New Laptop for student

1_What is your budget?
~1200$

2_What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
15-17" or more

3_What screen resolution do you want?
I guess widescreen, 1680x1050 or 1280×720

4_Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
Both

5_How much battery life do you need?
+4h would be great

6_Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)?
Nah, 2006games only i guess

7_What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo / Video editing, surfing the web, playing music, watching movies, Etc.)
Microsoft Office, HD movies/doc, surfing the web. My priority are movies.


8_How much storage (H.D.D Capacity) do you need?
+320GB

9_If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post the links to them.
I dunno

10_How long do you want to keep your laptop?
+3years

11_If you would like to mention some other things about purchasing your ideal laptop, post them.
This will be my 1st year in college ^^

12_Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.
Asus, Dell, Lenovo, Acer. These are the brands i never had problems with

13_What country do you live in?
United Kingdom


I dunno if 1st year college student really needs $1200 laptop, would be great if you could suggest cheaper one ^^
Thanks

How about http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/dell [...] 500-laptop ?

that link doesn't work,the Dell model looks good it has a better VGA than the Lenovo model i posted it the prices fits your budget go for it