AMD PROCESSOR in HP ?

Hello Buddies
I'm gonna buy a laptop ,,, I need it to be very good for programming and working with Graphics Etc...
so I found out this one
hp pavilion dv 6391
processor
AMD Turion ML50/1.6GHz Dual Core/64 Bit
cash
1 MB
display
 15 WXGA Bright View
Nvidia Geforce 7200 256 MB DDR
RAM
1 GB DDR2
HDD
160 GB SATA
DVD Super Multi Drive
802.11 A/B/G
10/100 LAN
56K V92
BLuetooth
TV OUT-3XUSB2.0-VGA OUT-IEEE
Built in WebCam
weigh
2.8 KG
so the question is , It's the first time I buy a laptop with the AMD processor
so I wanna know ,,, is the processor equal to the intel core 2 due which has 2 MB cash
is it better to buy another laptop with intel core 2 due processor ?
or this laptop is so good for its price which is 1000$ ?