new laptop

[curnow]

got 17" acer myself but in someways wished I had one with a lot better battery life like the acer timeline laptops , one thing with the Intel Integrated Graphics it does restrict what you can do on a laptop & cant replace it with a graphics card but for what you said it would be fine

[WotRTheChances]

Personally i'd look up the kinda of specifications you're looking for and then do some searching on eBay. I've just picked up this one
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281314865924?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
Seems like i've got a pretty good deal, got it for less that it was listed for and couldn't find anything like this for anywhere near this price going straight to a big name online retailer.

Cliffs on mine:
OS:               Windows 8.1 Home Premium
Processor:      Intel i7 3.4GHz
Memory:         Kingston Hyper 24GB
Graphics Card: Nvidia GTX 765M 2GB
Hard Drive #1: Western Digital 750GB
Hard Drive #2: Kingston Hyper X 480GB SSD
Optical Drve:   Blu-Ray
Cost:             £1k

[kinboshi]

Of course, an SSD should be a mandatory requirement.

[bobAlike]

Of course, an SSD should be a mandatory requirement.

This man speaks the truth.