hey, gal, 1stly, you make a smart dicision to biritish, good place,
in generally, for study is not necessary to buy a latest version laptop, like P4 or whatever, because most of your daily work are,
wirte document for homework....
check eMail...
QQ/MSN/Yahoo Msg...
Some Pictures storage...
Even multimedia games...
P3 900+ and a big hdd is enough, anyway the h/w always down price every 3 monthes, money is not easy made, also you need more money while you are in UK...
Think abou it, if one year later, i do believe you will consider buy new one, so you'd better consider buy a samsung or fujitsu pIII laptop, that is smart choice.
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