My MSI netbook is showing some problems already mostly hard drive related. Although I can replace the hardrive only, I think it will be safe to replace my 4 year old netbook. It has served me well. Two years abroad doing my masters thesis and it did not give any problems.

I know my budget isn;t a lot but I've searched the net and some Core i3 laptop can be bought under 25K.

These are the brand: ASUS, MSI, Lenovo, and maybe Acer.

Any suggestions? Comments.

I will use it mostly for school files. MS Office files and light data processing (stat analysis).