new laptop help please...

[my172]

i'm looking to get a laptop for around £400, now i don't know a hell of a lot about laptops or computers in general but my old man does, he's sent me a link for a dell laptop that he seems to think is quite good for the money.

This is it
http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/p...nspn_6400?c=uk&l=en&s=dhs&cs=ukdhs1&~lt=popup

can anyone tell me if this is good or bad or if it would be worth me getting on something else.
Any advice appreciated!!
Cheers!

 

[Chris1.4RT]

I'd be dubious it says 'upto 2gb ram'. what does it actually have?

Doesn't seem a bad laptop.

You can get pretty good deals on ebuyer. I've dealt with a few Acers and they are hard to beat for spec and price.

If you want to play games though forget it as you'd need to spend more than £400. You'd need a laptop with a decent graphics card.

 

[Chris1.4RT]

ah, I've just looked at the tech spec for the Dell and it's only got 512mb ram.

It'll be very slow running Vista on 512mb mind. You want at least 1gb ie twice 512mb.

check these out:
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/sear...ID=5&intCatID=10&intMfrID=174&bolShowAll=true

Good thing about ebuyer is you can read the customer reviews.

 

[my172]

Thanks,
i'm not really looking for gaming. i've just started using photoshop on a friends comp and want to get that plus put cubase on there for my music. Other than that can't think of anything else i'll want good spec for!
thanks for the advice! i'll have a look on ebuyer!!