spec me a shiny new laptop

[tom_e]

Well my laptop has just given up the ghost and by the time ive sourced the parts and spent time fitting them its a better idea just to get a nice new one.

Ive been looking at a Vostro 1500 with this spec:-

OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Business - English
SUPPORT SERVICES 1Yr Basic Warranty - Next Business Day Included - No Upgrade Selected
LCD 15.4" Wide Screen WXGA+ (1440 x 900) Display with TrueLife™
INTEGRATED WEBCAM Matte Jet Black without Camera
MEMORY 2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM (2x1024)
HARD DRIVE 120GB (5400rpm) SATA Hard Drive
GRAPHICS CARD 128MB nVidia® GeForce® 8400M GS
OPTICAL DRIVE Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive
PRIMARY BATTERY Primary 6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (56 WHr)

Which comes in at £433

Is there anything else that will give me a similar spec for the cash? Ive got a top budget of around £500

 

[tom_e]

That was with the 1.6 c2d, I use my laptop for pretty much everything from web browsing, video watching, encoding, programing and light gaming.
The spec of my last one was a 1.7 pentium m centrino with 1gb of ram and a nvidia 5200go so anything will be a good improvement.
Ive just had another play and using the same spec as above but adding a 2.0 c2d and the 8600m, do you think its worth the extra £100 bringing the total price to £533.
Im considering grabbing an extended 9 cell battery from an online retalier as dell dont seem to offer it when customising