can you find a better laptop than this for less that £500

[ninjaskull]

my gf is looking to buy a laptop for no more than £500, she has found a nice one for £476.76

here is the spec:

Processor AMD Turion X2 Dual Core (RM-72 2.10 GHz, 1MB L2 cache)
Screen 15.4" (High Definition BrightView Widescreen 1280x800)
Operating System Windows Vista Home Premium Edition
RAM HIGH (4096MB 4GB)
Hard Drive 250GB
Optical Drive DVD Rewriter (DVD Super Multi LightScribe Drive)
Graphics Dedicated (ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450 with upto 1533MB Total Graphics Memory with 256MB Dedicated)
Wireless LAN Wireless (802.11b/g Wireless)
Network Card 10/100/1000 Gigabit Fast Ethernet
Integrated Webcam HP Webcam with Stereo Integrated Microphone
Card Reader 5-in-1 card reader (SD//MS/MS-Pro/MMC/xD-Picture card™)
USB Ports 4x USB 2.0 Ports
Speakers Intergrated Stereo Speakers
Modem 56.6K Modem
VGA Port 1 External VGA Port
Kensington Lock Kensington lock slot
Charge Time 2.5 Hours
ExpressCard ExpressCard™/54 slot
HDMI 1 HDMI Connector
Firewire IEEE 1394 port
infrared Fast infrared (FIR) port
E-sata 1x Esata Connector
Battery Life 2-3 Hours (This Specific Model 2.5-hours)
Weight 2-3 Kg (This Model 2.72kg)
Warranty 1 Year, pick-up and return, parts and labour direct with HP
Software Recovery CD/DVD, Adobe® Reader®, CyberLink® DVD Suite, Symantec Internet Security Trial, Microsoft® Works 9.0 with Office Home and Student 2007 Trial


is there a better one for less than £500?

thanks in advance

Murray

 

[TheVoice]

What model HP is that?

The Dell Studio 15 for £499 is nice: Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 2.0 GHz, Vista Home Premium, 15" 1280x00 LED backlit display, 3GB of RAM, 250GB HDD, Radeon 3450. It's a better CPU than the AMD above, and the Studio 15s are quite solid and slick-looking laptops.

There's also the Inspiron 1525, bit chunkier than the Studio, but that does mean you can get a better spec for the money. For £450 you could get a decent spec (2.16GHz Core 2 Duo, 3GB of RAM, 320GB HDD) and use the remaining money to personalise the colour or upgrade the display resolution to 1440x900.