Hey, thanks for your reply.
Here goes:
1_What is your budget? - £1000
2_What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? - No real preference, as long as it's portable and doesn't get uncomfortably hot.
3_What screen resolution do you want? - Full HD, no more, no less.
4_Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? Portable replacement
5_How much battery life do you need? Don't care, it will usually be plugged in as a habit from my current laptop, which only last 20 minutes from a full charge
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)? - As long as Civ5 runs, when it comes out, I'll be happy
7_What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo / Video editing,watching movies, Etc.) Maybe watching movies, but only when away from home
8_How much storage (H.D.D Capacity) do you need? 250GB is plenty, I've got 4TB in a desktop, in RAID10 for backup
9_If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post the links to them.
This is all I've seen for DirectX 11 so far... Sounds good, but not sure about the case or how durable it will be. It's £850 which is comfortably within budget
http://whatlaptop.techradar.com/reviews/new_reviews/mesh-edge-dx-review+21+01+10
10_How long do you want to keep your laptop? My current one, which I'm using now, has lasted for 6 years (and runs linux/windows 7 fine), but it's got a intermittent screen fault and a partially corrupt harddisk. My gf dropped it
It's still usable, but any excuse to get a new one I suppose...
11_What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ? DVD would be fine, Bluray ROM nice if it's not much extra
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. Not sure, my current laptop is an Evesham, and they don't exist anymore, so I'd prefer someone who's a bit more established. My experiences with Dell have left me disappointed with their durability. After 6 years, my screen is still tight (no slack) when erected!
13_What country do you live in? England
14_Please tell us any additional information if needed.
You can't blind me with jargon and I'm a linux veteran.