Hi folks,
My father in law is wanting a cheap laptop to check email and browse the web with from home. Doesn't need to be uber powerful but does need to be reliable so want to avoid anything that's flimsy and / or liable to overheat. Am currently thinking of this:
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/123094
Pros:
1) Major manufacturer (though I appreciate it's probably built in the same factory as 10 other brands)
2) It has XP installed not Vista (I assume Vista should still be avoided - and Vista laptops in the same price range also only have 512MB RAM which I know is nowhere near enough for Vista).
Cons:
1) It has shared memory graphics (I may upgrade the RAM to offset this a little)
2) Could use a bit more memory (see 1)
Or would it be worth stretching to something like this for (supposedly) better build quality (and a dual core CPU - though I'm really not convinced it's worth it for a simple web + mail machine):
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/129385
Cheers!