Which lappy for sister?

omens

Gold Level Poster
My sister had a Dell Inspiron that she got as a present a few years ago. It stopped working because the DC jack was buggered and my attempt to fix it failed (couldn't unsolder the joints!).

Anyway, she got a second hand laptop which has also failed. So am looking at buying her a new one. She does the usual word/excel/powerpoint, she'll view youtube vids and watch DVDs. 15" screen will be more than enough. I don't know about low/mid-range laptop specs so need advice.

Full HD is probably overkill but will ask her.

No idea about CPU/RAM requirements. Is the Intel 4000 graphics chip enough for blu-ray/youtube?

Looking at the Genesis IV for her.
 

Iroquois Pliskin

Enthusiast
Genesis IV is the first thing that comes to mind. Make sure to choose the i3-3110M CPU - plenty for the tasks specified. I'd also take the £35 FHD display upgrade, though you need a dedicated GPU for that for some reason (GT 635/640M). Four gigabytes of RAM should cover everything.
 
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