Laptop advice + Windows 7

[The Big Yin]

Hi Folks, My Dad is looking for a laptop.
He has £400 give or take a bit to spend, He went to buy one of these today from ALDI but they had none left
http://www.medion.com/ms/aldi/md98120/uk/

What decent laptops are there for circa £400, Plus most new laptops seem to come with Windows 7 on them, What is it like? Things like software antivirus etc.

[mattpayne]

http://www.dabs.com/products/dell-1015-core-2-duo-3gb-ram-250gb-dvdrw-windows-7-pro---xp-pro-6JGW.html?refs=50220000-52690000-403550000

howabout a better processor and a brand name - you can get lots of machines with a c2duo for 400-500

windows 7 is nice, all the shiny bits of vista, with the speed of XP :) yes, there may be the odd driver issue with bizzare or old hardware, but nothing too serious...

[The Big Yin]

Cheers. Been looking at some of the ACER laptops as well

http://www.dabs.com/products/acer-aspire-5532-athlon-x2-4gb-500gb-dvd-sm-15-6--windows-7-home-premium-6CP1.html
Acer Aspire 5532 Athlon X2 4GB 500GB DVD-SM 15.6" Windows 7 Home Premium

or
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/179792
Acer Aspire 5732Z Value Laptop, Intel Pentium Dual Core T4300 2.1GHz, 4GB DDR3 RAM, 500GB HDD,WLAN N, 15.6" WXGA, DVDRW,Windows 7 Home Premium 64BIT