New laptop under €400

cian8

Want to buy the missus a new laptop for her birthday and I am overwhelmed by the options - especially the choice of processor what happened to Pentium - good everything else - bad!

Budget - €400

Usage - Microsoft Office for college assignments etc., storing and sharing photos (currently about 40gb), facebook, storing music (currently about 40gb), Skype. No gaming, no photo editing (as in Photoshop or GIMP), no coding etc.

Requirements - Windows 7 (not starter), wireless n, min 320gb hard drive

Preferred options - would like it to be small but mobility is not a big issue, built in webcam, would like a bigger hard drive.

Brands - don't mind but have v. good experiences with Toshiba and mixed experiences with Dell.

Some options:

http://www.harveynorman.ie/cq57-301sa-17315.html

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/5087138/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7COffice%2C+PCs+and+phones%7C14418968/c_2/3%7Ccat_19780850%7CLaptops+and+netbooks%7C14419039.htm

http://www.did.ie/Product/TOSHIBA-500GB-LAPTOP-C660D1CV/19620/28018.0.0

http://www.shop.bms.ie/laptops-15-16/toshiba-satellite-c660d-19x-laptop-psc1ye-01u008en

http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Toshiba_Satellite_Pro_C660-2DN_1173714.html

http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/ieweb/LenovoPortal/en_IE/catalog.workflow:expandcategory?issBase=ProductsCategory&issCategory=/Notebooks/ThinkPad%20notebooks/ThinkPad%20Edge/E520

http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/GRADE_A_-_ASUS_K52F-EX546V_1156787.html


Any help very much appreciated!

Torqay

Get her the Tosh with the 2nd Gen Core i3 for 350 Sterling.

All the AMD Fusions are the entry level E300s, they'd be beaten in CPU benchmarks even by the dual core celeron and the refurb dual core pentium you have listed there.