chromedome77

I'm after a laptop and have narrowed it down to 4 possibles.

Acer 5920:
Intel T7300
2G Ram
Intel Ready boost ram
160G HDD
256M 8600MGT
15.4" screen
£800

Evesham Zieo N500-HD:
Intel T7300
1G Ram (667MHz)
1G Intel flash ram
120G HDD
512M 8600MGT GPU
17" screen
£999

Evesham Zieo N550-HD:
Intel T7500
2G Ram (667MHz)
1 G Intel flash ram
160G HDD
512M 8600MGT GPU
17" screen
£1099

Rock Pegasus 670:
Intel T300
1G Ram (667MHz)
120G HDD
8600MGT (not sure how much memeory)
15.4" screen
£899

I know that all the specs are fairly similar but would like an independant opinion on which one to go for as I have a tendancy to go for shiny things with lots of toys just for the sake of it. It will mainly be used as a replacement for our home desktop and will be used for a few games, video/photo editing and in the future possibly some 3D CAD.

Over to you

kbsub

I'd go for the Rock and 3 year warranty

Bodgit

Dell have a few specials on their xps laptops at the moment. check out their site you may be surprised at the spec and price.
I thought evesham were having money worries. do a search just in case

chromedome77

Cheers for the heads up on that Bodgit, a quick google and it appears that Evesham have indeed gone into administration PC Pro: News: UPDATED: Evesham in administration

Had a look on their website too and the laptop's I was looking at have been withdrawn anyway!

I think I'm going to go for the Acer. slightly better spec and with the optional warranty it's still roughly the same price as the Rock. The Acer also got a Gold award in last months What Laptop.

Cheers fellas

chromedome77

I've found another possibility:

Processor - Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 ( Dual-Core )
Cache Memory - 4 MB - L2 Cache
Operating System - Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
RAM - 2 GB (installed) / 4 GB (max) - DDR II SDRAM ( 2 x 1 GB )
Hard Drive - 160 GB - Serial ATA-150
Display - 17" TFT active matrix 1440 x 900 ( WXGA+ ) - 24-bit (16.7 million colours)
Optical Storage - DVD±RW (+R double layer) / DVD-RAM - integrated
Graphics Controller - ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 - 256 MB
Built-in Devices - Stereo speakers, subwoofer, wireless LAN aerial
Card Reader - 5 in 1
Audio Output - Sound card
Telecom - Fax / modem - 56 Kbps
Networking - Network adapter - Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n (draft)
Wireless NIC - Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN
Notebook Camera - Integrated - 0.3 Megapixel
Input Device - Keyboard, touchpad, 4-way scroll button
Power - AC 120/230 V ( 50/60 Hz )
Weight - 3.6 kg
Battery - Lithium Ion

Opinions welcome guys

BlkKnight

Dell 9400 with a 7900GT 17" tft with "truelife"

Often kicking around on E-bay sold by dealers.

You can get them from about 7-800 if you are lucky. Very nice machines. You can extend the warentee with Dell in most cases.