Well that is a very nice laptop, but its overkill for what you want you could pay ?450 for what you want and it would still do all you need Windows 7 runs nice on 2gb lots better on 4gb.
Personally if i was to spend that much on a laptop i would be getting a MacBook Pro. Yes the specs will be nowhere near that, but you will get a better OS, a whole list of apps that are good (ILIFE) and hardware that pretty much does not devalue, buy a Mac Book Pro now for ?750 and in 3 years it will still be worth 500-600 that laptop in 12 months will be worth a sherbet dip.
Hmm, tell me more about Macs. Ive got no experience with these.
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Well a Mac is essentially exactly the same as a PC hardware wise, except for a few fancy on board systems similiar to a bios.
You can install and Run Windows on Mac hardware along with the Mac OS and have multiple boot.
Essentially the operating system is completely different but similiar to windows. (MS copied there windowing system)
The Mac OS is designed to be super simple and reliable, so for example installing some software in Windows its put cd in and run setup program that then hides loads of info in a registry, and dll's in hundreds of directory's, etc and when uninstalled leaves lots of crap around, here is how to install a program on a mac download application, drag to applications folder double click working. To uninstall delete the icon from the apps folder done.
The mac comes with a shed load of software for example Iphoto, Itunes, Iweb, IDVD, Garage Band, etc
Iphoto is amazing if you have many photos you can tag a picture like on facebook, and it then works out an algorithm for facial recocnition and will search for pictures of that person not only of now but as far back as birth and display them under there name.
Idvd you can make professional DVDS, etc Garage band is used in music production at a professional level, the list goes on.
Web wise there is several browsers available
Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Camino, etc
Video it comes with Quicktime that allows to do some editing, etc its a full 64bit os and very fast does not become fragmented and slow down over time
My MAC is hardware wise is ancient T7200 2ghz (i did upgrade to this cpu as it was a 1.5ghz not that it was slow but i wanted a 64 bit cpu) cpu and 2gb of ram but outperforms my better machines after 4 years running i have had 0 issues with the OS never had to fix or reinstall and now since the newer OS came out my machine takes 24 seconds to boot and be usable.
My mac mini cost me ?450 4 years ago and now sells on ebay for ?350-400.
Would i replace mine no no nead it does everything i need
Best bet is pop in to the Apple store and have a play they are really friendly and ask all you like
Then save a few quid and buy one as a student if you have a friend, etc or get a refurb apple are anal about there refurbs and come with 12m warranty anyway
List of stores
http://www.apple.com/uk/retail/
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Excellent! thats helped me alot. I'll go and take alook as you say.
Thanks.