Check out
Jungle
They have the following Sony Vaio for £1150 inc VAT
Sony VAIO PCG-FX602 - Duron 1.1 GHz - L2 64 KB - RAM 256 MB - HD 20 GB - CD-RW / DVD-ROM - Mdm 56 Kbps - LAN EN, Fast EN - Win XP Home - 14.1 TFT
Just something I happened to notice the other day - you might be able to find an equally good PIII deal there or somewhere else.
General recommendation (as discussed on previous threads). You can always buy cheap extra laptop memory at
Crucial.