now next year im lookin 2 get a new laptop to use 4 work n stuff n im a lazy git n cant b bothered to look at al the specs of loads of laptops so im lookin 4 ne recomndations of what 2 get 4 less than ?500 n is better than the pile of crap of a laptop i have know (info on it will b provided at sum point if u want to know)

It's be handy to know what you have at the moment.

Next year we will see a lot of dual core Turion processors from AMD, and they will probably be on par with Intel's Pentium M processor at that time. The Intel CPU's perform better than the Turion's at some things, and the Turion's perform better than the Intel CPU's at others.

Currently, though, there are a lot of issues with the new Intel Core Duo mobile processors because they seriously drain battery life, whereas they claimed to be the most efficient processor to date. Apparently Microsoft is to blame for it, but we'll see.

Don't settle for anything less than 1.6GHz with 512MB RAM and a 60GB HDD. By that time, perpendicular 2.5" HDD's will be quite popular, and quite cheap. You should be able to get hold of 120GB+ HDD's easily by then.

Also, remember that Vista is being released later this year, in theory. There are a lot of changes happening in the next year.

Perhaps if you told me what a good laptop would be for under ?500 if you wanted one now.. I'd point you to Dell because they're so cheap and stupid.

well im not looking 4 it till just b4 sept n i dont think u need ne more bout my laptop than its 98, has a 1 min battery life n it got n has less HDD capasity that the largest pendrive available(well kinda neway)

I remember having a really early PC, made by Mesh... it was built in 1988. It had Windows 3.11 for Workgroups, it had 500MB of hard drive space, and around 16MB of RAM, or less, I'm not sure what Win 3.x allowed back then. Graphics were integrated; the thing was huge.

I had a laptop made by Canon with a built in printer. That was awesome, shame about the monochrome screen though. That also used Win 3.11, and was built in 1989. I upgraded it to Win 95 using a few floppy disks when I was about 7, though. Great machine.

The first laptop had a 5" monochrome screen. Anyway, I would agree with Aaron, and I would say that you should be looking for a Pentium M (gasp, me suggest a Pentium???).

well to revive this topic a bit my old laptop is a compaq presario with a 500 mhz celaron with 56 meg of ram, 5 gb hardrive DVD drive n Floppy drive, wireless expantion card n USB ethenet adapter runnin win 98 se n a battery that cant even power a single LED

i need a computer that:

runs XP pro or home
at least 1.8 Ghrz processor though i would like much faster realy
at least 512mb of ram thoug prefer 1gb
at least 80 gb harddrive
DVD RW
built in wirless and ethenet adapter
office suit with word n powerpoint at least
preferably no security software
sum sort of carry case
no other software needed or wanted perticurly

and to the final most importan point it needed to be no more than ?700 though as close to well nothing as posable would be good

the best i can find myselfs is ?1000 ish n well my buget is realy is about ?500

without office, i can find one for ?500

what im doing is waiting for the vista release offers, on previous versions companies have reduced the price on hardware that can run the new windows, so that they can sell more with that software bundled

1.8GHz, if you're looking at Pentium Ms, that's quite high. 1.5 is the standard, 1.7 is the mid range and 2 is the high end, I think. Yet, the 1.5GHz one compares to a 3GHz P4.

where u lookin all the laptops iv seen with pentium m r 1.8 - 2.2 ghrz

connected the only laptops with vista capabilitys are ?1000 plus at the mo so they aint guna b 500 when it cums out realy r they

any decent ?600 laptop can run vista

Hmm, 1.7 is definitely the most common. There is a 2.2, but that costs a bombshell.

yeah run but windows has never made an OS that runs well ne system that can just run it and also if u cant remember i extreemly need microsoft office n realy i need pro which means well i v large amount of mony gose on jsut gettin that on the thing

You'll be spending more on the software than the computer!

the best iv been able to find now after sum further searching its prity good i think but i think it could b beter

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=17489414754&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X3NwZWNpZmljYXRpb25z&product_uid=102135

tell me what u think

unfutunatly office aint with it so im guna av to gt it to go with it aswell

Very good apart from it being a Celeron.

yeah but im only guna use it 4 office n browsin so it dosnt need to b a realy high proformance 1 cause well at most im guna put HL on it cause well i always install HL n nething runs HL including my current laptop

i found alot of quite good laptops and they're stored in my catalogue, when i get time ill fish them out :)

btw, the laptops are generally better than that one you selected, ;)

Still, I seriously recommend you get a Pentium M. It's always nice to have a bit of sapre power, plus they are very good on the batteries.

[quote:2aac005bb5="Grim Reaper"]Still, I seriously recommend you get a Pentium M. It's always nice to have a bit of sapre power, plus they are very good on the batteries.[/quote:2aac005bb5]

a few of the ones i believe were pentium ms

Here are the QuickFind Codes to the laptops in my catalogue

102125
99876
99087
96520
91195

(oh i thought i had more)

You like the Turion. This is probably the only time you'll hear me recommend an Intel, but Pentium Ms are very good. Oh, and what you quoted, I was actually referring to Wigo's comment.