which Dell Inspiron - or something else?

[newh]

Hi!

I’m looking for a low-end 17” laptop for gentle office use. No gaming, no video editing, so performance isn’t a big issue. The most intensive task will be streaming online video.

I’m looking at Dell’s Inspirons, as with a couple of current offers they seem to be competitively priced. Here are the low-end 17” options:

Pentium 2117U (2M Cache, 1.80 GHz) / 4GB RAM / 500GB 5400 / 2.64 kg / 1600 x 900 Backlit Display / 4-cell battery
£329

i3-3227U (3M Cache, 1.90 GHz) / 4GB RAM / 500GB 5400 / 2.64 kg / 1600 x 900 Backlit Display / 4-cell battery
£359

i5-3337U (3M Cache, up to 2.70 GHz) / 4GB RAM / 500GB 5400 HDD / 2.64 kg / 1600 x 900 Backlit Display / 4-cell battery
£409

i3-3110M (3M cache, 2.40 GHz) / 4GB RAM / 1TB 5400 HDD / 1GB Nvidia GeForce GT 630M / 3.28 kg / WLED Display / 6-cell battery
£439 - hold on, I'm now seeing that as 'clearance' for £386

Any thoughts on what the sweet spot there is for price/performance? Any real reason not to go with the cheapest 2117U-based model given it won’t be used for anything harder than watching streaming video?

Or should I be looking at something that isn't Dell?

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help.

[Andeh13]

Can't advise on them individually but I have a powerful Inspiron 17r SE for gaming and I am very impressed with it! it was around £1000 but the build quality, and feel for it is excellent. I would strongly recommend the extended service pack though!!