New laptop advice

[hughjayteens]

Following an unfortunate incident involving my 14month old daughter, a beaker of milk, and my laptop, my insurance company is replacing it with something shiny and new.

They have offered a Toshiba Satellite Pro U200 which is a very small (12" screen) lightweight thing, or an IBM Lenovo, which has a 15.4" widescreen but is essentially the same spec.

Looking at the cost of those, the budget is circa £800, so is there anything I should err towards as they said I can choose within reason!

Thanks

[ThePassenger]

Dell, Tosh, Lenovo, Fujitsu, Philips, Acer... pick on that you like the look of and has the features you want.

Personally, given the choice I'd not have a Lenovo as my personal machine; my experience on a T40 left me thinking "that sucks". And a super light weight machine can still run a large external display.

[che6mw]

Imagine you get less for the money as you're paying a touch for the name but I can't fault the Sony Vaio. Been very impressed. I think you need to try a few as the touch of them really does vary from manufacturer to manufacturer.

[nail_it]

This may interest you if you are considering a Tosh lapy:-

www.auctions.toshiba.co.uk/