Little Off Topic: Which Laptop Is Best?

[Matt Slick]

I'm going off to college next year and I need to get a laptop for the course (Computer Programmer Analyst) and I've narrowed it down to 2 laptops but I need assitance in chosing the best one.

They are:

Toshiba Tecra S1 PT831C-0ZQ3V
Pentium M, 1.5GHZ
256 MB RAM
60 GB Hardrive
CD-RW/DVD-ROM
V.92 Data/Fax Modem
32 MB ATI Mobility Radeon 7500
15" SXGA Monitor
2 x USB 2.0
Link

IBM ThinkPad R40 2722GCU
Pentium M, 1.4GHZ
256 MB RAM
40 GB Hardrive
CD-RW/DVD-ROM
V.92 Data/Fax Modem
32 MB ATI Mobility Radeon 9000
15" XGA Monitor
3 x USB 2.0
Link "Performance" Laptop

BTW, The Toshiba is $250 cheaper than the IBM

Also, What is DIMM RAM? and would you suggest I buy 256k of it for the laptop?