Basic laptop spec!!!... Is it good!?

[vimto1]

Right Guys and Girls!

Besides the spec in my sig. Which is purely for gaming/YouTube Video Editing, I was thinking of also ordering a Laptop for Basic Everyday Stuff. So is this spec good for said things, like word docs, interweb, general mucking about? Won't be storing pictures and other 'life memory' things on it, thats what the 1TB HDD on Desktop is for. Budget is £400. Below is proposed spec...

Chassis & Display
Mirage: 13.3" Glossy HD LED Backlit Widescreen (1366x768)
Processor (CPU)
AMD® Zacate™ E240 Processor (1.50GHz) 512K L2 Cache
Memory (RAM)
2GB SAMSUNG 1333MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (1 x 2GB)
Graphics Card
AMD® Mobility Radeon™ HD 6310 - DirectX® 11, Shared Memory Architecture
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB SERIAL ATA II 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (5,400rpm)
Memory Card Reader
Integrated 3 in 1 Memory Card Reader (SD, MMC, MS)
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
USB Options
3 x USB 2.0 PORTS AS STANDARD
Battery
Mirage Series 4 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (2,200 mAh)
Power Lead & Adaptor
1 x UK Power Lead & 65W AC Adaptor
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 1.3 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Insurance
1 Month Free Laptop Insurance inc. Accidental Damage & Theft
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 5 to 7 working days
Quantity
1
Price
£388.00 including VAT and delivery.

Any advice is welcommed!

Thanks Tim

 

[Fear]

I don't spend much time looking into laptop specs but what you have there will do what you need obviously it's not going to blow you away and compared with your desktop you will find it pretty slow.

 

[liamnic2]

I dont see why you dont just get another HDD in your Desktop for your everyday stuff

 

[vimto1]

I don't spend much time looking into laptop specs but what you have there will do what you need, obviously it's not going to blow you away and compared with your desktop you will find it pretty slow.

I wasnt expecting any MAJOR performance to come out of the laptop, just basic computing. Although if it is slow like you said i probably will up the CPU.

I dont see why you dont just get another HDD in your Desktop for your everyday stuff

Because I'll have the DEsktop for Extreme Gaming/ Light Video Editing, and Storage. And the Laptop for eveyday basic stuff, while dotting around the house, because im not always going to be in the one room (My Bedroom) where the Desktop is going to be.

 

[Wozza63]

the cpu looks pretty slow 1.5GHz single core? you couldnt run firefox on that, get at least a dual core and you will be fine

 

[stegor]

Put the memory up to 4GB - it's only £13. The graphics card is sharing the memory so your 2GB will end up more like 1.5GB and then Windows will grab another 0.5. Saves lots of annoying disk IO.

 

[vimto1]

Going with the advice, i thought i would post a new spec.

Chassis & Display
14.1" Glossy HD LED Backlit Widescreen (1366x768)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i3 Dual Core Mobile Processor i3-2310M (2.10GHz) 3MB Cache
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG 1333MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (2 x 2GB)
Graphics Card
Intel® HD Graphics 3000 Video Memory Technology up to 1.7GB
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
250GB SERIAL ATA II 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (5,400rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)
Memory Card Reader
Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Network Facilities
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N CARD INC. BLUETOOTH 3.0
USB Options
3 x USB 2.0 PORTS AS STANDARD
Battery
Xenon Series 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (4,000 mAh)
Power Lead & Adaptor
1 x UK Power Lead & 65W AC Adaptor
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus
None
Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 1.3 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Insurance
1 Month Free Laptop Insurance inc. Accidental Damage & Theft
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 5 to 7 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £477.00 including VAT and delivery.

 

[Wozza63]

much better although if you can afford it, get the 7,200RPM HDD that should give you some improved access speeds