Go for Compaq.
Im a Compaq user dude. Sa experience ko. maayos magperform yung Compaq,
steady lang. C793TU yung ginagamit ko, pinanlalaro ko ng Counterstrike Warcraft at Starcraft. Naka Vista Ultimate ako 32 bit(x86 platform) naka 1 Gig
lang yung RAM and 120gig na 5400 rpm hard disk. Ok naman if I will rate it
mga 7 or 8 out of 10.. kasi mas maiimprove ko pa sana kung magadd ako ng RAM. pero over all , fine performance dude. inuupdate ko lang yung drivers ng
X3100. Maliwanag yung screen balanced yung color hindi maputla dito then dark sa other side, walang ganun. Maayos yung sound kahit speakers lang, after ko maginstall ng additional audio and video codecs..(maglalagay ka talaga para
makaplay ka ng ibang formats ng video ng mas maayos) Fair enough naman ang battery life...
So kung yung old model ng compaq ko is ganyan na magperform, what more
pa yung newer and upgraded models ng HP-Compaq?
and last but not the least, maganda ang service ng customer care ng HP.
sa budget mo na yan, okay sila talaga pareho, still, kaw pa rin ang pipili.
good luck =)
may difference bro yung FSB nung options mo.