New Laptop. £1200->£1500 budget... suggestions?

[streetster]

Hey guys, been given the task of finding a laptop for one of my dads friends. I'm not really up with the latest info about laptops so I thought it would be best to put it to you guys.

Basically, the guy is a financial adviser, and just wants a fast + reliable laptop. He doesnt need any 3D capabilities, just something with a decent processor, decent amount of ram (1gb?), reasonable harddrive.. and a cd drive

What do you guys recommend? The budget is a max of £1500 but if a solution could be found thats much cheaper then thats (of course) good

was thinking something like an ibm (well lenovo ) thinkpad or something similar?

[Hans Voralberg]

Any specific requirement about weight at all ? If weight is not an issue then i recommend the Thinkpad T43 (http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx...avigationKey=0)

It's in no way cheap but well worth the data protection it provide. I got a T40 and drop it 2-3 times, no problem (lid closed). Also the recovery is quick and easy. Also hidden from user so no tinkering to worry bout.

[streetster]

Weight isnt too much of an issue, the laptop is mostly used either at his home or at the office - and the one which he is replacing was quite a heavy beast. £1,150 looks a reasonable price, would be good to get some other input though before i decide which to get him

[obvious]

If he's on the move then a Dell latitude X1 might suit ( http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/pr...dt1&l=en&s=bsd)

Still with Dell, the notebook advisor might be worth a look ( http://catalog.euro.dell.com/advisor...=en&cs=ukbsdt1)

[Hans Voralberg]

In term of security and data protection i could hardly think of anything better than IBM lappy.
This one looks good
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=283899

Pretty hefty spec there