Hey,
My girlfriend is looking to buy a laptop for blogging and illustration work. However the budget is quite tight at about £350, maximum £400. The desktop that she is using at the moment is quite an old HP:
Intel Pentium Dual core - 2.2GHz
1GB ram
geforce 420
17" monitor
This is almost adequate for most of what she uses it for, however it is unbearably slow when doing anything more tasking than blogging, and is taken by other family members a lot of the time.
I have had a look at the Asus X54c, which seems pretty good. I can only find one in stock anywhere though (from scan):
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/156-a...rw-w7hp-%2864-
I've been looking for laptops that have Core i3 processors I'm not sure if there are any better alternatives at the same price range, how much worse are the pentiums? What is the difference in performance between i3 and AMD A4/A6?
If anyone has any ideas on good value for money laptops at this price range that would be great. I have a main focus on the performance inside the machine, so I'm looking for people to shed some light on the quality of the build and battery life etc. of any laptops as well.