Budget Laptop

Hi guys

Was hoping you could help me find the right laptop!

1_What is your budget?

£500 ONO

2_What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?

15 - 17inch

3_What screen resolution do you want?

HD

4_Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?

portable

5_How much battery life do you need?

3-4 hours should suffice

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)?

Ideally yes but not essential say medium?

7_What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo / Video editing,watching movies, Etc.)

Use a lot of photoshop as well as flash and some 3d modeling

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

not much perhaps 100gb

9_If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.

Preferably amazon however not important

10_How long do you want to keep your laptop?

at least 3 years

11_What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?

N/A

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.

I've always had Dell before so quite aware of them but will consider any brand

13_What country do you live in?

UK

14_Please tell us any additional information if needed.

Basically I'm just after the best value for money I can get will consider ex-demo laptops and possibly refurbished any help or guidance you could give me would be great

http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Tos [...] ersion.asp

a HD screen may be asking a bit much for the price bracket but most laptops these days, including this one, that have a dedicated GPU have a HDMI out which you could plug into any HD Monitor / TV.

If value for money is what you want, this Laptop doesn't get any better, check out how much other systems are for an ATI 5650 and see for yourself.

If gaming isn't a big concern and you mainly plan to use it for what you mentioned above, I'd say the Dell would suffice. My sister has one and that's all she really does- it gets the job done. Now, if you game a bit, I'd start taking a look at something with at least a core i5 in it and a mobility radeon 5730.