RAM, which means alot better performance.

The HP has a slower processor than the sony and smaller screen, but better graphics, more memory, and a bigger hard drive.

Both should come with the free upgrade option to windows 7, I'd make sure that HP does, especially since you want to swap them from the sony being sluggish, that could just be the slow vista performance along with all the extra sony software running on the computer.