Need a new laptop need help to choose

[jonnyfive]

Ok iam buying a laptop for the missis , she just needs it for surfing , emails and applying for jobs .
She doesn't like tablets or apple so as the sales are almost upon us what would you recommend with a price up to £350 ish or what should we look out for as in processor memory etc cheers in advance
Ps iam a complete novice when it comes to laptops etc so be gentle

 

[Stuart Truman]

In descending order of processor

Core i5 (maybe if you're lucky in the sales)
Core i3 (should be possible)
Pentium Dual Core
Celeron Dual Core

Go for a min of 3GB of memory

Biggest hard disk you can get in budget

With manufacturers trying to get to as low a price point as possible on Ultrabook standards. You should be able to get a good "standard" laptop in your price point.

Acer is a good value brand

 

[mr wilks]

bought this for teen daughter for xmas http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Pentium-DVDSM-DL-Windows-Premium/dp/B007UMJZE8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1356464657&sr=8-1
no complaints as yet

 

[jonnyfive]

Thanks stuart any make to avoid?

 

[Stuart Truman]

Had a quick look online...

http://www.ebuyer.com/395550-acer-aspire-e1-laptop-nx-m09ek-001

http://www.ebuyer.com/407066-lenovo-ideapad-g580-laptop-maap2uk

Declaration of Interest, I work for Intel

 

[Bing]

That Lenovo is very nice, and very good value... Need a laptop for WB for his birthday, nice one Stuart

 

[sam1832]

Just for a lenova for my brother for xmas around £300

I will find you a link, playing with it today lots very good

And for the intended use is perfect

Although would you not prefer a netbook over a full size laptop?

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[Stuart Truman]

Core i5 for about £399 which is a fairly good price. If Wee Bing is thinking games, then I'd try and get him an i5 based system

 

[sam1832]

Link

http://uk.insight.com/en-gb/productinfo/laptops-and-notebooks/0001484440-00000001

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[ocrx8]

I've had a i5 Asus for the past year and have been really pleased with it... one of the few cheaper laptops to have a metal palm rest.

 

[chris g]

bought a sony viao webbook for my daughter - and its just about the worst thing I have ever seen, utter utter rubbish - Id ebay it if i wasnt afraid of the terrible feedback, even she wont use it and shes 9.

bought a windows 8 touchscreen for my wife - and she loves it . I hear windows 8 isnt loved at a technical level but new windows operating systems never are. touchscreen is the future i think, and having a proper keyboard makes a difference over an ipad.