Which is a better brand/laptop for internet use/ casual gaming/ and a lot of music?

Lenovo specs
Intel Celeron 575 processor (2.00GHz, 667MHz, 1MBL2)
Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium
15.4" WXGA VibrantView
Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X4500
2 GB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz SODIMM Memory (2 DIMM)
UltraNav without fingerprint reader
250 GB Hard Disk Drive, 5400rpm
DVD Recordable 8x Max Dual Layer
No Bluetooth
ThinkPad 11b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Express Adapter III
Integrated Mobile Broadband upgradable
6 cell Li-Ion Battery ( 2.4 Ah )
2746: 1Year Depot Warranty

HP specs
* Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T5800 (2.0GHz)
* 2MB L2 cache
* 800MHz front side bus
* 4GB DDR2 SDRAM (both slots occupied, shared)
* 320GB (5,400RPM) SATA Hard Drive
* 8x DVD±RW drive with Double Layer Support
* 14.1" WXGA BrightView widescreen display; 1280 x 800 native resolution
* Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X4500 graphics (shared)
* 802.11b/g WLAN
* Integrated 10/100 Ethernet LAN
Built-in Altec Lansing speakers

The Lenovo comes to $551.65+tax+free shipping
The HP is $649.99+tax+shipping

The HP also includes a printer...Microsoft works9.0..and Symantec™ Norton Internet Security™ 2008

Price is not really an issue, just the better laptop in the long run

Any Help is much appreciated! Thanks guys

It comes down to what you value more - A larger screen with the IdeaPad or a much better processor with more RAM and a larger hard drive in the HP.

Personally, I couldn't do a smaller screen, but the equipment in the HP is a lot better. I'd recommend that, as long as you don't mind a 14" screen - Stop in @ Best Buy or somewhere and compare screen sizes if you haven't already.

Those are actually the wrong specs now that I review it, the other specs are for another one my sister might get so sorry about that

Here are the specs for the Y530

Intel® Pentium® Dual Core T3200 processor ( 2GHz 667MHz 1MB )
Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium 6412
15.4 WXGA TFT with integrated camera LCD Glossy 1280x800
Intel Integrated Graphics X4500
4 GB PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM 1066MHz 8
320GB 54004
DVD Recordable (Dual Layer) 24X Max5
Intel Wireless Wi-Fi Link 510010
6 Cell Lithium-Ion60
One year parts and labor (system battery: one year)7

lenovo/ibm will last longer.

unless u're doing heavy gaming or something, the t3200 is adequate. the t5800 has double the cache and lil faster bus making it better for heavy graphics and such.

for daily basis, the t3200 is good. 550 for a lenovo is pretty good considering thier reliability.


hp is known for the value for money, but not as reliable as toshiba or lenovo as hardware goes

could you upgrade the proc on the lenovo to the t5800? usually less than 100 for that upgrade, this would make it the perfect laptop