Which is in your opinion the better purchase?

[Jonathan]

Ok, the scoop:

I\'m buying a laptop later on this weekend. I\'ve been looking around a lot lately & have narrowed my choice down to 2 laptops:

1. Acer TravelMate 4002 WLMi

• Intel Centrino 725 (1.6 GHZ)
• 15.4 TFT WXGA
• 512 MB RAM
• 60 GB HD
• Dual DVD-RW
• ATI Radeon 9700 64 MB
• LiOn Battery (estimated 5 hours battery life)
• Weight 2.95kg
  

2. Acer Aspire 1524 WLMi

• AMD Athlon 64-bit 3400+
• 15.4 TFT WXGA
• 512 MB RAM
• 80 GB HD
• Dual DVD-RW
• nVidia 64 MB GeForce Go5700
• LiIon Battery (estimated 2.5 hours battery life)
• Weight 3.6kg
  

My reason for doubting is the processors.

I assume the Aspire is the fastest :? , but it consumes more power & makes the battery only last half of the time the TravelMate does.
My second point of doubt is the weight.
The TravelMate consumes less power, is lighter & therefore more portable.

Just for the record, I know there\'s a slight difference in HD capacity but that doesn\'t matter at all for me, so please take it into account when you post some advice.

So basically it narrows down to a Centrino 725 (1.6 GHZ) vs. Athlon 64-Bit 3400 choice.
I\'d really like to get some feedback on this from the hardware experts around here as I just can\'t seem to decide.