Advice needed: Buying a laptop for a pre-teen

[Judy@Rtec]

I thinking about buying a laptop (or netbook) for my 11  year old for Christmas.  She's very hands on but lacks computer skills, as her only interaction with tech has been her Ipad, android phone and off course HT 

Here's the catch, I'm not sure if it's going to become a white elephant (or at least not properly utilized by the time it is outdated) so I am very hesitant to spend too much.  Her only requirement would be that it looks the part, and for me it's built in wifi,  a reasonable size hard drive, windows platform and if I'm really luck Microsoft office.

I doubt she will load anything major on it, besides music, downloaded youtube videos and the odd basic games.

So if my spec is cost effective & reliable with say a 3 year shelf life is this a good idea....

http://www.game.co.za/computers/intel-celeron-nb-red.html
HPIntel Celeron NB Red - PRICE R3999
Intel celeron N2840 with intel HD graphics 2.16GHz
2GB Memory
500GB Hard drive
15.6'' Screen
Bluetooth 4.0
Windows 8.1
1 year on-site warranty

or even better this one....

http://www.game.co.za/computers/intel-celeron-nb-c182e4.html
PACKARD BELL  - PRICE R2999
Intel celeron N2830 BGA 2.13GHz
2GB Memory
500GB Hard drive
15.6'' Screen
Bluetooth
Windows 8.1
1 year on-site warranty

Or can anybody give me any better ideas?

 

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