laptop under £400

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Hello,

I am a hardware newbie. I am looking to buy a laptop under £400 which I understand is very restrictive.
I don't really need any GUI, ideally I could use some X window system with a very resource conscious window manager (no Gnome/Kde), but I still need to use X.
I would use this laptop for c++ development with gnu compiler or clang, multithreading w boost::thread/ openmp, and qt for numerical data display and charting.
I have gcc processes for each compilation unit that reach 800Mb reasonably often.

Here are my requirements:
. New
. From some reasonably known seller (perhaps through overclockers)
. cpu: core2 or later microarchitecture (later the better). dual core, preferably quadcore
. RAM: 4Gb, but 8GB would be better
. hard drive: no importance, cheapest possible, preferring speed to size
. GPU/graphics: cheapest, still allowing to use xemacs with a reasonable resolution.
. sound/webcam/games/multimedia: don't care
. brand: I like Toshiba but they are way too expensive

How do I find the optimal laptop, if I accept unknown brands, if past users have had good experience with...? Does this website allow multi criteria search where I could input this criteria?

Any advice appreciated,

regards,
 
I would try and get a refurbished unit, you will generally get a better specification for you money and still have one year warranty. 2nd hand will get you even more for your money but at the risk of no warranty.
 
thanks,

not quite sure where to find these "refurbished units"... the 1 year warranty sounds like a good compromise.
any examples on this site?
where else would you look online? ebay?

regards,
 
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