I am in the process of purchasing a laptop for my home office. This would be used for personal usage and not a lot of business. I have been checking back and forth with both Dell and Gateway and they're both running great promotions at this time. I am trying to decide from Dell (Inspiron 1501) or Gateway (NC570).

Any suggestions?

Thanks for your help.

Have a look at this link (http://www.pcworld.com/zoom?id=112915&page=9&zoomIdx=2) for a survey done on notebook reliability, etc.