I need a laptop (Up to £800)

[DazG]

Hi Peeps!

I am looking at buying my first laptop and I am sick of sharing a desktop!

I have a budget of £800.

I've been looking at Dell XPS laptops and this is what I have been offered for £770:

-Intel® Core 2 Duo Processor T9300 (2.50 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 6 MB L2 cache)
-Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium SP1- English
-2.0 mega pixel Camera & Tuxedo Black for CCFL Display
-15.4" Widescreen WXGA (1280x800) TFT Display with TrueLife
-4096MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x2048]
-500GB Serial ATA (5400RPM) Hard Drive
-NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 8600M GT with 256MB dedicated graphic memory
-Fixed 8x DVD+/-RW Slim Slot Load drive

Can anyone recommend anything else for a similiar spec and price?

I've been looking at Sony Vaio's as well.

Cheers

Darren

 

[Thornesy]

You could look at other brands ... such as ROCK or Alienware too...

 

[DazG]

You could look at other brands ... such as ROCK or Alienware too...

I've looked at Alienware laptops but they start at pretty much £1000, which is too much.

Not heard of ROCK though, I'll google that

Thanks!

 

[Thornesy]

Rock make performance ones.. worth comparing specs of different brands..

Dell one you're looking at sounds a decent spec

 

[DazG]

Rock make performance ones.. worth comparing specs of different brands..

Dell one you're looking at sounds a decent spec

I'll do some comparing shortly!

That Dell is hard to beat...my dads had a Dell laptop for the last 5 years and it hasn't broken once!

 

[DazG]

The only thing that comes close to my budget is the Rock xtreme 770 which is £799.

The graphics card is the only thing better on it, 512mb vs 256mb

 

[Gumby]

You tried speccing up a Dell Vostro?

 

[Thornesy]

The dell certainly looks good... does it come with 3 yr warranty do you know?

 

[DazG]

You tried speccing up a Dell Vostro?

Not tried that yet, I'll have a go!

The dell certainly looks good... does it come with 3 yr warranty do you know?

It comes with 1Yr XPS Premium Warranty Support - Priority Call In and Onsite Support

 

[Gumby]

Or try the Dell Outlet come to think of it. You can get some bargains there!

 

[DazG]

Or try the Dell Outlet come to think of it. You can get some bargains there!

Thanks for the idea but I couldn't find anything I am looking for on there at present!

 

[Pettsi]

Does it have to be 100& windows?

 

[DazG]

Does it have to be 100& windows?

Yep!