Thinking of buying an ideal laptop!

Hey all,

Currently at University and studying for my Computing degree!

And i need a Good Laptop with a great processor and graphics card.

And not so big. So, portable too!

My budget is around £400....not too sure about the conversion rate to US dollars!

Thanks,

CrimsonSpider

I found this one HP 620 Notebook PC with free bag & mouse.

Specifications
Product Description HP 620 Notebook PC with free bag & mouse
Processor Intel Core2 Duo T6570
Hard Drive 160 GB 7200 rpm SATA II
Networking WLAN 802.11 b/g/n
Ethernet Integrated Controller (10/100 NIC)
RAM 3GB 1066DDR3 2DM
Graphics Controller Mobile Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD (Integrated Graphics)
Built-in Devices Wireless LAN aerial
2MP webcam
Display 39.6 cm (15.6") diagonal LED-backlit HD anti-glare 1366 x 768 resolution
Optical Storage DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM - integrated with LightScribe Technology
OS Provided Genuine Windows® 7 Professional 32
Dimensions (WxDxH) 37.18 x 24.96 x 2.75 cm
Weight Starting at 2.49 kg
Manufacturer Warranty 1 year carry-in, pick-up and return in some countries

Price: £369.99 inc VAT

... or maybe this one, plus you can upgrade RAM memory to 8GB ---> Toshiba Satellite C660-106 Intel Pentium Dual Core T4500 / 15.6 / 3GB / 250GB / DVD-SM / Windows 7 Home Premium / Laptop

Price: £387.74 inc VAT

Specifications
Product Description Toshiba Satellite C660-106 - Notebook PC
Processor Intel® Pentium® Processor T4500 - 2.30 GHz
Hard Drive 250GB - 5400RPM
Networking Fast Ethernet LAN - 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX
Compliancy : Wi-Fi®
Network Support : 802.11b/g/n
RAM 3GB RAM (2+ 1 GB) Installed (8 GB Maximum) 1066MHz DDR3 RAM
Graphics Controller Mobile Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M
Pointing Device Touch Pad with Multi-Touch Control supporting two-finger scroll, pinch, flip and rotate
Notebook Camera Integrated
Display 15.6in Toshiba TruBrite® HD TFT High Brightness display
with 16 : 9 aspect ratio and LED backlighting
internal resolution : 1,366 x 768
Optical Storage DVD Super Multi (Double Layer) drive
Card Reader 1 × Multi-Card Reader (supports SD™ Card up to 2 GB,
miniSD™/microSD™ Card with adapter up to 2 GB,
SDHC™ Card up to 32 GB,
SDXC™ Card up to 64 GB
and MultiMedia Card™ up to 2 GB)
OS Provided Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit (pre-installed, Toshiba-HDD recovery)
Dimensions (WxDxH) 380.5 x 254.0 x 28.0 (front) / 35.6 (rear) mm
Weight starting at 2.30 kg
Manufacturer Warranty 1 year EMEA Carry-in
Battery lithium-ion - up to 4h00min (Mobile Mark™ 2007)

Hey thanks for the research aleX,

HP: Not too bad...but the processor isn't too good. I think it's my budget that prevents me to upgrade to an i3 or i5 processor. Graphics card isn't all that well either!

Toshiba: The processor is better than I expected. I've looked around and found its good for writing academic reports and essays, as well as multitasking. I'm a person who usually uses the laptops processor to its maximum potential. I'm a student programmer too, so i need something a little stronger. This may be my budget again.
Oh, dear.

Thanks Anyway,

CrimsonSpider

Edited by CrimsonSpider, 20 December 2010 - 08:10 AM.

A little bit more. Lenovo.

Wow, that's awesome.

Love the processor

Might actually go for it! Still gonna look a bit more though!

CrimsonSpider

Based on my experience with Lenovo laptops, they are fine built laptops which offer some pretty good performance and stylish designs in my opinion.