Resolved laptop buying help

Hi everyone,

I am buying a laptop for my son who is about to turn 13 and I really want the best for my money as anyone would. I am torn between three different ones, that are all around the £250 mark and are all new. Its not the brand or design I am worried about but what is actually inside. If someone would not mind looking these over and just giving an opinion and perhaps explain why one is better than the rest I would be most grateful.
Many thanks

Asus X551M-
CPU, Memory and Operating System:
Intel Celeron dual core processor.
1.8GHz processor speed.
4GB RAM.
500GB SATA hard drive.
Microsoft Windows 8.

Display features:
15.6 inch screen.
High definition display.
Resolution 1366 x 768 pixels.
DVD optical drives:
DVD+RW/DVD-RW (read/write).

Graphics:
Intel UMA.
Shared graphics card.

Asus K55a
Intel; Celeron; B820 Dual Core Processor
4Gb DDR3 RAM
320Gb hard drive
15.6" (1366 x 768) LED-backlit display
Super-Multi DVD drive
Intel® HD Graphics 4000
webcam
Integrated 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi
2 x USB 3.0, 1 x USB 2.0, 1 x HDMI
Altec Lansing; Speakers
Windows 8 Home Premium

Acer E1-570
Intel Core i3-3217U processor
Windows 8.1 64-bit
4Gb RAM
1Tb (1000Gb) hard drive
15.6 inch display (1366 x 768)
2x USB 3.0, 1x USB 2.0, HDMI
Webcam with microphone
Weight: 2.35 kg

If you would not mind glancing over the info I would be grateful, thanks

 

Welcome to the boards. What is he going to be doing with this laptop? Gaming? ???

 

He is not into PC games as he has a ps3, xbox 360 and an iphone(I had a master system 2 when I was 15 and thought I was privileged lol). How times change.
I will probably nick it for the odd game of age of empires 2 though.
Just general internet use and downloading music or watching the odd film etc.
Thanks

 

The Acer isn't bad and has a large HD. What is the difference in price where you are located?

 

I vote for the Acer E1-570. Looked over the specs seems like a nice machine.

 

Hi techhelp, Welcome to WindowsBBS.
I agree with lj50. Tha Acer is the higher spec and would be the one I would select. Neil.

 

The difference is only £20, all the machines I listed though were online prices.

 

THANKS everyone, I am going with your recommendations and will get the i3.
Thanks again

 

Okay, thanks, never realised I needed to do that or even how to.

 

Hello again, sorry to be a pest. But I was just about to order the laptop and was sent a link for a Dell that is on sale

Core i3 4010U 1.7 GHz
4GB RAM
500GB hard drive
DVD burner
15.6" or 17.3" screen
WiFi 802.11n
USB 3 (x2)
HDMI

Now I realise that the hard drive is not as big but I just wondered out of the Acer and this one what woujkd be your personal choice?
Thanks again

 

What Dell model is it?

 

Hi everyone,

Jut popping back to say thanks, I went with the acer as advised and it is a pretty quick machine. I know many of you probably have super fast machines as most of you know what you are doing and how to add ram(if thats what makes it faster), but for the average computer user this is a good laptop.
Once again thanks for all your help.

@lj50 -it was an, Dell Inspiron 15 4th Gen Core i3

 

Thank You. I know someone who uses only Dell and is looking for a new laptop. I'll let them know about this Dell.

 

http://www.dell.com/uk/p/inspiron-17-3721/pd?oc=cn37104 £299, it was cheaper but the 10% code has run out I believe

http://search.euro.dell.com/results...cs=ukdhs1&cat=all&k=Inspiron+15+Celeron+N2830 This one is still only £199 but I do not know if it is any good.

 

Please mark this thread as resolved. Thank you and good luck with your new PC.