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Hey guys. Could do with some advice on buying a laptop in the region of £400-£450. I have looked around a bit and found a few I thought were decent. These were some of them:
ThinkPad R61i £399.97
Intel Core Duo T2310 - 1.46GHz (x2), 553MHz FSB, 1MB L2 Cache
RAM: 1GB DDR2-667MHz (2x512MB)
Hard Drive: 120GB
Screen: 15.4" Widescreen TFT (1280x800)
Optical Drive: DVD±RW Super Multi Double Layer
Graphics: Intel X3100 - 256MB shared memory
Wireless LAN: 802.11a/b/g
Battery6 Cell Lithium-Ion
Weight: 2.99Kg
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium
Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000
Acer Aspire 5613AWLMi £399.97
Processor: Intel Core Duo T2350 1.86Ghz 667FSB 2MB L2 Cache
RAM: 1024MB DDR2-533MHz
Hard Drive: 120GB SATA
Screen: 15.4" TFT CrystalBrite (1200x800)
Optical Drive: DVD±RW Super Multi Double Layer
Graphics: Integrated Graphics supporting 224MB
Wireless LAN: 802.11a/b/g
Weight: 2.9Kg
Battery Life: 3 hours
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium Edition
Fast Ethernet 10/100
Lenovo 3000 N200 - £399.97
Core Duo T2330 1.6 GHz - 15.4" TFT
Dimensions (WxDxH) - 36 cm x 26.7 cm x 3.1 cm
Weight - 2.73 kg
Platform Technology - Intel Centrino Duo
Processor - Intel Core Duo T2330 / 1.6 GHz ( Dual-Core )
Cache Memory - 1MB - L2 Cache
RAM - 1GB DDR II SDRAM
Card Reader - 5 in 1
Hard Drive - 120 GB - Serial ATA-150 - 5400 rpm
Optical Storage - DVD-Writer - integrated
Display - 15.4" TFT WXGA active matrix VibrantView
Telecom - Fax / modem - 56 Kbps
Networking - Gigabit Ethernet, Wireless LAN
Fingerprint Reader - Integrated
Operating System - Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK53 Mobile Technology - £429.99
Memory: 2GB
HD Capacity: 160GB
Display: 15.4" WXGA High Definition BrightView Widescreen
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium
Optical Drive: Super Multi DVD Writer (+/-R +/-RW) with Double Layer support
Networking: 10/100 Ethernet LAN, Wireless 802.11b/g WLAN
Interface: 1 VGA port 3 USB 2.0 ports 1 RJ 11 modem connector 1 RJ 45 Ethernet connector S-video TV out 1 Headphone-out, 1 mic-in
I think that I may have found a better deal however (for £450) with this notebook:
Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Li 1718 Core 2 Duo T5300
Intel Core 2 Duo T5300 1.73GHz Processor
2048MB DDR2 RAM
160GB hard drive
15.4” TFT WXGA CrystalView display
DVDRW Dual Layer Optical Drive
Integrated Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11 b/g)
ATI Radeon X200M Graphics Chip
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition
Built in speaker
12 Months Collect & Return Warranty
In terms of what I want from the system I want to be able to play games such as CS Source and World of Warcraft - not so much at the highest resolutions (I realize that means spending more) but as least being able to play games of this kind of graphics quality to a good standard. For the price it asks (£450) does this system offer pretty much the best all-round package I'm gonna find? Or is one of the others above better to go for? Or are there any out there that I've missed that'd be best for me? Any feedback and advice would be very much appreciated.
ThinkPad R61i £399.97
Intel Core Duo T2310 - 1.46GHz (x2), 553MHz FSB, 1MB L2 Cache
RAM: 1GB DDR2-667MHz (2x512MB)
Hard Drive: 120GB
Screen: 15.4" Widescreen TFT (1280x800)
Optical Drive: DVD±RW Super Multi Double Layer
Graphics: Intel X3100 - 256MB shared memory
Wireless LAN: 802.11a/b/g
Battery6 Cell Lithium-Ion
Weight: 2.99Kg
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium
Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000
Acer Aspire 5613AWLMi £399.97
Processor: Intel Core Duo T2350 1.86Ghz 667FSB 2MB L2 Cache
RAM: 1024MB DDR2-533MHz
Hard Drive: 120GB SATA
Screen: 15.4" TFT CrystalBrite (1200x800)
Optical Drive: DVD±RW Super Multi Double Layer
Graphics: Integrated Graphics supporting 224MB
Wireless LAN: 802.11a/b/g
Weight: 2.9Kg
Battery Life: 3 hours
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium Edition
Fast Ethernet 10/100
Lenovo 3000 N200 - £399.97
Core Duo T2330 1.6 GHz - 15.4" TFT
Dimensions (WxDxH) - 36 cm x 26.7 cm x 3.1 cm
Weight - 2.73 kg
Platform Technology - Intel Centrino Duo
Processor - Intel Core Duo T2330 / 1.6 GHz ( Dual-Core )
Cache Memory - 1MB - L2 Cache
RAM - 1GB DDR II SDRAM
Card Reader - 5 in 1
Hard Drive - 120 GB - Serial ATA-150 - 5400 rpm
Optical Storage - DVD-Writer - integrated
Display - 15.4" TFT WXGA active matrix VibrantView
Telecom - Fax / modem - 56 Kbps
Networking - Gigabit Ethernet, Wireless LAN
Fingerprint Reader - Integrated
Operating System - Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK53 Mobile Technology - £429.99
Memory: 2GB
HD Capacity: 160GB
Display: 15.4" WXGA High Definition BrightView Widescreen
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium
Optical Drive: Super Multi DVD Writer (+/-R +/-RW) with Double Layer support
Networking: 10/100 Ethernet LAN, Wireless 802.11b/g WLAN
Interface: 1 VGA port 3 USB 2.0 ports 1 RJ 11 modem connector 1 RJ 45 Ethernet connector S-video TV out 1 Headphone-out, 1 mic-in
I think that I may have found a better deal however (for £450) with this notebook:
Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Li 1718 Core 2 Duo T5300
Intel Core 2 Duo T5300 1.73GHz Processor
2048MB DDR2 RAM
160GB hard drive
15.4” TFT WXGA CrystalView display
DVDRW Dual Layer Optical Drive
Integrated Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11 b/g)
ATI Radeon X200M Graphics Chip
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition
Built in speaker
12 Months Collect & Return Warranty
In terms of what I want from the system I want to be able to play games such as CS Source and World of Warcraft - not so much at the highest resolutions (I realize that means spending more) but as least being able to play games of this kind of graphics quality to a good standard. For the price it asks (£450) does this system offer pretty much the best all-round package I'm gonna find? Or is one of the others above better to go for? Or are there any out there that I've missed that'd be best for me? Any feedback and advice would be very much appreciated.