Laptop questions

Alright, hey guys, so there are two laptops that I'm looking at right now that fit my price range:

Acer TravelMate TM4200-4301 Core Duo T2050 1.6GHZ 2GB 120GB 15.4IN WXGA Dvdrw WLAN XPP Notebook
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...nufacture=Acer

Acer AS5570-4072 Intel Core Duo T2350 1.86GHZ 2GB 160GB 14.1IN DVDRW WLAN Vista Premium Notebook
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...nufacture=Acer

At the moment, I'm really favouring the laptop that comes with XP, but the Aspire one comes with a better video card, sort of. So I'm a student in University, and I would just like a decently fast laptop with the occasional light gaming experience, nothing crazy. I am considering the Aspire one because I thought I could maybe reformat back to XP from Vista which would be great but I also realized I may run into driver problems. BUT, I did look at the Acer website for that laptop model and they have drivers for XP for that laptop and it seems to cover all the hardware.

http://www.acerpanam.com/flex/acerdrivers/bin/drivers.html?CFID=2741480&CFTOKEN=92308620

But there is still the risk of things not working out the way I want it to, and the TravelMate would just be an easier alternative. What do you guys think? Or perhaps you guys have a suggestion on other laptops within that price range? Maybe even one with a really good battery life? Thanks.

 

FYI, your links don't work.