I want a laptop, under £650, moderately powerful and good looking
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best bet at a price of under £650 is the Dell Inspiron 6400\nhttp://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/inspn_6400?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs
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Yeah it's not bad for £499. Something like that wouldve cost £1500 1 or 2 years ago....laptop prices are falling all the time
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what is you budget pal??\nup to £300 you could get yourself a lenovo/ibm thinkpad t41. this is a very strong robust machine, also have a first class back up for all driver resources online.\navailable on ebay most days
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i don't know what that HP laptop costs, but when i see those specifications i would suggest once to have a look at the Dell E1505 with the Core Duo processor. i'm pretty sure you can customize it with the same specs (inclusive the TV card) at a lower price.
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If price isnt an option and durability and performance is check out alienware laptops I give them 100% props
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Where?!?!?!?!  I already have my credit card out, just point me in the right direction.  In all seriousness, you can get one for $400, but NOT with all the trimmings, in fact it probably won't have any trimmings.  $700 to $1500 is still what I would call pretty decent range for a good laptop.
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Dell comes to mind. Everybrand has good and bad models it mostly melts down to the stats.\n\n\nI suggest you get an AMD or Intel processor most of the new laptops will have powerful AMD or Intel processors. Of course I would grab dual core processor witch should be no problem almost every knew PC or laptop uses dual cores.\n\nYou will want at least 1GB of ram.\nYou will want at least 80GB of hard drive space probably more around 160GB.\n\nIf your main desire is gaming DO NOT get a laptop even the best and most expensive laptops are only half as good as the average desktop at gaming.  Many laptops can handle medium end gaming quite well but you will need to look into that before you buy it.   If your looking for something to web browse , play light or medium end games well , and look at video or pictures what I listed above will be enough.\n\nAlways research a PC before you buy it and get advice from at least 2 people because any 1 person can be wrong.\n\nSo ASK twice buy once....\n\nEdited--- I have not used much Laptops but I hear dells are ok. The one you hate will probably be a lot different from a new modern laptop or desktop but If you looking at a desktop dells suck. Go with HP if you can they rock!  But I away custom build myself witch if you were into gaming I would for sure go custom but your not.  From what you say your looking for almost any average laptop or Desktop thats HP or Dell will be good.  I like HP over dell for sure when it comes to desktops I would never touch a Dell desktop. But when it comes to laptops Dell it high up on the charts right now.   \n\nRemember AMD or Intel dual core CPU. 1GB or ram or more and at least 80GB hard drive place.  Get that and you will be laughing from viewing videos , pictures and web browsing. Note with this setup you can also multitask this is no weak PC.  Remember the newer the better.
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buy any hp dual processor laptop you can get good one for 1000 dollars. i would recommend buying it from circuit city/compusa. they will have good sale on thanksgiving. hp laptops have this cool feature called quick play, you can watch movies, enjoy music on your laptop without loading windows and they have a remote control so they are just like DVD players
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Try the following brand which has your price range:\n\n1.) HP/Compaq Presario Series\n\n2.) Dell Dimension series\n\n3.) Acer\n\n4.) Lenovo\n\n5.) Toshiba\n\nGood luck!
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dell has good deals for a little over 600$\n- try the inspirion range\nboth the inspirion E1505 & E1405 are priced 699\n-- just wait 4 few days, hopefully better deals on these two should be on dell site\nhttp://www.dell.com
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wel!! thats not such a baaad budget!\nyou can tyr the HP nx6325 notebook, its got the AMD Turion 64 X2 processor  which is the best in its category and its the fastest as well ans for $ 1049, its wel under ur budget!! all you can do is upgrade the RAM to 1 GB DDR800 RAM and thats it!! but you might consider the display is limited at 1024 x 768, if ur watchin movies and editin photos this is OK, but for gaming it might not be!!\naniwayz, if u ask me, i'd take this come-what-may!!
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Your needs vs. your wallet came across to me as the Alienware Area-51 m5500. It is a lot more durable then a Dell or HP/Compaq, better priced then an IBM and should be able to do everything you need efficiently and affordably.  Check it out at: http://www.alienware.com/product_detail_pages/Area-51_m5500/area-51m_features.aspx?SysCode=PC-LT-AREA51-M-5500&SubCode=SKU-DEFAULT&source=1925
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My suggestion is to get an HP laptop and without any hesitation I would get one with a centrino process. Additionally if you are not going to be mobile you will appreciate a 17" wide screen. I would also consider 1GB of Ram and 100 GB hard drive. Good luck.\n\nI would also consider and AMD Turion processor.
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Bought an Acer 5101 from http://www.cocc.co.uk a month ago..£395 incl post. Vista premium ready,DVD Superdrive++...Blows any run -of -the- mill £400 PC World machine out of the water..Ordered on a Sunday, I was tapping away on Tuesday..:)
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Emachines will be a bum. I am getting a dell. My sister has a HP Laptop and it is OK. I heard a lot of great stuff about a Compaq. I still would take a dell
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choose any modern laptop with a good amount of RAM, I suggest no less than 1GB.
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Check out Dell... You can get discount coupons at deals2buy.com. You can have really good configuration for $1,000 to $1,300 + Tax if applicable.\nIf you dont have budget constraints then go for Apple's MacBook Pro. At $2,499 you can get a 2.16 GHz, 1 GB RAM and 100 GB Hard Drive beauty.