Buying a laptop for university

[carnageX]

Yeah, barebones kits.

 

[jamieabc]

Ah no I mean if you follow my link it just gives you a few customization options. They build it for you, you just choose what's in it.

 

[carnageX]

Ah no I mean if you follow my link it just gives you a few customization options. They build it for you, you just choose what's in it.

Like the Configure To Order options I mentioned in my previous post, like what HP, Dell, and every other company offers.

 

[Fat.Clown]

ASUS G53SW 15.6" G Series Notebook, Full HD (1920x1080) LED Display, Intel Core i7-2630QM (Quad-Core with Turbo Boost up to 2.9GHz), 6GB DDR3 Memory, 500GB 7200RPM HDD, Super Multi Combo-Drive, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M (1.5GB GDDR5), Windows 7 Home Pr

‪ASUS ROG G73 Gaming Notebook‬‏ - YouTube
G53 is just the smaller version of the g73.

 

[kmote]

There are some decent UK shops listed in the hardware shopping mega thread.

 

[jamieabc]

I ended up buying a dell xps 17, had like 6gb ram, i7-2720QM, something like (cant remember name, but: nvidia G555M (something like that) 3gb graphics card, 2x500gb harddrives at 7200rpm ;P
cost me like £1044 reduced from £1450