Which Laptop to buy?

lvm

Ok, I now have a headache from constantly looking at different laptop specs, reviews etc and am no further forward!!

So, I need to buy a laptop and it needs to be from Amazon (have too much gift credit on there!).

Laptop will be used for internet browsing, downloading music/films and needs to have a DVD R/RW. It won't be used for gaming at all (ok, maybe the odd game of freecell!) and I really don't care about graphics or amazing sound features.

Budget of around £300 and have been considering these:

ACER ASPIRE V3-571

ACER ASPIRE E1

I can't see much difference between the 2 apart from an extra 250gb of hard drive (which to be honest I wouldn't really need - although might do just because it's there!) and the USB 3.0 in the V3-571.

From the limited reviews, the V3 looks like a good option but am I missing any other better buys out there?

HELP!

onzey

All the (4) reviews for the V3-571 seem to be about an i5 with 8GB although the description at the top says i3 with 4GB. I wonder what you actually get. Strange.


Btw I don't think it says it has an optical drive. Also "Nonstandard battery" I think means built in. Never had one but could be expensive to replace if there's a problem with it outside of warranty.

lvm

onzey wrote: »

All the (4) reviews for the V3-571 seem to be about an i5 with 8GB although the description at the top says i3 with 4GB. I wonder what you actually get. Strange.

Ah, didn't look at that. It'll be a 4GB I would get - you can select an 8GB with the drop down box.

onzey

lvm wrote: »

- you can select an 8GB with the drop down box.

And I missed that!

Also I see heading says DVD drive. I was looking at tech specs.