Best Laptop £400

[cymatty]

Option 1

Vostro 1500

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T8100 (2.10 GHz, 3 MB L2 cache, 800 MHz FSB)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English
1Yr Basic Warranty - Next Business Day Included - No Upgrade Selected
15.4" Wide Screen WXGA (1280 x 800) Display with TrueLife™
Matte Jet Black with 2.0 mega pixel camera
2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM (2x1024)
160 GB (7.200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with Free Fall Sensor
128MB nVidia® GeForce® 8400M GS
Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive
Primary 6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (56 WHr)
Services & SoftwareDeclined CompleteCare
No Bluetooth Upgrade
Intel® Pro Wireless 3945 802.11a/b/g Mini-Card - Europe

£419

or

Dell insiron 1525
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T5450 (1.66 GHz, 667 MHz FSB, 2 MB L2 cache)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English
1 Year Base Warranty
2.0 Mega pixel web camera
Jet Black Colour with Matte Finish
15.4" Wide Screen WXGA (1280 x 800) Display with TrueLife™
2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
160GB (7200RPM) SATA Hard Drive
Integrated Intel® Graphic Media Accelerator X3100
8x DVD+/-RW Optical drive, including SW
6-cell 56WHr Li-Ion primary battery

£453

For my dad to browse the net word docs etc, or is there any better deals for the money?

 

[cymatty]

they are as good as youll get for 400 , infact i never even realised you could get that good for 400!

top one has better spec and is cheaper

both will do what he wants flawlessly

remember to factor in the price of office if you need it. i probably wouldnt spend 400quid for word proccesing and internet though but thats just me

Sorry they ae without VAT so just over £500

 

[cymatty]

Update in the end got him the follwing

V1500 CORE 2 DUO T7250 2.00GHz,800,2M
Vostro 1500 15.4 WXGA True Life
Free Memory upgrade from 1024GB to 2048GB 667MHZ
2048 MB 667 MHz Dual-Channel DDR2 SDRAM (2x 1024 MB)
Hard Drive 120GB Serial ATA (5400RPM)

£420, not bad imo