Best UK laptop for about £600?

[Mubbers]

Help!

I need to buy a laptop for the family which must be able to run games such as SIMs and other stuff. SIMS seems quite intense on processing so the machine cannot be a wimp!

I've been looking at this Dell :£637 all in

Dell™ Vostro 1510 NB

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T5870 (2.0 GHz, 2 MB L2 Cache, 800 MHz FSB),
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium SP1 - English,
256 MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8400M GS (64 bit) Graphic Card,
320GB (5400rpm) SATA Hard Drive,
4096MB (2x2048) 667MHz DDR2 Dual Channel

Which seems reasonably spec'd. Is it? I've lost touch a bit recently so any pointers in this market would be useful.

Cheers

Mubbers

 

[LordOfLA]

Vostro is Dell's business line up. XPS is their gaming series.

Anythig Dell or HP (HDX are the high-end gaming laptops) is good these days. I'd say HP have the edge though.

SIMS is processor intensive, though a core 2 duo will eat it for breakfast with the whole australian outback to spare

 

[Henyman]

Go for a Dell

Components
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T6400 (2.0 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 2 MB L2 Cache)

Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium SP1 - English

Microsoft® Works 9.0 with Home and Student Trial - English

1 Year Limited Warranty - Collect & Return

Jet Black Colour with Matte Finish

17.0" Widescreen WXGA+ CCFL (1440x900) TFT Display with TrueLife™

3072MB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [1x2048 + 1x1024]

2.0 Mega pixel Integrated Web Camera - CCFL

250GB (5400RPM) SATA Hard Drive

Intel Integrated GMA 4500MHD

Fixed Internal DVD+/-RW Slot Load Drive including Software

Primary 6-cell 56 WHr Lithium Ion battery

Internal UK English Qwerty Keyboard

No security option selected


Accessories
No Mobile Broadband Selected

No Carrying Case

No Bluetooth Upgrade

Dell Wireless 1397 Mini Card (802.11 b/g)

£529 Delivered for an example, can obviusly upgrade the ram etc during selection

also i have a 10% discount code on orders over £499 if you want it

 

[Mubbers]

I went for the M1530 2.4 GHZ XPX from Dell - in bubblegum pink for my daughter!