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Are ACER Laptops a decent brand to buy for a laptop? Im looking to buy the following ACER laptop with the following specs from my computer buying program at my work. The total cost for the laptop will be around $1200.00. Is this computer worth it?

ACER AS5720 - LAPTOP BUNDLE AC1000B1
PROCESSOR INTEL PENTIUM T2310 1.46GHz
MEMORY 1GB
KYBD/MOUSE INTEGRATED
MONITOR 15.4 WXGA TFT DISPLAY
VIDEO CARD INTEL MEDIA ACCELERATOR X3100
HARD DRIVE 120GB
PRINTER LEXMARK 2500 MULTI-FUNCTION
DRIVES DVD/CD BURNER
NIC CARD INTEGRATED
MODEM 56K
SOUND CARD INTEGRATED
SPEAKERS INTEGRATED
OPERATING SOFTWARE VISTA HOME PREMIUM
OFFICE SOFTWARE MS OFFICE 2007 HOME & STUDENT
VIRUS SOFTWARE 1 YR MCAFEE ANTI-VIRUS
WARRANTY 3 YEAR
INTERNET SERVICE N/A
GIFT CARD $50 OFFICE DEPOT
CARRYING CASE N/A
TRAVEL ACCESSORY N/A
TRAVEL SECURITY N/A
RETURN POLICY NO RETURNS ALLOWED
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION VIDEO CONFERENCE WITH WEBCAM

I also have a current DELL Laptop which is about 4 yrs old. I would say a 1GB also with windows XP. I needs a new battery, a new charger and the sound jack saudered back to working again because riright now it has no sound. Would it be better to fix my current DELL laptop or get the ACER?
So an ACER is not as good as HP or DELL? Are the cheaply made is that why the are cheap? And Would it be a rip off to get this laptop at $1200.00? Would it be beneficial to get this or any laptop at 1GB memory and just upgrade it to 2GB memory myself? Or just fix the current dell?

I have an acer labtop that has a builtin camera. but on the top of the computer it says webcam optimized for video confrencing. what does that mean.
Also on the webecam you can change the colors does anyone know how to change it to become a black and white shot?

DELL INSPIRON 1525

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PROCESSOR Intel® Pentium® Dual Core T2390 (1.86GHz/533Mhz FSB/1MB cache) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® SP1 Home Premium Edition - English edit
SYSTEM COLOUR Spring Green edit
LCD AND CAMERA Glossy, widescreen 15.4 inch display (1280×800) edit
INTEGRATED WEBCAM Integrated 2.0M Pixel Webcam edit
MEMORY 3GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz edit
HARD DRIVE 320GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM) edit
OPTICAL DRIVE 8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability edit
WIRELESS CARD Dell Wireless 1395 802.11g Mini-Card edit
BATTERY OPTIONS 6 Cell Battery edit
SOUND OPTIONS Integrated Sound Blaster® Audigy™HD Software Edition edit
Essentials
PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWARE Microsoft Works 9. DOES NOT INCLUDE MS WORD edit
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HARDWARE SERVICES 1 Year Return to Depot Service and Technical Support edit
SECURITY SOFTWARE McAfee SecurityCenter with anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, 30-Days edit
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ONLINE DATA STORAGE Dell Online Backup 2GB for 1 year edit
Accessories
ALSO INCLUDED WITH YOUR SYSTEM
GRAPHICS CARD Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
EXTERNAL MODEM Integrated Modem
Label Windows Vista™ Basic
Network Integrated 10/100 Network Card
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 8.1
Processor Branding Intel Pentium® Dual-Core Processor

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Acer Aspire 7720-6681 Notebook PC

1.83GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5550
3GB DDR2 SDRAM
320GB 5400 RPM SATA Hard Drive
DVD Super-Multi Drive(DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD-RAM)
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
17” WXGA with CrystalBrite Technology (1440 x 900) Widescreen LCD
802.11a/b/g wireless LAN
V.92 Modem
Integrated webcam
Dolby®-certified surround-sound system with two integrated stereo speakers
Integrated microphone
Ports: 5-in-1 Card Reader, 4 USB 2.0, DC-in; RJ-11 modem; RJ-45 LAN; VGA; Headphones/speakers/line-out with SPDIF support; Microphone-in; Line-in; S-video TV-out; FireWire® (IEEE 1394); CIR (consumer infrared)
Windows Vista Home Premium
Software Included: Acer Arcade, Acer Crystal Eye, Acer Empowering Technology, Acer GameZone, Acer GridVista, Acer Launch Manager, Acer Video Conference Manager, Adobe Acrobat® Reader, CyberLink® PowerProducer™ (trial version), Anti-virus (trial version), NTI CD-Maker™ (trial version)
15.9”W x 11.7”D x 1.5”/1.7”H
Weight: 7.4lbs
1-Year Limited Warranty.

also, whats the diff. between a laptop and a notebook ?