What laptop for under £700 with high enaugh specs to run AutoCad now and then? ?
I am considering Dell XPS1530 at £697:
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T8100 (2.10 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 3 MB L2 cache)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium SP1 including Media
1 Year Base Warranty
2.0 mega pixel Camera & Tuxedo Black for CCFL Display
LCD15.4″ Widescreen WXGA+ (1440×900) TFT Display with TrueLife™
MEMORY4096MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x2048]
160GB Free Fall Sensor (7200RPM) Hard Drive
NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 8600M GT with 256MB graphic memory
Fixed 8x DVD+/-RW Slim Slot Load drive, including SW
Primary 9-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (85 WHr)
Is there anything more reasonable on the market for this budget?
Great laptop and nothing wrong with Dell’s, we support hundreds of them where I work, very rare to get a problem (with Latitude range at least).
You should be aware of problems surrounding the nVidia chipsets at the moment though before buying any laptop with one -
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/09/01/why-nvidia-chips-defective
Enjoy your new laptop, whichever one you choose 
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