[Gloucs] Laptop Suggestions

[John Kilgour]

Try looking at www.dabs.com. This has quite a good search facility and shows 
the Toshiba L300 series ticks all your boxes. 
John Kilgour

On Monday 16 March 2009, Barbie wrote:
> I'm on the hunt for a new laptop. Although I have a rough idea of the
> spec I'm after, I've found it a little difficult to find a price
> comparison site (for laptops) that allows me to filter on what I need.
>
> So I thought I see if I could get any suggestions from you guys.
>
> My basic spec is:
>
> CPU: must be dual core, 1.8GHz or better
> RAM: 2GB or more
> HDD: 120GB or more
> Screen: 15.4" widescreen
> Graphics: Preferably Intel or ATI [1]
> Wireless: Preferably not Broadcom [1]
> Optical drive: DVD +/- RW
>
> [1] I want to dual boot Windows and Linux (Ubuntu) and despite plenty of
> workarounds, these have always caused me the biggest headache.
>
> I've seen a Lenovo R61 with most of  my requirements, but with an nVidia
> graphics card, for £523, so I'm working on that being my budget.
>
> Can anyone suggest other makes and models that might be worth looking
> at. Or suggest a comparison site that would provide help hints as to
> what alternatives there are out there.
>
> Cheers,
> Barbie.