Suggest a laptop for around £500 ish

sm9ai

Seen a few from the dell site

http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&oc=N05157

http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&oc=N05153a

http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?b=&c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&oc=N05643

Currently favoring the last one as it has a 6 cell battery, core 2 duo and 1 year warranty. (absolute top of budget though, slightly passed it to be honest)

So....

Anything any better out there for a similar price?
How does the 1501 compare with the 6400?
Windows Vista business vs Home Premium?

Middlers

I http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1935869537.1178909867@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccckaddklilmjdgcflgceggdhhmdfho.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=936718&category_oid=bought this one and have been very pleased so far.

Deleerious

Try https://www.musthave100.co.uk

Good laptops, great prices. Mine comes on Tuesday.

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emma396

http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/

my brother and i both bought acer laptops from that site. i've had mine for 1.5 years and my bro 0.5 years. no problems! he also got a free logitech mouse. we both paid £450ish.

Spendless_Dosh

I recently purchased a Dell Inspiron 1501 from WWW.MCSCOM.CO.UK
Came with a Dell 3 year on-site warranty for under £400.

Also try Dell Outlet and it's ebay shop (cosmetic damage e.g. scratched) for some really good deals.

Best of luck

Kezza25_2

buy a macbook, much better.

https://www.apple.com

sillygoose

you can walk into Aldi and pick up this one still for £459 - saw it today, looks good and the spec looks excellent. Aldi stuff is usually 3 years full cover.
http://www.medion.de/md98300/uk/noflash.html

I am kind of biased against Dell, but only on the experience of 2 years with a Lattitude 600 which has had 1 new power pack, 2 new motherboards, 1 new hard drive, all under warranty but its playing up again now. Build quality and design in my opinion are a bit hit and miss.