Posts by intchill

Definitely consider a MSI GT780DXR, which would come in well under budget compared to Alienware. Also, Dell is worth some consideration. Their desktop replacement range such as XPS 17 is worth thinking about. And yes, Asus is a good...

You mentioned "great" battery life - not sure if the Sony Vaio S manages that... at least according to this review here it does 2.5 hrs of video playback, which isn't bad but not sure it's all that great shakes. Just a FYI - also the...

The Acer Aspire One D255 would be my choice.... a good all-round machine, portable, and stylish looking (which might help!). The only downer apparently is the battery life (as mentioned in this write-up here, they only got four hours out...

If you can get hold of it, the Logitech K750 could be a good option... it's pricey, mind, and wireless - but solar powered so no need for batteries. There's a good review here which points out that it's "laudably quiet" -...

Yeah, very pricey! Did you get the G60JX in the end? Be interested to hear how you found it, if you did....

A nice specced laptop, and that's a good price (though it is refurbished, of course, but still - really nice price). If you fancied having a dabble at 3D gaming on a notebook, and Blu-ray movies, there's also the Asus G51J 3D (there's...

I think the G50V would be a good buy. I have an Asus (though a budget one, not that one sadly!) and the 2 year warranty is nice to have, too. There's a good concise review of the machine here if you're...

Don't know if you've already made your decision, but this review (http://www.itreviews.co.uk/hardware/h1869.htm) does mention that the battery life of the X200 isn't great, which might be worth bearing in mind.

I've got an Asus X51RL, which is basic but a nice piece of kit if you want a budget friendly machine that can do most everything except for gaming. Can even do a bit of that! (There's a review here:...

How the Asus G50V? A grand for a fast machine which benchmarked well (better than all other but SLI notebooks) in this review: http://www.itreviews.co.uk/hardware/h1745.htm