Which HP Laptop should I buy?

2 years ago, I bought a Dell 5100 laptop for around $1200 right before I started college. I'm not sure why, but since I got a virus a year ago (I did pay a guy to fix it), its been going pretty slow, I cant open up more than 2 or 3 internet browsers at a time, my mouse keeps messing up, and my fan is running really hard. So I'm at the point where I think I'm going to just sell it (its probably something really easy to fix but im sick of it) and buy a new one. I'm looking at two HP Laptops, a zd600 and a zd8000.

ZD6000

15.4" Brightview Widescreen (upgrade)

AMD Athlong 64 3200 2.0 GHz (upgrade)

128 mb w/ hypermemory graphic card (upgrade)

256mb (1 x 256 mb)

80 GB 4200 Hard drive (upgraded)

DVD RW/CD RW (upgrade)

8 cell battery

Wireless 54 g

$1005 (minus a $50 rebate), however I need to upgrade the memory more from a 256, so I'm assuming another $100-$150 for the memory



ZD 8000

17" Brightview (upgrade)

Intel Pentium 4 520 w/ hypertechnology, 2.8 GHz (upgrade)

128 mb ATI Mobility Radeon graphic card

512 mb (2 x 256)

80 GB hard drive (upgrade)

DVD RW/CD RW (upgrade)

12 cell battery

Wireless 54 g

$1275 (minus a $50 rebate)



So pretty much, the 8000 has a bigger screen, a better processor (i think?), more memory, and a better battery. Is this worth the price or should I stick with the cheaper one?

The ZD 8000, if you can afford it and it wont kill you on money. But if your pinching your pennys and want something less, get the 6000. I would base this on your money standings, probably not the specs so much. Plus the portability. In my opinion the 8000 would be nicer.

why don't you just reformat? my room is starting to get dirty should i sell my house?