Can anyone beat this?

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ApexJimi

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Wednesday 2nd July 2008
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Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T5750 (2.00 GHz, 667 MHz FSB, 2 MB L2 cache)
Genuine Windows Vista SP1™ Home Premium - English
1 Year Base Warranty
2.0 Mega pixel Integrated Web Camera
15.4" Wide Screen WXGA+ (1440 x 900) Display with TrueLife™
2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
250GB (5400RPM) SATA Hard Drive
Integrated Intel® Graphic Media Accelerator X3100
8x DVD+/-RW Optical drive, including SW
6-cell battery
Accessories
Wireless 355 Bluetooth 2.0 Module (up to 3Mbps) with Enhanced Data rate - Eur
Wireless 1395 802.11b/g Mini-Card - Europe
Microsoft® Works 9.0 / English - (Does not include Microsoft® Word)
56.6k V.92 Capable Internal Modem & Adapter - UK

For £499?

Edit: This? - http://www.comet.co.uk/shopcomet/product/425478/AC...



Edited by ApexJimi on Wednesday 2nd July 19:29

ApexJimi

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I'm talking spec of laptop for the money...


ApexJimi

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Good, second step - what would you go for instead?

ApexJimi

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Liszt said:
Just ordered a M1730 yesterday:
BASE Intel® Core(tm) 2 Duo Processor
T9300 (2.50 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 6 MB L2 cache)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista SP1(tm)Ultimate - English
LCD 17.0" UltraSharp(tm) WUXGA
(1920x1200) TFT with TrueLife(tm) with Integrated 2.0MP web cam
MEMORY 4096MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM[2x2048]
HARD DRIVE 400GB Free Fall Sensor Raid 0 Stripe -2 X 200GB (7200RPM) Hard Drive
GRAPHICS CARD DUAL SLI 512MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800GTXcard
PHYSICS PCI CARD Ageia PhysX Processing Unit Card
OPTICAL DRIVE Blu-ray Disc DVD+/-RW Optical Drive including software
BLUETOOTH Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth 2.0 Module (up to 3 Mbps) with Enhanced Data Rate EUR
WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY Intel® Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-Card - Europe - Core 2 Duo Processors



Cost a bit more than £500 though.
What exactly was the point of that? My post was specifically aimed at the best spec for £500, the spec you have quoted would have been considerably more than £500.