Advice for budget laptop for my son.

[Garf]

I am looking to get my youngest son (10 years old) a laptop for Christmas, mainly for browsing, youtube and some games - mostly Minecraft and similar, nothing too major.

Looking for any suggestions really - been reading that for Minecraft either an Intel HD4000 or dedicated graphics card is best, but am slightly confused by what is really required.

Games like Minecraft will be the main use I guess.

Budget is around ?350 at the moment, but seeing as he has been saving his pocket money towards it all year, I want to make sure we get something half decent so I'll add a bit more if needed..

Appreciate any thoughts.

Thanks

[Baseley09]

Intel HD4000 will be fine for Minecraft.

Check the computers section on http://www.hotukdeals.com/ daily for the best deals

[bash]

Apparently Asus Transformer Book T100 is very good for the money.

Windows 8.1 10.1 tablet/keyboard hybrid with Quad core the Bay Trail GPU USB 3.0, 32gb hhd, 2gb ram and decent performance. Screen is ok at 1,366 x 768 and roughly 10hours battery life. Takes a while to charge up though apparently. Micro-HDMI output, and a microSD slot. Best of all for Students its got Microsoft Office Home & Student 2013 edition bundled.

all ?349

[Garf]

Thanks both..

[Largo]

Hey Garf
The Lenovo G505 A6 looks like a good bet!
Heres some good documentation about it, should suit your sons needed perfect.

http://henry-computer-llc.myshopify.com/products/lenovo-g505-gaming-laptop-quad-a6-5200-2-0ghz-4gb-500gb-win8-amd-8400-graphics

And links to purchase http://shop.amd.com/uk/Manufacturer/...707557#Details

This reply is possibly 'to late'

[Garf]

Sorry, missed this update, but much appreciated.

It looks very good, but I got one last week - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[Largo]

Ahh i5 chip, nice, he should be sorted with that the lucky swine