Laptop advice needed

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Can anyone who knows about these things help me. I need a laptop that will be used for business (MS office) but will have a dual purpose for image editing and mobile storage (PSCS3).
I don't do gaming.
I do need wireless internet connection.
I do need CD/DVD read/write.
I'd like a good quality screen of around 15" (17" a bit big to cart around on the train/tube/backpack).
Good battery life would be nice.
Build quality is important as it will spend some time out and about.

I'm assuming I need something like:
Core2duo
2.0+ Ghz
2 Gb RAM (minimum)
Separate graphics card (Nvidia Geforce?)
160 Gb HD or more
Vista business (or Home premium, I guess?)

I'm really struggling for budget (redundant at Christmas
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) so I'm happy to buy used (pre-loved
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) up to about a year old at around the £300 mark or perhaps a bit more.

Any advice about makes and models that I should be looking out for would be most appreciated (even more so if you know of one for sale). I could go onto the AV Forum but I wouldn't have a clue what to look for.

Thanks
 
i'll have a look round, two minutes

oh and also 2gb ram isnt a necessity RAM upgrades even in laptops are a two minute job, so you can always upgrade at a later date
 
Tomb378, thanks very much for looking around for me, most appreciated (hey, I've just noticed your local to me ;))

Do you know much about the Lenovo Thinkpads? I've seen a T60p with the following spec for £400, which is a bit over budget, but I had a Thinkpad provided at a previous job (T61 I think with a 14" screen) and it was quite well built.

15.4" WIDESCREEN
INTEL CORE 2 DUO T7400@2.20GHz
2GB RAM
100GB HDD
ATI MOBILITY FIREGL V5250
BLUETOOTH
WIFI
CD-RW/DVD ROM OPTICAL DRIVE

Any comment on this model?:thinking:
 
i checked them out online, and they seem really good for the money, there built as a more business pc rather than home use, but it does mean they will take a bit more of a beating, the graphics card is also a good one for a laptop, overall i would say yes that is a very good laptop for the price, and if you are looking for more storage space, external drives are getting cheaper and cheaper.

(hey yeah we are pretty local)
 
tomb378 said:
i checked them out online, and they seem really good for the money, there built as a more business pc rather than home use, but it does mean they will take a bit more of a beating, the graphics card is also a good one for a laptop, overall i would say yes that is a very good laptop for the price, and if you are looking for more storage space, external drives are getting cheaper and cheaper.

(hey yeah we are pretty local)
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Cheers, now all I have to do is take the plunge and buy it. I'll also drop you a PM.
 
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