Guys i have a compaq f500 what do u think of me upgrading to this? is 499 a good price? Dell XPS M1710 Product Summary Processor Intel Core 2 Duo 2.1GHz Memory 4GB RAM Hard Drive 500GB Display 17.0" 1920x1200 (WUXGA) CCFL UltraSharp Widescreen Display with TrueLife Optical Drive DVD-ReWriter Drive Video nVidia GeForce Go 7900 GS with 256MB DDR3 RAM Soundcard Sigmatel STAC9750 AC97 SoundBlaster Compatible SoundCard Wireless Intel Wireless WiFi Link 3945ABG (A/B/G) Additional Features - Colour Changing LED Lights in Grilles/Speakers/Display - 8-in-1 Multimedia Memory Card Reader - FireWire (For Video Editing etc) - Broadband Ready Network Card - Internet Ready Modem - Touchpad - Built-in speakers & Microphone Ports - 6 x USB 2.0 - 1 x DVI - 1 x VGA - 1 x S-video - 1 x Firewire (IEEE 1394a) - 1 x RJ45 Ethernet port (10/100/1000) - 1 x RJ11 Modem Port - 1 x ExpressCard 54mm Slot - Microphone/Headphone Sockets Operating System Windows XP Warranty 1 year warranty
the missus is just movies, tv series and myself i like gaming.... this are the spec http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/ca/e...9199-78308301-78308301-78308301-79478604.html
I'm not sure about laptop prices in the UK, but this laptop is something that seems to be 2-3 years old already (physically it's not, but its hardware is getting outdated). I understand that you have a budget you need to stick to, but there's a point where cheap is too cheap. Now if all you're planning to do on this is word processing and internet surfing then that would be fine, and in fact I might even encourage you to go for a netbook rather than a laptop. Basically this laptop will work, but expect to feel like you're using a 4-5 year old machine after 1-2 years of use.
