Spec me an 11.6" laptop please... (original thread title of the year award)

[jim]

I have one month to get my hands on a small laptop - I've been to PC World, and decided that 11.6" is probably the best size. 13.3" was just a bit too big and heavy for my liking.

I want to avoid Atom if at all possible - just want something a bit quicker, and I'm intending to put an SSD in it at some point, so hard drive space/speed is irrelevant. Graphics performance is also irrelevant.

Windows 7 Home Premium or better is a must, Pro would be nice for Offline Files.

£500 is the absolute max, would prefer to spend a bit less though.

Considered so far, without much luck:

Dell Inspiron 11z - Pentium versions vanished off the market
Dell Inspiron M101z - battery life disappointing, not particularly taken with AMD in this segment... not against it though if it's the best choice
Acer Timeline 1830T - Duke Nukem syndrome in terms of UK availability, and I don't want to risk importing

[jim]

Go on, you know you want to

[jim]

Bump

[kevpuk]

How about the latest incarnation of the Packard Bell dot u ?

[usxhe190]

HP DM1
Toshiba T210

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

You can get the Acer Ferrari One for around £380 delivered:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002USCFW...SIN=B002USCFW6

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/172295...edium=products

Here are a few other 11.6" and 12.1" laptops for under £500 delivered:

http://www.ebuyer.com/search?sort=pr...imit=10&page=1

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/190375

[Sumanji]

Is there any chance you can wait a couple more months? Good things a-coming Ontario!

Su

[jim]

Thanks a lot for all of the suggestions, all of them were brilliant - spot on.

I've gone with the HP DM1 though - the Toshiba T210 was perfect, and the Ontario would've been perfect as well, but I managed to get the HP for £350 direct from HP (today), with some cashback on top.

Price was just too good to turn down

Thanks again, much appreciated!

[usxhe190]

All the best with your HP. It's a good little laptop that looks better than the Dell and Acer you were thinking of with good battery life.

[oolon]

Well I just got an alienware M11X r2 i7 thing but that is over your budget, I needed a laptop and had waited long enough for the vapourware 1830T, if your ordering from dell it could take over 2 weeks to arrive.