£500 - what Laptop

[dale1uk]

Looking into getting a new laptop for keeping records for my personal training work and have around £500 to spend. Not had a laptop for a few years and not clued up on what to look for so looking for some advice. As said mostly to be used for work related programs but also like a bit of Football Manager.
Any advice on models to look out for would be good.

 

[Boogle]

Centrino - thats all you need. Go for the weight and size you're after, and of course as good value as you can But for general records, any Centrino is good. You might want to look into the Samsung Q1 (its £681 including a leather organiser and keyboard), but its very small. I would imagine it would be handier for training. It plays Halo 2 (movie on YouTube).

 

[dale1uk]

Thanks for the input, its mostly the cpu side of things I'm not clued up to with laptops, so I'll look into the centrino's that fall in my budget.

 

[dale1uk]

Any Good??

Had a look around and came over this, is it any good??

Item : MSI Megabook M662 Yonah 1.6Ghz, 15.4TFT,1Gb,80Gb,HP-H
Brand/Model : MSI M662-060UK
CPU Type : Intel® Yonah
CPU Included : T2300 1.66HGz (65 nm; dual core) with 667MHz FSB
VGA Chipset : Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950
Memory Type : DDR2 400/533/667MHz SO-DIMM x 2 slot
Max. Memory : 2Gb
Memory Included : 1Gb
Hard Drive : 80gb ide
Optical Device : super multi DVD RW
LAN : Build-in Gigabit Ethernet LAN, Build-in 802.11b /
Sound : Realtek 882 , 2 Speakers (1.5W)
Card Reader : 4-in-1 Card Reader, SD/MMC/MS/Mspro
Power Source : Li-Ion 6 cells (4400mAh)
Screen Size : 15.4 Inches
Screen Type : TFT Super Glare Type WXGA
Operating System : Microsoft Windows® XP Home
Colour : Silver
Dimensions (wxhxd)-(mm) : 358 x 27 ~ 33 x 259
PC Card Slot : PCMCIA 2.1, Type II x 1
Modem : Built-in Modem Module
Carry Bag : No
Special Features : Built-In CMOS Camera 1.3M Pixel
Weight (kg) : 5.00
Price : £444.95 + vat (£522.82)