Laptop buying advice

sandaig

New Member
Hi,
I've been planning to purchase a laptop and with the January sales round the corner it might be a good time to do so. I'll be connecting to the internet probably using a Vodaphone Express Card and the main use will be for internet betting, where speed will be important, and general web surfing. I'm not really interested in gaming (apart from online poker :)) and storage space for photos, music etc is not important. From previous research I think I'd be looking for the following :-

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium
2GB Memory
120GB Hard Drive
15.4" Screen
2048MB DDRII Memory
Dedicated Graphics

Are any of the above more than I really need and what else should I be adding to this list?
I'd be grateful for any advice on any laptops under £700 that would suit my needs.

Thanks.
 
After much research the SONY VAIO VGN-FZ21E at £640 seems to tick all the boxes and more - I wanted a fast processor as well. I imagine I may be buying a lot more than I need - as I said internet performance/speed is the most important issue. It's the preference for dedicated graphics that seems to be limiting my choice, is this really so important here?
Any advice welcome.
Thanks.

Brand SONY
Processor Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor model number T7250
Processor speed 2 GHz
Processor bus 800 MHz
Processor cache 2 MB
Memory (RAM) 2048 MB
Storage (hard drive) 160 GB
SATA storage Yes
Screen size 15 inches
Screen type Widescreen
Rotating screen Not featured
Built-in wireless networking Yes
Wired networking Yes
Gigabit LAN Yes
Optical drive Plays & records CDs and DVDs
Lightscribe technology Not featured
Blu-Ray compatible No
HD compatible No
Operating system Windows Vista Home Premium
Application software MicrosoftWorks
Shared graphics Not featured
Dynamic graphics Not featured
Dedicated graphics 831 MB (NVIDIA GeFORCE 8400M GT dedicated video
memory of 64MB)
Built-in fingerprint reader Not featured
USB 2.0 slots 3
Firewire 6 pin
Media card slots Memory stick
PC card slots 1
Speakers Standard
Built-in bluetooth Not featured
Built-in webcam Yes
Watch & record live TV Not featured
Battery life (maximum) 2.5 hours
Laptop weight (kg) 2.8 kg
Premier Collection No
Other features
33/1.3watts :in use/powered-down power consumption
Dial-up modem included
Internal sound card
Supports Double layer & Dual Format +/- recording
 
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