Today I lost it with my 10 year old Tosh laptop and after giving it a Basil Fawlty stye good thrashing it has decided never to talk to me again...

So looking for a cheapish replacement. All I use one for is surfing, watching I player and storing pictures ect...no game playing or anything complicated. Tosh has been good reliability wise but open to ideas, looking at about £300.

Any ideas or offers about?

Tesco have some very good deals at the moment, just over your budget but not by much
http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.211-3109.aspx
Nothing wrong with Dell for what you want, have recommended this to 2 family members in the last week and they have both been happy

HTH

First place I'd look is over on www.hotukdeals.com

ebuyer, and also dell's seconds bin online has been very good

hth