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Recommendation for Laptop for €500 approx ??

carltonleon · 2012-11-19 08:49:58

I need to purchase a laptop for my Mam for Christmas. It will be used mainly for Skypeing relatives in Oz, web surfing and general day to day use, nothing major. The webcam needs to be decent though. I was looking at this…

19-11-2012 8:49am

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carltonleon

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I need to purchase a laptop for my Mam for Christmas. It will be used mainly for Skypeing relatives in Oz, web surfing and general day to day use, nothing major. The webcam needs to be decent though.

I was looking at this

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/5089057/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7COffice%252C%2BPCs%2Band%2Bphones%7C14418968/c_2/3%7C19780850%7CLaptops%2Band%2Bnetbooks%7C14419039/c_3/4%7Ccat_14419039%7CLaptops%7C14419040.htm

any advice greatly appreciated !!

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#2 19-11-2012 5:37pm

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Seems more than capable of what you want it for. Should last a couple of years with a current gen ivybridge i3 processor.

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