Min specs for Laptop

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Hi Everyone looking to buy a new laptop, quite tempted by a mac but price and jumping into the unknown are putting me off a bit so re a Windows type of one what is the minimum spec I should be looking for and any model recommendations?
My requirements: mainly for business so all normal applications to run quite fast, battery life would be a main priority, a bit of gaming but not the main requirement, obviously decent amount of memory and HD space needed also, question never had a laptop before so can you hook up a mouse and a big monitor as well out of interest?

Kind Regards

 

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Thanks Alexroseuk1 for your quick reply and your insight, any particular models you favour, i've looked at Acer, Samsung models but are they really any good?
some reviews seem to think so Acer 8930g and Samsung R610 are thought of quite highly!

 

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Thanks again, like te extended warrenty bit thanks for that def see the advantage, might look a bit more at Samsung and HP

Regards