A friend wants to buy a new laptop, she was just going to get something at about £300 (so essentially crap). I've convinced it's worth putting a bit more money into it get something more worthwhile.
However I'm a bit stumped. Most laptops seem to come with Vista pre-installed, so all the laptop has to be able to do is run Vista and other applications fairly smoothly and responsively.
Getting a dual core (AMD or Core2) doesn't seem to be expensive, nor getting a 2 GiB of RAM is that bad. However, I'm a bit stuck on whats a good VGA chip and whether it'll be able to keep things smooth under Vista. Are the Intel X3100 or ATi X1200 any good at all?
However I'm a bit stumped. Most laptops seem to come with Vista pre-installed, so all the laptop has to be able to do is run Vista and other applications fairly smoothly and responsively.
Getting a dual core (AMD or Core2) doesn't seem to be expensive, nor getting a 2 GiB of RAM is that bad. However, I'm a bit stuck on whats a good VGA chip and whether it'll be able to keep things smooth under Vista. Are the Intel X3100 or ATi X1200 any good at all?