Please help - Need a laptop but not sure where to start!

caliwen

I'm not quite a technophobe, I know my way around a computer, but when it comes ot specifications or what to look for in a laptop, I'm clueless.

I'm not looking for the cheapest option, Im getting some financial assistance to purchase it, and would rather get one I can use for the life of my uni course (so ideally til 2012), but obviously don't want to pay over the odds.

So I was wondering if someone could maybe point me in the right direction, or tell me if there's anything in particular I should be looking for please?

I predominantly want it for uni work (I have maths related software that requires 256mb RAM) and I'm a bit of a World of Warcraft addict!

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

DCFC79

What kind of budget would you like to spend, since you play WoW id look for min of 2GB at least,

check this thread out, theres some in there

BillScarab

Personally, my first port of call would https://www.dmxdimension.com and see what the best deals are on Dells at the moment.

Conor_3

You're going to be needing a new battery about 18 months in so make sure it's a brand name and not an E! Systems or Advent which are notoriously hard to get cheap batteries for a couple of years later. 2GB of RAM would be nice but Vista can live with 1GB quite well. Try and avoid glossy screens.