Getting a spec for a high school kid's laptop - thoughts?

As a professional blogger I have burnt through too many laptops than I can count. PC Specialist was the only firm who has built me anything that has worked powerfull, fast and with fewer issues than I've encountered elsewhere.

My 12 year old needs a laptop of her own for school and her own work. Neither she nor I are gamers, but we work with images, video and editing a fair bit.

I'm not wanting to get her a top of the line machine, but I would like her to have something that will last her to GCSEs at least if not A-Levels.

How does the following look? Too much? Too little?

Product Category Product Description

Chassis & Display Genesis Series: 15.6" Matte HD LED 16:9 Widescreen (1366x768)

Processor (CPU) Intel® Celeron® Quad Core Processor N3450 (4 x 1.10GHz, 2.20GHz Turbo)

Memory (RAM) 8GB Kingston SODIMM DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)

Graphics Card Integrated Intel® HD Graphics

1st Hard Disk 1TB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 2.5" SSHD - UP TO 5X FASTER THAN HDD!

DVD/BLU-RAY Drive NO OPTICAL DRIVE REQUIRED

Memory Card Reader Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)

AC Adaptor 1 x 40W AC Adaptor

Power Cable 1 x 1 Metre Cloverleaf UK Power Cable

Sound Card Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack

Bluetooth & Wireless GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® AC-3165 M.2 (433Mbps, 802.11AC) + BT

USB Options 3 x USB 2.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 3.0 PORT AS STANDARD

Battery UltraNote III Series 32WH Battery (Up to 9.5 Hour Battery Life)

Keyboard Language GENESIS III SERIES INTEGRATED UK KEYBOARD

Operating System Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence

Operating System Language United Kingdom - English Language

DVD Recovery Media Windows 10 (64-bit) Home DVD with paper sleeve

Office Software NO OFFICE SOFTWARE

Anti-Virus BullGuardTM Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode

Browser Google ChromeTM

Notebook Mouse INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE

Webcam INTEGRATED 1MP HD WEBCAM

Warranty 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)

Delivery STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days

Quantity 1

Total Order Price Ex VAT £360.00

Total VAT Amount £72.00

Total Order Price £432.00
 

Oussebon

Multiverse Poster
A Celeron is a pretty basic CPU.

For that budget you might be better off looking at off-the-shelf laptops - you might find something with an i5 ULV CPU in that kind of price range. Especially if photo and video editing are things that you do, and may do more of in the coming years.
 
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