I eventually bought an HP, and i'm very pleased with it. Runs autocad super-smooth and it's a very powerfull and well-built machine. Haven't got problems with HP in 2 years with 2 different laptops by now. Acer might be cheaper, but I learned 'Paying for the name' is only partitially right. I haven't got good experiences with Acer, and the difference in quality with HP in example is big and obviously noticeable.
Also almost everyone at school uses HP for autocad, a few dell's and a couple of acer's, that's it
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PS, it has a GeForce go 7600 256mb