£700 Laptop

wiserommer · 28 Dec 2009 at 11:04

I'm currently in the process of deciding what laptop to buy. I'm looking for these characteristics..

- Between 11 and 13 inches
- Fast Processor
- Decent amount of ram (4Gig etc)
- Solid Gfx
- Very light

Hopefully, someone can recommend me a decent laptop.

thanks

broona · 28 Dec 2009 at 11:44

Dell Studio XPS 13 at £749 and 5% discount with this code, RR673598555CN, - http://configure.euro.dell.com/dell...d=122756&acd=43852bdbee1d7536e5f79b34e69f3e54

Or Dell Inspiron 13Z at £599 - http://configure.euro.dell.com/dell...d=122756&acd=86e7b54444a7f4e9f8cbc898bbd2ec75

box · 28 Dec 2009 at 12:33

If you're a student, I can highly recommend the MacBook Pro 13". You don't mention any OS requirements in your spec, but if you're happy with OSX, this laptop is on par with the Dell XPS in terms of value and will surpass it by far in terms of reliability and durability.

wiserommer · 28 Dec 2009 at 13:23

tim80bwi said:
If you're a student, I can highly recommend the MacBook Pro 13". You don't mention any OS requirements in your spec, but if you're happy with OSX, this laptop is on par with the Dell XPS in terms of value and will surpass it by far in terms of reliability and durability.

Believe me! i have researched and researched on the macbook, and i do agree it is perfect! BUT the only thing that holds me back is the lexibility of the OSX platform. Indeed, i could have a dual boot.

Randomface74 · 28 Dec 2009 at 13:38

You won't get all those things in a laptop for that price. You could in a desktop though.

wiserommer · 28 Dec 2009 at 13:46

billysielu said:
You won't get all those things in a laptop for that price. You could in a desktop though.

Thanks mate, but i want to stay sway from a desktop.

box · 28 Dec 2009 at 15:49

wiserommer said:
Believe me! i have researched and researched on the macbook, and i do agree it is perfect! BUT the only thing that holds me back is the lexibility of the OSX platform. Indeed, i could have a dual boot.

Would you mind me asking exactly what you intend to use the laptop for? Do you game?

wiserommer · 28 Dec 2009 at 22:34

tim80bwi said:
Would you mind me asking exactly what you intend to use the laptop for? Do you game?

Sorry i should have been more specific... yes, i do game (Football manager only) and it will be mainly used for word processing, surfing the web etc

Those kinds of things.

box · 28 Dec 2009 at 22:46

I say you buy the Macbook, then just create a tiny dual boot partition for Football Manager and boot into windows when you want to play. For me, the advantages and peace of mind of running OSX would outweigh the slight annoyance of having to dual boot into games. And besides, it will make work procrastination just that little bit harder!

DanTheMan · 28 Dec 2009 at 23:13

Sony CW1S1E, can be had for £650.

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo P7450 2.13GHz
Memory: 4GB
HD Capacity: 320GB
Display: 14"
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M 512MB
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)

It's an excellent piece of kit with great build quality and specs for the price.

Ollie83 · 28 Dec 2009 at 23:30

Football manager is both mac os and windows compatible. Has been for years

Buy a Macbook i say!

wiserommer · 29 Dec 2009 at 10:33

Ollie83 said:
Football manager is both mac os and windows compatible. Has been for years Buy a Macbook i say!

Wow, i didn't know that! I must admit i am swaying towards the macbook. I'll keep this thread updated in the future....thanks for all the responses.

wiserommer · 6 Jan 2010 at 13:43

I've been searching high and low, and still cannot find a decent laptop :/

Markachy · 6 Jan 2010 at 16:13

The Dell Studio 15 are going for a great price at the moment, with a Radeon 4570, and a very nice Core 2 Duo. For £700 you could get a lot of nice extras on it.

There is a thread going at the moment on it, I might pick one up next week. The deal ends today mind, but Dell just seem to cycle deals anyway so it will be back soon