antpower26

Thanks for all the replies everyone, ive taken your advice and gone for a desktop, which is going to be built, by a chap who runs a local computer shop. Spec is i5 core processor, two hard drives, 500gb for OS, and 1tb for files. 8gb of ram, windows 7, probably 22 inch monitor, and igb for graphics card, which is nvidia geforce gt450. Should do the job. Cost=£5/600. This seems really cheap to me in comparison to the laptops I was looking at last night, that had really good components. Thanks again. Ant

Hi everyone, my names Ant I live in the UK and this is my first post. I have been studying the video tutorials from this site on my netbook, and have decided it is time I bought a laptop that will service my needs for dev/design with a view to a career. I need something that will basically work well with various softwares and is fairly futureproof. I envisage it lasting a good 5 years. The software I already have is Expression Studio and Visual Studio, both current versions and both ultimate,these include Silverlight, and I also expect to use Photoshop, as well as Wordpress, and some CMS, like Joomla. I have had so much advice about what to buy, and I am more than a little confused. So I am requesting some straightforward advice regarding Laptops, what specifications, RAM, processors i3, i5, i7 etc, screensize and especially Graphics cards that can handle Photoshop, Silverlight. Do I really need to spend a lot of money?, and are there are any particular models that really are better than others? I want something that will do the job well, for both development and design, and will last a good few years. Much appreciated. Ant