Best British Laptop?

[Mubbers]

A question I asked a while back but never got round to buying.

Currently, for around the £1100 mark what is the best laptop I can get in Britain?

I'm keen on A DVD writer a good graphics card and Speed.

Thanks

Mubbers

 

[Henyman]

i am also intrested, i was looking @toshiba ones (without widescreen):

TOSHIBA A30-714
# Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz Mobile Processor
# 512 Mb RAM Memory
# 40 Gb Hard Drive
# DVD Rom & CD ReWriter Drive
# 15" TFT Screen
# 64Mb Intel 852GME Graphics
# Microsoft Windows XP Home & Worksuite
# 2 x USB Connections
# 1 x Firewire Connection
# 1 Year FREE Warranty


only down side is no mention of a wireless card? outherwise i was very tempted 😉

 

[Mubbers]

Yeah not bad, I was looking at the Sony Vaio GTR. Which has nVidia graphics in it. I've also seen some with a Radeon 9600 xt? card in but odn't remember which make 🙁

 

[rushm001]

I have got a Sony Vaio Laptop. Very solid make!

 

[Mubbers]

I spotted this from Soporano own brand from novatech for £1100:


O/S................... XPP
Screen............... 15.0" XGA TFT
Processor............ Intel Pentium 4
Processor Speed... 3.0GHz
Memory.............. 1024MB PC2700 333MHz DDR
Hard Drive .......... 60GB
Drive.................. CDRW/DVD Combo Drive
Modem.............. 56K/V.90 Internal
AGP Graphics...... 64MB Nvidia GeForce Go
Sound............... SoundBlaster Pro Compatible
Floppy Drive....... No
Memory Slots..... 2 x DIMMs
Networking Port... 1 x 10/100 RJ45
Serial Port.......... No
Parallel Port........ Yes
Ext Monitor Port... Yes
RJ11 Modem Port.. Yes
TV Port.............. 1 x S-Video Out
USB Ports........... 4 x USB 2.0
PCMCIA Port........ 1 x Type II
Infra Red Trans.... Yes
Mini PCI Slot....... Yes
Firewire Port....... Yes
AC Adaptor Yes
Internal Battery Lithium Ion Battery
Touchpad Yes
Scroll Button Yes
Dimensions (mm) 39h x 332w x 285d
Warranty 12 Mths RTB
Weight 3.4Kg w/ battery
Notes Antenna Built-in (Requires Adaptor)

 

[Syrus]

try www.meshcomputers.com

 

[rushm001]

Sony Vaio Vaio FR415S - £1,173.82 inc VAT

Intel® Pentium 4® 2.8GHz
15” (38.1cm) Onyx Black LCD
DVD+/-RW
512MB
ATI RADEON IGP 345 (Up to 128mb)
60GB HDD
Floppy Disc Drive
Memory stick slot (MS Pro)
3 x USB 2.0 ports
Sony Updated VAIO World Software
New Adobe Software
Microsoft Works 7.0
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home

 

[SPeedY_B]

Notebooks suck, but if you insist on having one.. 😛
firstly.. http://www.apple.com/uk/ibook/ or if you must have a Windows machine, I see you've already noticed and mentioned NovaTech, two friends have notebooks from there, nice machines, would recommend them.. apart from there sales/e-mail staff, still haven't got back to me with regards to a post-christmas query. feckers. Easy enough to get hold of on the phone though 🙂

 

[Geffy]

take a look at eBuyer

Also DELL would probably be able to do a decent system for that kind of price

 

[Mubbers]

I checked out Ebuyer but their Sony's seemed to be a litle vague on the spec front.

But you're right SPeedY I don't really want a laptop but I can't take my desktop offshore! So there you are 🙂