I don't mind low battery life, I'll have it plugged it it's charger most of the time, unless of course I'm on the move which isn't going to be every minute. If the Compaq's have merged with HP then, I'd admit, I'd rather get that, but I'd also take the Averatec, but it does not have a good graphics card. But on the other hand the Compaq does not have a CDRW, yet the other one does, I'll still have my desktop to burn cds and play games on so no worries.
I have a question what's the difference between Compaq's XGA TFT screen type, and the Averatec's TFT, LCD, I don't get what they mean, any help.