If they both have the same Intel then I think that you should get the second laptop, th Intel with a laptop can effect the speed greatly, the more the cores in a laptop the better and faster your laptop will be.
There are plenty of things you can do to a laptop to boost its performance. Some things include: -Upgrading the RAM -Getting a larger hard drive -Buying a better battery
The laptop in question comes with 4GB of RAM.
Generally speaking it's better if you have matching modules for RAM.
The Acer by far. It has more RAM, a better hard drive, a better processor, a better touchpad, a better brand, and as a bonus: a card reader. Go for the Acer.
Pretty much anything in any computer is interchangeable. You can get a better battery (such as one with a greater charge), so long as it is designed for a particular laptop. Another part commonly replaced is the RAM (memory). For example, if you have a laptop with 1 GB of RAM, you can replace it with 2 GB of RAM designed to the same specifications. Even hard drives, fans/heatsinks, and monitors are replaced if they become damaged.
This laptop includes a 2GB ram, and can be upgraded up to a maximum of 8GB.
The HP 8530p laptop comes with 2GB of RAM installed.
Yes, you can add two higher-size RAM cards to the laptop.
Usually! Depending on what you wish to do with you'r computer/laptop, higher ram is better. depending on how high you go, though, it can be bad. Higher ram uses batteries faster, and if it is way to high your computer may not be able to wowk with it.
512 MB = 0.5 GBHence after adding 1 GB RAM your laptop memory will be 1.5 GB.
Download the system scanner at crucial.com. This will not only tell you what type of RAM your laptop can use, but also whether your laptop can take any more RAM.