laptop spec help please
what do you think of the price and spec of this laptop please
Toshiba Satellite A20-S103
Intel Desktop Pentium 4 2.8GHz
256MB RAM
40GB Hard Drive
Trident CyberALADDiN-P4™ 32MB
DVD 8x, CDRW 24x24x10x Optical Drive
Touchpad Mouse
86 key Keyboard
56K - V.90 Modem
TFT 15" Flatscreen
16 bit stereo & built-in speakers
3xUSB 2.0, IR, TV Out Ports
10/100 LAN
1 Year Collect and Return Warranty
SD Card slot
up to 3.3 hours Battery Time
Weighs 3.6 kg
Integrated Intel USB ADSL Modem
342 x 297 x 39 (front) / 50 (back) mm
£1199
or
Toshiba Tecra S1
Intel® Centrino™
256MB RAM
40GB Hard Drive
32MB ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON™ 9000 Graphics Card
Slim SelectBay DVD-ROM drive
weight : 2.92 kg
Lithium-ion 5.4 Battery
14.1 " TFT color display
1 x TV-out (NTSC/PAL; RCA connector), 1 x parallel (ECP), 3 x USB 2.0 ports
Wi-Fi™ Compliant.
V.90 56kbps modem
10/100 Base-TX
Built-in stereo speakers
86-key Keyboard
3-year international warranty
The package includes the following software:
Windows® XP Professional
How much will it cost?
£1,199.00 including VAT
i get a special offer from work. its cheaper interest free finance that is also tax free, and comes straight out of you wages


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Well (IIRC) Centrino is the marketing name for the latest Mobile Intel CPU coupled with a mobo supporting ALL of the advanced power saving features. So basically the P4 is likely to be a fair deal faster BUT will kill your battery. If you will be near a wall socket or want max power then P4 makes sense, if you need full mobility the Centrino easily wins.
As for the gfx, Trident are abysmal (TNT2 IIRC) whereas Rad9000 mobility are hugely better and will give you full DX8 & compatibility with GF3 type speeds. Rad9000 is about as good as any moderately sensibly priced laptop is going to get. GF4TI4200go 'mobile' is power hungry and only really comparable to Rad9000 thanks to LOW clocks. GF-FX & Rad9600 mobile variants should be out soon and are great mobile chips BUT will cost a bomb and be rare esp in anything but the highest laptops.
It depends upon your specific reqs and prefs but for me the Toshiba Tecra S1 easily wins.
