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Hi,

I've been planning to purchase a laptop and with the January sales round the corner it might be a good time to do so. I'll be connecting to the internet probably using a Vodaphone Express Card and the main use will be for internet betting, where speed will be important, and general web surfing. I'm not really interested in gaming (apart from online poker ) and storage space for photos, music etc is not important. From previous research I think I'd be looking for the following :-



Intel Core 2 Duo Processor

Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium

2GB Memory

120GB Hard Drive

15.4" Screen

2048MB DDRII Memory

Dedicated Graphics



Are any of the above more than I really need and what else should I be adding to this list?

I'd be grateful for any advice on any laptops under ?00 that would suit my needs.



Thanks.

    
sandaig

After much research the SONY VAIO VGN-FZ21E at ?40 seems to tick all the boxes and more - I wanted a fast processor as well. I imagine I may be buying a lot more than I need - as I said internet performance/speed is the most important issue. It's the preference for dedicated graphics that seems to be limiting my choice, is this really so important here?

Any advice welcome.

Thanks.



Brand SONY

Processor Intel Core 2 Duo

Processor model number T7250

Processor speed 2 GHz

Processor bus 800 MHz

Processor cache 2 MB

Memory (RAM) 2048 MB

Storage (hard drive) 160 GB

SATA storage Yes

Screen size 15 inches

Screen type Widescreen

Rotating screen Not featured

Built-in wireless networking Yes

Wired networking Yes

Gigabit LAN Yes

Optical drive Plays & records CDs and DVDs

Lightscribe technology Not featured

Blu-Ray compatible No

HD compatible No

Operating system Windows Vista Home Premium

Application software MicrosoftWorks

Shared graphics Not featured

Dynamic graphics Not featured

Dedicated graphics 831 MB (NVIDIA GeFORCE 8400M GT dedicated video

memory of 64MB)

Built-in fingerprint reader Not featured

USB 2.0 slots 3

Firewire 6 pin

Media card slots Memory stick

PC card slots 1

Speakers Standard

Built-in bluetooth Not featured

Built-in webcam Yes

Watch & record live TV Not featured

Battery life (maximum) 2.5 hours

Laptop weight (kg) 2.8 kg

Premier Collection No

Other features

33/1.3watts :in use/powered-down power consumption

Dial-up modem included

Internal sound card

Supports Double layer & Dual Format +/- recording

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sandaig

Dell XPS m1730 Is the most powerfull gaming laptop..... GET IT lol

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