which laptop, two choices provided

fret_wimp

I have a choice of these laptops but am unsure which to go for:

Dell Latitude D830:
Chassis Latitude D830 / STANDARD TOUCHPAD
Processor T9300(2.50GHZ)6M,CORE 2 DUO
Display 15.4IN WIDE WUXGA LCD
Memory 4.0GB, 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM Memory (2x2048MB)
Keyboard INTERNAL KEYBOARD
Graphics Card 256MB NVIDIA QUADRO NVS 140M
Hard Drive 120GB FFS HD,9.5MM,7200RPM
Floppy Drive NO FLOPPY DRIVE
Software1 Operating System : VISTA BUSINESS SP1, W/ MEDIA
Please select the Operating System Language Please specify
Blue Tooth DELL WIRELESS 360 BLUETOOTH MOD,VS
Power Supply 90W AC ADAPTER
Optical Storage 8X DVD+/-RW
Software1 CYBERLINK PWRDVD 8.0 SW W/MEDIA
Software1 ROXIO CREATOR DELL EDITION
Wireless INTEL 4965 802.11A/G/N MC,US
Documentation NO RESOURCE CD
Battery 9-CELL PRIMARY BATTERY
Documentation US-SYSTEM DOC,POWER CORD
Extended Warranty HW WRTY + SVC,LATD830,UNY,EXT,REL
Base Warranty HW WRTY + SVC,LATD830,UNY,INIT,REL
Extended Warranty BASIC NBD OS,LATD830,UNY,2YR EXT,REL
Base Warranty BASIC NBD OS,LATD830,UNY,INIT,REL
Base Service KYHD SERVICE,LAT,REV,3YR
Documentation VISTA PREMIUM STICKER
Base Service CSTM PRJMNGT,INC,CLIENT,QTY1,DELL

Lenovo T61p:

T61p ThinkPad (Performance)
15.4"" WUXGA (1900x1200),
NVDIA FX570 (256MB),
Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2.2 Ghz,
965PM chipset,
4GB Ram 667 Mhz (2x2GB),
160GB 7200 RPM HDD,
DVDRW dual layer multiburner drive,
Intel Kedron 802.11 a,b,g,n
wireless,
bluetooth,
fingerprint reader,
9 Cell battery,
AC Adapter,
Microsoft Vista Custom Image

Its the choice ive been given by my workplace. I like the build of the Lenovo T61p, and am not fond of the look of the dell but the dell has a slightly better Processor. it has the T9300 2.5 Ghz vs T7500 2.2 Ghz

the lenovo has a 160gb 7200 hard disk though.

which would you go for and why?

Alanstrainor

One big thing missing, Price.
And can i ask what this laptop will be used for and where you're buying it from?
EDIT:Woops missed that last bit:o

fret_wimp

price doesnt matter. im not paying it. its a company supplied laptop. usage, it will be used for sql server and development work. amongst other things.

seraphimvc

defo go for Thinkpad,without any doubt.

edit:wops,was searching some info about buying thinkpad,sorry for digging an old thread

MunsterCycling

Not that old...

MC

Ghost Train

would propably go for the think pad too

Dartz

Thinkpad >> Latitude... always.

Have an 8 year old one from the IBM days... and the damn thing is still going. Had the displeasure of using one of the more recent Latitude models... not the newest ones, but new enough that's they're still unboxing one or two in the job... And I hated it. They replaced the old Thinkpads a few years ago... and people are still pining for the Thinkpads...

There was a rush on them a while back when they were finally being dumpstered.