£600 - £700 Laptop Purchase. Help!

Tayl

Tayl

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Hey all.

Right, my PC has finally decided to give up on me after many years of abuse and use and now I'm in the market for a decent laptop (sick and tired of lugging around a desktop set now that staying in one place for any longer than a year is a bit non-existent at the moment).

Budget: £600 - £700 (the nearer to £600 the better, definitely no more than £700 bang on).
User Needs: Web programming, digital art manipulation, light gaming (nothing heavy, something like World of Warcraft on max graphics with ease abilities).
Screen size: 15" if possible. 17" would be ok but 15" would be more ideal.
Graphics: Needs to be dedicated, not integrated/shared.

I've been looking at this build on the Dell website:

Base:
Intel® Core™ i5-520M (2.4GHz, 4 Threads, turbo Boost up to 2.93GHz, 3MB cache) 356660 1 [210-30964] 1
Microsoft Operating System:
Genuine Windows® 7 Professional, 64bit, English 301478 1 [619-18919][640-10785][640-11714] 11
Microsoft Application Software:
Microsoft® Works 9.0 / English - (Does not include Microsoft® Word) 199678 1 [630-12198] 1002
Memory:
4096MB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [2x2048] 292435 1 [370-15860] 3
Hard Drive:
500GB (5400RPM) Serial ATA Hard Drive 195285 1 [400-15845] 8
Video Card:
512MB ATI Mobility RADEON HD 4570 Graphics Card 356669 1 [490-11931] 6
Optical Devices:
DVD +/- RW Drive (read/write CD & DVD) with DVD Burn software 367511 1 [429-14971] 16
Primary Battery:
Primary 6-cell 56 WHr Lithium Ion battery 160462 1 [451-10559] 112
LCD:
15.6" High Definition (1366x768) WLED 356670 1 [230-11303] 760
Keyboard:
Internal UK/Irish Qwerty Keyboard 200479 1 [583-12488] 4
Wireless Networking:
Intel® Wireless LAN 6200 2x2 802.11a/b/g/n card (EUR) 356695 1 [555-12844] 19
Camera:
2.0 Mega pixel Integrated Web Camera 292424 1 [319-10317] 379
Cables:
1 Meter Power Cord (3 Wire) - UK 181871 1 [450-12188] 20
Shipping Documents:
English Documentation 356677 1 [340-21101] 21
Gedis Bundle Reference:
N0255803 371659 1 [200-64797] 22
Standard Warranty:
1 year of coverage included with your PC 321937 1 [754-56794] 29
Order Information:
Studio 1558 Order - UK 362816 1 [799-14519] 111
Carrying Cases:
No Carrying Case 159233 1 [460-10282] 118
Dell System Media Kit:
Studio 1558 Resource DVD (Diagnostic & Drivers) 356697 1 [340-21119] 319
Power Supply:
90W AC Adaptor 356671 1 [450-14482] 1015
PalmRest:
Silver chainlink palm rest – with Black Chainlink cover only 273738 1 [214-10166] 55
Accidental Damage Support:
No Accidental Damage Support 327717 1 [755-10532] 463
Labels:
Wireless Label CI5 340674 1 [555-12738] 750
DataSafe (Services Owned):
Datasafe Local 2.0 Basic 284130 1 [640-11632] 813
Services and Support:
2Yr In-Home Warranty Support, including evenings and Saturdays 348718 1 [754-57883] 30
Online Backup:
DataSafe Online Backup 2GB 1 year 181708 1 [759-10298][764-10281] 467
Colour Choice:
Black chainlink 292425 1 [320-10979] 380
Laptop Carrying Cases:
Belkin Neoprene Sleeve for Notebooks up to 15.6" - Notebook sleeve - 15.6" - jet, cabernet 460-11063 1 [460-11063] 5292
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What do you think of that spec for £652?

Can anyone recommend another laptop for a similar price or better that matches / excels that spec specified above?

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Tayl.
 
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Tayl

Tayl

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Thanks for the response. Would I notice much of a difference between those two processors? And I'm assuming the Radeon 5650 is better than the 4570?
 
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daisymtc

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Tayl

Tayl

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Ah brilliant. Thanks for the links and replies. That does seem a by far better option for my money.
 
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