We need a new laptop for Mrs B, her three yr old Packard Bell just runs slower and slower. More memory might help but it'd be a gamble.
Basically it's a work machine. Her job is supply teaching and while she get's access to school IT on longer assignments she cannot rely on it doing daily stuff where she's rung before 08:00 and sent to school X for start of day. It needs to be able to show DVD and other interactive stuff on a whiteboard etc so probably better with integral player. No other fancy graphics though - she's not a gamer. Otherwise it's standard office stuff with email, word processing spreadsheets etc plus browsing etc at home
I'm thinking of something with i3 or i5 processor (but are there variations within those models) and a min of 4GB memory and 500GB hard drive. Does that sound plausible?
Ideally she'd want something a bit smaller than a 15.6" 'consumer' profile but that looks to add £££ to price. Don't want to pay more than £500, less if possible.
One possibility is this:
tinyurl.com/mp3ehm7 (Lenovo consumer form factor)
or tinyurl.com/llgl4wr (Dell office form)
What do the experts think?
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