I'm comparing 2 laptops. Let me know which one sounds better to you.?

Circuit City: 24 months no interest over $999
http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/Search.do?c=1&searchType=user&keyword=dv9930us&searchSection=All

Office Depot: not sure on the financing
http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/420170/HP-Pavilion-dv9920us-Widescreen-Notebook-Computer/

I am going to buy an extended warranty through HP. Is $280 worth it for a TV Tuner and 70GB of extra hard drive space?

Phoenix2008-07-16T19:54:28Z

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Differences between the two

Pros of dv9930us :
Core 2 Duo Processor (Better than AMD X2 in performance, heat generation and battery efficiency)
Dedicated graphics card : nVidia 8600M GS, which is around 6~7 times faster than the integrated 7150 of dv9920us.
More Hard disk space : 70GB more (not a significant difference)
TV Tuner (again not a big deal..).

Graphics card is the biggest difference among all. 8600M GS is a pretty decent mid-range card that will allow you to play even recent games at an acceptable level. While nVidia 7150 could barely even run older games well. If you have any intentions of gaming then dv9930us is the only choice, if not then dv9920us would be all right.

crzftx2008-07-16T21:39:14Z

I'd go with the cheaper one unless you need a TV tuner card. 250GB will likely be more than enough for all your files, except videos. If you plan on storing more than a hundred movies on your HDD go with the more expensive one.