Hey Guys,
I recently built the PC listed to the left under 'My System', and require a laptop for school. Previously, I have used a laptop as my primary system, for playing games as well as office programmes. However, I now need my own laptop for A-levels, and I'm debating quite what to do.
In effect, I have 2 options:
Option 1: Budget Laptop + Parts
I have in my possession a 1.7ghz Banias Pentium M, as well as some PC2700 2x512mb RAM. I would have thought that it would be plausible for me to buy a budget laptop using the old Pentium M socket, and fit these 3 components to enhance the speed to a level which would allow me to run Office 2007 and Vista comfortably. If anyone could suggest a laptop which is cheap and has (preferably) non-integrated graphics, which I could fit these components into for better performance, please say.
Option 2: Buy New
Due to my primary gaming system being a desktop now, I am interested in getting the cheapest laptop I can find with performance I require. Although Core 2 laptops are not yet widely available, I am looking for a Core 2 based laptop with 512mb/1gb of RAM. Although discrete graphics of any nature would be ideal, fairly decent integrated would be ok. Size is not an issue, and neither is the screen resolution. If anybody knows of laptops which may fit this profile, which are out now or soon to be released, please say. My budget is around £500, and is the case with Option 1, it needs to be able to run Office 2007 and ideally Vista comfortably.
Thanks for any help you can give.