w540eu advice

Hi. I don't really know much about laptops and just wanted to get some advice (I'm a desktop man).

I'm getting a new laptop for my grandmother and vaguely remember people saying clevo laptops are good. Anyhow, My grandmother would use her laptop for web browsing, playing bridge and streaming catch up TV. The most important factors are that it is reliable in the long term. She won't replace it till it is dead on ts feet. The budget is about £500. Portability is also relatively important but not as much as reliability.

I came across this w540eu config for £530, any good? Should I be looking at some other chassis?

Chassis & Display: UltraNote: 14" Glossy HD LED Backlit Widescreen (1366x768)
Processor (CPU): Intel® Core™i3 Dual Core Mobile Processor i3-3120M (2.50GHz) 3MB
Memory (RAM): 4GB SAMSUNG 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (1 x 4GB)
Graphics Card: Intel® HD Graphics 4000 Video Memory Technology up to 1.7GB
Memory - Hard Disk: 120GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive: Ultra Slim 8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)
Memory Card Reader: Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)
Sound Card: Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Bluetooth & Wireless: GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® N-2230 (300Mbps) + BLUETOOTH
USB Options: 2 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD
Battery: UltraNote Series 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (62.16WH) (Up to 7 Hours)
Operating System: Genuine Windows 8 Standard Edition 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Webcam: INTEGRATED 2.0 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM


Who are reliable UK clevo resellers? This is a pcspecialist.co.uk build.

Thanks for the help.

 

welcome

not sure of that model but i wont buy anything else but clevo now.
heres a full list of resellers http://forum.notebookreview.com/sager-clevo/652403-clevo-resellers-european-union-v1.html

as far as i know plenty of happy customers but i wont recommend them due to their misleading warranty which covers a lot when your spending over two grand.

most clevo's are high end gaming laptops but that spec looks ok for general use.

 

Thanks. Anyone have any experiences of UK clevo resellers? Who's reliable?

 

i think they are reliable though.

mine in my sig below is a 2 grand clevo and im seriously thinking of buying their 11" as well as it blew me away at the gadget show in birmingham and would be perfect for me on long trips.

 

If she intends on saving much data, I would opt for either a bigger SSD, or downgrade to perhaps a Seagate SSHD for the sake of capacity. Otherwise, I think that would be perfect for her needs.

Windows 8.1 may revive some missed features, but no guarantee just yet, so see how she feels about Windows 8 first.