I'm in this boat.
Need help deciding between the Lenovo z500 - £600
(i7 2.2ghz. turbo boosts to 3.2/6GB DDR3/1tb HDD/Geforce GT635.)
Dell Insprion 15 - £630 (but could possibly get a few % discount as I work in education).
(4th Gen i5 6GB DDR3/500gbHDD/Geforce GT7450)
Or some built 14" Sky Fire III as quoted above/spec dependant - £600-700+
Would rather stay around £600, or less if possible.
But want something to use casually for some basic video/image editing whilst on the road, and some basic games (GW2/LoL) but as i'm a casual I'd want it future proof so that I'm not needing to update it in a year or two (I already have a PC that I can upgrade at home).
Hoping to buy this soon, so I can get it just before/into the new year.