Thinking about a new laptop

[papuzka]

Hi I'm considering buying myself a new laptop. My old one (inspiron 1545) is slowly dying, had it for a couple of good years and now the screen usually doesn't want to stay at the angle I want >w< and it got windows vista which can be a real pain @.@

Any help with specs for a new laptop? I don't want it to be expensive as I got myself a very good pc from here, so £850 would be my maximum.
I want it to be able to run photoshop, paint tool sai, maya and aion (preferably at high settings, but I will be fine on medium).
No mouse is required, only touchpad as I got razer mouse on my pc.
I want to be able to carry ma laptop to uni, to do some work as well as pack it to my bag when I go home for the weekend and play aion

 

[ilike2burnthing]

How does this look?

Chassis & Display
Enigma IV: 15.6" Glossy Full HD LED 16:9 Widescreen (1920x1080) (£35)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-3630QM (2.40GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 650M - 2.0GB DDR3 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
250GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD2500BEKT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
2nd/3rd HDD HARD DRIVE OPTICAL BAY CADDY
Memory Card Reader
Integrated 3 in 1 Memory Card Reader (SD, MMC, MS)
Sound Card
SRS 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Network Facilities
ENIGMA SERIES GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N + BLUETOOTH 3.0
USB Options
2 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS AS STANDARD
Battery
Enigma Series 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (5,200 mAH)
Power Lead & Adaptor
1 x UK Power Lead & 90W AC Adaptor
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Keyboard & Mouse
INTEGRATED UK KEYBOARD
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)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 7 to 9 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £800.00 including VAT and delivery.
Unique URL to re-configure: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes/enigmaIV/VarQ4EStp3/

 

[Fartlek]

I would think that for Photoshop and Maya that you'd want to get the fastest quad-core that you can afford and also get the most RAM.

An SSD for storage would make loading things into both programs much faster, but you might need lots of space.

Go for a glossy screen for image editing.

 

[papuzka]

Ok, so I will be ordering very soon and got 1 more question
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
2nd/3rd HDD HARD DRIVE OPTICAL BAY CADDY
If I choose the dvd/ blu-ray does it mean I can't get the 2nd hard drive?

 

[vanthus]

Ok, so I will be ordering very soon and got 1 more question
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
2nd/3rd HDD HARD DRIVE OPTICAL BAY CADDY
If I choose the dvd/ blu-ray does it mean I can't get the 2nd hard drive?

Some of the laptops have the option of two hard drives plus DVD drive,but not the Enigma.