Please help recommend a laptop for my wife

[mattchapman]

Hi
My wife would like a laptop to be used at home for basic tasks as follows:

- General web browsing
- Light MS Office applications (Word, Excel)

There will be no gaming or other intense uses but it needs to be fairly snappy. She is currently using a 7 year old behemoth laptop which is slow as hell.
Preferred screen size is around 15".

Budget is around $400. Less is better of course.

Can anyone recommend a decent laptop for her needs?
Perhaps something from the upcoming Black Friday sales?

Thanks!

 

[darrpara]

Hi
My wife would like a laptop to be used at home for basic tasks as follows:

- General web browsing
- Light MS Office applications (Word, Excel)

There will be no gaming or other intense uses but it needs to be fairly snappy. She is currently using a 7 year old behemoth laptop which is slow as hell.
Preferred screen size is around 15".

Budget is around $400. Less is better of course.

Can anyone recommend a decent laptop for her needs?
Perhaps something from the upcoming Black Friday sales?

Thanks!

http://slickdeals.net/f/5438224-Best-Laptop-Deal-Not-Cheapest-on-Black-Friday