the other board I posted on raised a couple of points so thought I would clear them first:

couple of points that I should raise.

1) Macbooks are out of my price range. I have £800 to spend.
2) It has to be a laptop cos I don't have the time at home to learn yet I have loads of free time travelling and being in hotels so it needs to be portable.

If I get any good one day I will buy a decent system for home but the last thing I want to do is spend hours learning the basics at home and annoying the other half.

That's why I am thinking of the above linked laptop.