Well I ended up with Dell Studio 15 with the following spec laptop for £458.99 delivered
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Colour Option: [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Studio Topo Pattern Design with Midnight Blue U Trim [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
Processor: [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]T8100 Intel Penryn Core2 Duo 2.10GHz (3MB Cache, 800MHz FSB) [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
Memory[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]: [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] 4GB (4096MB) DDR2 800MHz[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Hard Drive: [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] 250GB Serial (SATA) 5400 RPM[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
Display/Screen: [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]15.4" 1280x800 (WXGA) CCFL Widescreen Display with TrueLife[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Optical drive: [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]DVD-ReWriter Drive[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
Graphics Card: [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] ATI Mobility RADEON HD 3450 Graphics with 256MB RAM[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
Webcam: [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]No Integrated Webcam[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Sound Card: [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]IDT High Definition Audio[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
Wireless: [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Dell TrueMobile 1397 Wireless (A/B/G)[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]3G/Mobile Broadband: [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]No, Please See Upgrades Section Below For Availability[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Bluetooth: [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]NO, Please see Upgrades section below for availaility[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
Battery: [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Standard Life 6 Cell 53Whr/56WHr Lithium Ion Battery
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Keyboard: [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]UK English Layout (QWERTY) - Not Backlit[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Additional features: [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] - Full Size Keyboard
- 8-in-1 Multimedia Memory Card Reader
- Slot Load Optical Drive
- FireWire (For Video Editing etc)
- Broadband Ready Network Card
- Touchpad
- Built-in speakers & Microphone
- HDMI Output for watching High Definition Movies on external HD screen[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ports: [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]- 4 x USB 2.0
- 1 x Integrated 10/100/1000 LAN (RJ45)
- 1 x FireWire IEEE1394a
- 1 x VGA
- 1 x HDMI
- 1 x ExpressCard 54mm Slot
- Microphone/Headphone Sockets [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Software: [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]- Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
- DVD-Playing & CD/DVDWriting Software
- Open Office Software Suite[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Included: [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]- Battery[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
- Worldwide AC Adaptor/Charger (110v-240v)
- Recovery Media/Discs[/FONT]
So far I'm very pleased with it, seeing how I get on with Vista, I may replace it with XP, but thought I'd at least give it a chance.
Thanks for all the advice and opinions guys.
Kev