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good enough spec?
Windows Vista® Home Premium
Windows Vista® Home PremiumMemory
4GB (2x2GB Dual Rank DIMMs) 800MHzHard Disk Drive
320GB HD 5400Video
Graphics 512 MB ATI Mobility RADEON HD 4570
Display : 15.6in Widescreen High Definition (1366X768) WLED with TrueLifeSystem Color
LCD Back Cover Jet Black Matte
Camera Integrated 2.0 Mega Pixel Camera
Wireless Intel WiFi Link 5300 (802.11 a/g/n) Half Mini Card European
D-LINK DIR-635 WirelessBase
DVD+ -RW (8X)Processor
Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 (2.0GHz,800MHz,2MB)
£450 ish
Good, but VIsta is shocking and would really recommend that you try and get a laptop with windows 7!
I'd probably get this
http://www1.euro.dell.com/uk/en/home/Laptops/laptop-studio-1555/pd.aspx?refid=laptop-studio-1555&s=dhs&cs=ukdhs1
H.P dv6 series are good at the mo ,agree windows 7 is a must mate.all new p.c or lappy come with it , or offer an un grade of some sorts.
Better spec .. less money
Just bought the daughter one .. loves it
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/173536
>Better spec .. less money
Better because...?
The OP's spec (or that of the Dells) has a significantly better graphics subsystem - 512M dedicated, whereas the acer gfx mem. will be shared with the cpu
http://www.notebookcheck.net/ATI-Radeon-HD-3200.9591.0.html
- if he's likely to do much gameplaying then the 4570 stands a better chance of running some of the more recent games at a decent framerate.
Regarding the processor - not sure how much difference, the T6400 has a 2M cache compared to the 1M of the Turion so it may well be quicker on some benchmarks/tasks.
Ah, *some* info here:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Processors-Benchmarklist.2436.0.html
-would seem to indicate the T6400's faster.
In performance order I *think* it's:
1) the more expensive dell
2) the OP's suggested machine (TrueLifeSystem Color: a Dell then ?)
3) the cheaper dell
4) the acer
bruneep - unless anyone's got any better suggestions/reasons not to, I'd be inclined to go with the one you suggested first - disc drive's a bit smaller, but tbh 400G is pretty damn big anyway. You can get a 500G external usb drive for 50-60 quid (and in a years time you'll probably get a 1Terabyte drive for the same)
BTW - most manufacturers will sell you a warranty extension separate to the purchase of the machine, it's worth checking the manufacturers UK website, it'll probably have the pricing shown and may be cheaper than whoever's selling it. (hmm...not sure how that works with Dells). Might not be relevant, John Lewis give you a standard 2yr warranty anyway (tho' amusingly on Acers, it's 130-140 quid to extend it to 3 years with JL, but it's more like 95 quid to extend from 1 year to 3, warranty bought from Acer).
Since windows 7 has arrived, some manufacturers are offering a cheap upgrade to it (one of either toshiba or acer is offering it for about 30 quid).
I ought to add, of course - depends what you want to run on it - the only thing that's likely to give machine much stress is stuff like engineering or CAD(drawing) apps, or the more recent 3d games.
With Graphci cards the best is to have a seperate one
and not to share with your cpu
regarding makes I would go with a Dell anytime
Acer seem to be more bought in say Tesco's
A bit more but better quality components buy Dell.
Good advice there jond