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Acer Desktop computer (£399.99):
http://www.comet.co.uk/shopcomet/product/440019/ACER-ASM3600-3630
HP (339) no monitor so add (150) for monitor best choice
http://www.staples.co.uk/ENG/Catalog/cat_sku.asp?Description=UK_CL_Desktop+PCs&CatIds=21797,35750,21827&webid=393663&affixedcode=WW
Acer 2 Ebuyer (399)
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/138615
Mesh PC(499) (fastest spec seen)
http://www.meshcomputers.com/Default.aspx?PAGE=PRODUCTVIEWPAGE&USG=PRODUCT&ENT=PRODUCT&KEY=326919
Teaser (over budget) (599)
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Systems/Gladiator+Atlas/Gladiator+Atlas+Pro+PC+System+?productId=29799
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Systems/Gladiator+Proteus/Gladiator+Proteus+Vista+Z100+PC+System+?productId=29430#rqc
http://www.saverstore.com/productinfo/Product.aspx?product_id=20018185&rstrat=13636
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Toshiba Satellite Pro A200GE-1F9 (This I think is better than the acer, but more expensive..)

From laptops Direct £849

From CCL £875
from technoworld (£50 cashback from toshiba) £872

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Samsung X22 T7300 2Gb 160Gb Notebook PC

Microanvika £899

T7300
2Gb
Intel Santa Rosa T7300 (2.0GHz)
800MHz FSB with 4MB Cache
14′1 WXGA 2GB (2 x 1GB)
160GB 5400RPM SATA HDD
DVD Super Multi Dual Layer with Light Scribe Standard
4 Cell Li-ion
ATI Radeon HD 2400 128MB
802.11 a/b/g/n MIMO
3 x USB 6 in 1 Card Reader,
Webcam (1.3M)
HDMI
Bluetooth
X-Docking Port Dark Grey
Windows Vista Home Premium
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This tip is from http://nontroppo.org/test/Op7/FAQ/opera-users.html#two-copies
2 seperate copies of Opera Brower using the same exe

This is for all the opera versions that I use across theworld

Firefox extensions I use

Trying to setup Apache, Mysql and Php on a usb drive, (Boy its a lot of work)

Dynmic Library plugin is a winamp plugin I discovered a few months ago, I now use it to play my mp3 tracks. After using is for a while these are some of the features That I have come up with, now I need to send it to the plugin plublisher as soon as I can.
Few [...]

Installing windows using a CD, or even worse using the 5 floppy disks plus the CD to install is very laborious and slow.
A handy tip I came across is to use a win 98 boot floppy disk (this one only uses one floppy drive and does not take 10 minutes to load.
Once you are [...]

First I downloaded the binary install from http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi
Then I extracted the files into a directory (e:Ant)
Then I set the Following environment variables at Control Panel>System>Advanced>Environment Variables
At system varibles, Press new and enter ‘ANT_HOME’ for the name and enter the ant directory(e:Ant) for the value
Press Ok

Press New again and enter ‘JAVA_HOME’ for the name and [...]