£300 budget

[e36Adz]

A colleague at work has just ordered a 15.6" laptop with a celeron processor and 2GB ram. After she ordered she told me to check the spec and tbh it wasn't that good a deal, I found laptops within 2 minutes with pentium dual core processors and 4GB ram so I advised her to cancel the order...

Ocuk google experts, whats the best spec you can find for £300 inc del?

Only requirement really is a 15.6" screen.

 

[e36Adz]

Ok she has cancelled her order!

So far I have found this:

ASUS X52F-EX469V


ProcessorIntel® Pentium® P6100 Dual Core (2.0 GHz, 3MB Cache)
Screen15.6" (ASUS Color-Shine, 1366x768, HD)
Operating SystemWindows 7 Home Premium Edition 64-bit
RAM4GB (DDR3)
Hard Drive320GB
Optical DriveDVD Rewriter (Records DVDs 8x & CDs 24x & Dual Layer Super Multi)
GraphicsIntegrated (Intel® GMA X4500 3D Graphics with up to 384MB Shared Memory)
Wireless LANWireless (802.11b/g/n Wireless)
Network Card10/100/1000 Gigabit Fast Ethernet
Integrated WebcamIntegrated Webcam with Microphone
Card Reader3-in-1 card reader (SD/SDHC,MMC)
USB Ports3x USB 2.0 ports
SpeakersIntegrated Sound System
VGA Port1 External VGA Port
Kensington LockKensington lock slot
Charge Time2.5 Hours
HDMI1x HDMI Port
WarrantyASUS 1 Year Global Hardware Warranty
Battery Life2-3 Hours (up to 3 hours with power management)

£300 inc delivery.

Anything better out there?

 

[Scrutinize]

This is easy if you can live without the 15" screen which is pretty easy and I have had no probs going from a 15-13,

HP Probook 4320s

XX826EA#ABU

Stock Code: W015734

Intel® Core™ i3-380M Dual Core Processor, 13.3" HD Screen, Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64-bit, 3GB DDR3 RAM, 320GB HDD, DVD Rewriter, 512MB ATI 5470 Graphics, Webcam Bluetooth & HDMI, 3-5 hour battery life, multi-touch pad, 2kg weight, Includes Free HP Carry Case, XX826EA#ABU - you can get the 3 year HP warranty pack off ebay for £13

£299 (after £100 cashback from HP granted)

had mine 1 month now and just submitted the cashback claim, it is built so much better than anything else for the money and then some being HP corporate / business kit (it was a £600ish machine when not discounted as well) with a brushed metal lid, palmrest & speaker fascia, solid spill resistant keyboard with minimal flex, and i can get 4hr + battery life.

cost me £17 to put an additional 4GB memory in so has 6GB in total, was quick enough on 3GB but 6GB is just better.