New Laptop

[Jme]

I'm thinking of getting myself a Dell Studio 17 laptop.
I've seen some good reviews and I think it's perfect for what I'd be doing with it - Multimedia development & web development.

http://i.dell.com/images/global/products/root/laptop_studio_17_295.jpg

Specs:
17 Widescreen WXGA+ CCFL (1440x900) TFT Display with TrueLife™
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T5750 (2.0 GHz, 667 MHz FSB, 2 MB L2 Cache)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium SP1- English
256MB ATI Mobility RADEON HD 3650
2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
250GB (5400RPM) SATA Hard Drive
Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Slot Load Drive including Software

Decent resolution, good processor, decent gfx for a laptop, and a decent ammount of ram and disk space.

for this, £499

It also has a built in 2mp webcam, and the option of a fingerprint reader which I'm not including.

If anyone knows any decent laptops similar specs that are cheaper, let me know. I don't want to spend over £500 as I'm forking out the whole lot from my student loan.

[Flisker]

Id say go for the Dell laptop!

[Jme]

Yeah it's probably the best i'm gonna get for £500 or less

[Why2u]

Don't go for Dell. They suck. The motherboards for that model and the batteries for that model don't work that well.

[Leetzgirl]

DOnt get SATA HARDDRIVE PLS

[Jme]

Why not?

[Earthquake]

My cousin has this, its great! I recommend you to get this.

[Fehm]

Wow, this is sorta ironic.

Never had a dell before in my life. 2 week ago, i bought one! And ive loved it. The speed is great, and graphics are good (dell inspiron 1720) bought mine for £400 and its been fine.

Eerr... Built in webcam, has amazing quality with no blurriness ive seen.
I know its not the same as your one, but Dell are definately out there in the top Laptop/Notebook producers

Good luck on your decision =]

[Jme]

Wow, this is sorta ironic.

Never had a dell before in my life. 2 week ago, i bought one! And ive loved it. The speed is great, and graphics are good (dell inspiron 1720) bought mine for £400 and its been fine.

Eerr... Built in webcam, has amazing quality with no blurriness ive seen.
I know its not the same as your one, but Dell are definately out there in the top Laptop/Notebook producers

Good luck on your decision =]

Thanks, I think i'm gonna go with the Studio 17 :D

[Recursion]

Very good choice :P

[Johno]

Looks like a good laptop, styled pretty nicely too :)

[Chippiewill]

Wow, this is sorta ironic.

Never had a dell before in my life. 2 week ago, i bought one! And ive loved it. The speed is great, and graphics are good (dell inspiron 1720) bought mine for £400 and its been fine.

Eerr... Built in webcam, has amazing quality with no blurriness ive seen.
I know its not the same as your one, but Dell are definately out there in the top Laptop/Notebook producers

Good luck on your decision =]

Have fun with (In the order that i got to talk with them):

Ravi
Tarun Kumar Vaish
Sumbul (He says stuff which isn't on the flowchart or they got a new one)

The entire Dell Support staff!

If you are going to get a dell make sure that it has a decent build quality and check that the power adapter doesn't break easily (I have had 3 so far).To be fair though when they work they are incredibly good and if you get the right ones the warranty can be exceptionally good (except the indian people insisting the CPU is not working when your *optical drive* is the problem )

[The Professor]

Have to agree with the above, Dell tech support is horrible and I've managed to break a charger too. The laptops seem great though, it was only the free one that came with AOL but its served me well when my PC died.

[Recursion]

What smart being on earth uses AOL!? I expected better from you Alex ;)

Have fun! I've personally found Dell support awesome, just my 2 cents.

[Coldplay]

My mum's got that laptop, it's really good.

[Prof-Alex]

What smart being on earth uses AOL!? I expected better from you Alex ;)

Have fun! I've personally found Dell support awesome, just my 2 cents.

my mother who liked the laptop idea and pays the bills ;)