If you shop around with the big retailers such as Bing Lee and JB HiFI you should be able to get them down to $650- $700 or so for an Intel Core i5 2.4 ghz processor and a dedicated AMD or Nvidea video card . I don't think the brand matters so much , but Acer seem to have the most bang for buck . As you want to do some processing on it , I would avoid the pack of laptops that tend to use cheap CPU's which are specially made for the low cost market < $600
|