help finding a decent all rounder

[streather]

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General Questions

1) What is your budget?

600-900 ish

2) What size notebook would you prefer?

13 - 16

3) Where will you buying this notebook? You can select the flag of your country as an indicator.

United Kingdom

4) Are there any brands that you prefer or any you really don't like?

a. Like: Dell, apple, sony, sager/clevo, compal, asus
b. Dislike: Acer

5) Would you consider laptops that are refurbished/redistributed?

yes

6) What are the primary tasks will you be performing with this notebook?

Bit of everything, gaming, browsing, chatting, listening to music, watching films, photo editing with photoshop and paint.NET/GIMP etc

7) Will you be taking the notebook with you to different places, leaving it on your desk or both?

mostly leaving it on my desk

8) Will you be playing games on your notebook? If so, please state which games or types of games?

yes, mostly FPS's like modern warfare, team fortress2, css, left4dead, battlefield etc

9) How many hours of battery life do you need?

unimportant

10) Would you prefer to see the notebooks you're considering before purchasing it or buying a notebook on-line without seeing it is OK?

not bothered, as long as i can find some decent images of the laptop and a review or two i'll be happy

11) What OS do you prefer? Windows (XP or Vista or Windows 7), Mac OS, Linux, etc.

Windows or linux

Screen Specifics

12) From the choices below, what screen resolution(s) would you prefer?

1280x800 upwards

13) Do you want a glossy/reflective screen or a matte/non-glossy screen?

i'd prefer non-glossy

Build Quality and Design

14) Are the notebook's looks and stylishness important to you?

Nope

15) When are you buying this laptop and how long do you want this laptop to last?

2 years or so

Notebook Components

16) How much hard drive space do you need; 80GB to 640GB? Do you want a SSD drive?

250gb + no to SSD

17) Do you need an optical drive? If yes, a CDRW/DVD-ROM, DVD Burner or Blu-Ray drive?

dvd burner would be nice, blu ray would be nicer

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any help would be much appreciated guys

[streather]

seriously, no suggestions?

[LaptopNut]

seriously, no suggestions?

Gs660

I always seem to be recommending this one but I really believe that it is a good all rounder at a great price. I purchased a previous laptop from the same company as well as my current one and I am very happy with it.

[streather]

Gs660

I always seem to be recommending this one but I really believe that it is a good all rounder at a great price. I purchased a previous laptop from the same company as well as my current one and I am very happy with it.

I'd seen that but I didn't really like it, there's a few similarly specced laptops around that look nicer and are a little cheaper

revised my thing a little, figured i shouldn't make another thread about it so i'll just bump this one

General Questions

1) What is your budget?

600-800 ish

2) What size notebook would you prefer?

13 - 16

3) Where will you buying this notebook? You can select the flag of your country as an indicator.

United Kingdom

4) Are there any brands that you prefer or any you really don't like?

a. Like: Dell, apple, alienware, toshiba sony, sager/clevo, compal, asus
b. Dislike: Acer

5) Would you consider laptops that are refurbished/redistributed?

Yes but only if they have a warranty with them

6) What are the primary tasks will you be performing with this notebook?

Bit of everything, gaming, browsing, chatting, listening to music, watching films, music editing, photo editing with photoshop and paint.NET/GIMP etc

7) Will you be taking the notebook with you to different places, leaving it on your desk or both?

mostly leaving it on my desk

8) Will you be playing games on your notebook? If so, please state which games or types of games?

yes, mostly FPS's like modern warfare, team fortress2, css, left4dead, battlefield bad company 2 or stuff like GTA4 etc

9) How many hours of battery life do you need?

unimportant

10) Would you prefer to see the notebooks you're considering before purchasing it or buying a notebook on-line without seeing it is OK?

not bothered, as long as i can find some decent images of the laptop and a review or two i'll be happy

11) What OS do you prefer? Windows (XP or Vista or Windows 7), Mac OS, Linux, etc.

Windows or linux

Screen Specifics

12) From the choices below, what screen resolution(s) would you prefer?

1280x800 upwards

13) Do you want a glossy/reflective screen or a matte/non-glossy screen?

i'd prefer non-glossy

Build Quality and Design

14) Are the notebook's looks and stylishness important to you?

Nope

15) When are you buying this laptop and how long do you want this laptop to last?

2 years or so

Notebook Components

16) How much hard drive space do you need; 80GB to 640GB? Do you want a SSD drive?

anything, i can always get a bigger hard drive later

17) Do you need an optical drive? If yes, a CDRW/DVD-ROM, DVD Burner or Blu-Ray drive?

dvd burner would be nice, blu ray would be nicer



Currently looking at Dell studio i7, dell inspiron, alienware m11x, macbook pro, some asus ones that i can't remember the model number, a compal NBLB2, some MSI laptops rebadged as advents when i can find them, medion, plus i check the dell outlet every few days see whats lurking in there.


Again any help would be much appreciated