W7P Laptop Rec Request

[Buzz]

Looking to replace Mrs. Buzz's aging XP laptop (Compaq Evo - really nice back in its day) w/ a Win7 Pro equivalent in a 14"-15" form factor. Not gonna be lugged around much, so netbook/ultrabook need not be considered critical. Have been eyeing 2.4GHz i5 Dell Latitude E6410 for about $250, and comparable Asus and Lenova Thinkpad offereings, all w/ 4GB RAM and 160GB - 250GB hard drives. We've squeezed about 12 years out of the Compaq, and it still runs in its own unsupported fashion, but it's time to replace. She has a company issued W8 phablet, which is OK in a pinch, but we have printing (and lack of real keyboard) issues, and she hates W8. I'm not up to speed on W7P gear, so need advice to make a proper spousal unit pleasing choice. Thanks. That $250 range feels about right, otherwise if it creeps up from there she'll have to convert to a C2D MBP which opens another can of worms moving her data.
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[clay]

I bought something like this last year for an organization I do work for:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/...No=8557741&CatId=4935

120GB SSD, 4GB, i5, Win 7 Pro. Been a pretty solid laptop. It's a bit above your price range, but the quality seems excellent. I don't have much recent experience with Dell laptops, though, so I can't comment on the Lenovo vs Dell quality question.

[C(-)ris]

I would think you could find a e6520 for around that price. But the e6410 is solid as well. Can't really go wrong with a Latitude.

[Carm]

E6420 is the successor to the E6410. Still chugging along with my E6410 Win 7 ultimate. Have replaced the major framework.

[sekker]

I just built a windows laptop from work in a C2D MBP we had around. Runs windows great. The issue of boot camp was odd however from 10.10.

In the end, I installed as a virtual machine.

Also, I have found cloud storage like Dropbox or Box to be a great way to migrate files off an old windows machine.