Please Please help! Buying LAPTOP this week!

[Psychedellion]

Thankyou for reading this

I'm a graphic design student and I'm looking for a good but affordable laptop for uni/college.

I need it to run design programs such as Adobe's CS2 Suite which includes;

• PHOTOSHOP
• ILLUSTRATOR
• & INDESIGN.

I looked at Acer's Aspire range because I thought it would suite my budget of
£400 - £600.

Please could you tell me what your opinion is of this particular model. I thought due to the heavy usage of design programs and video editing I would need quite a niffty processor speed so I though 2.0GHz Would snuggley suit my budget.

And also if you could enlighten me on what are the disadvantages of intergrated graphics?

Thankyou


Acer Aspire 5101 AWLMi Laptop
# Processor: Mobile AMD MK-36 Turion 2.0GHz Processor
# RAM: 1024MB DDR2-533MHz - Low Cost Double Memory Offer -
# Hard Drive: 100GB
# Screen: 15.4" Widescreen TFTwith CrystalBrite Technology
# Optical Drive: DVD±RW Super Multi
# Graphics: ATI Radeon® Xpress 1100 integrated 3D graphics
# Wireless LAN: 802.11b/g - Call for advice on Wireless Networking
# Warranty: 1 Year - Upgradeable to 3 Years!
# Operating System: Windows XP Media Center Edition - FREE Upgrade To Windows Vista
# Windows Vista Compatible
# Fast Ethernet 10/100
# Built-In 0.3 MegaPixel Camera
# Flash Memory Card Reader (MMC, MS, MS-pro, SD, SM, XD

LINK: http://www.acernotebooks.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_5101_AWLMi_Laptop_LX.ABH0J.083/version-1.asp

 

[The_Other_One]

It should do just fine. Don't expect it to be a great gamming laptop, but it should be fine for anything else.

 

[Psychedellion]

Thankyou for your help xx

 

[apj101]

And also if you could enlighten me on what are the disadvantages of intergrated graphics?

for your pusposes this will be fine, however if you where to start gaming (or going crAZy! with 3d rendering) you may want a dedicated card