Reliable Laptop for Uni?

[pauljdh]

My third and youngest girl is off to Uni in October and whilst she has a Lenovo laptop she's looking for something more like a working tool than an entertainment centre.

Tempted by a refurbed HP Elitebook with a SSD and a smallish screen - portability,fast boot, and reliability are important (sounds like a MBA to me!)

Anyone acre to recommend anything please and even better known any sources of warranted refurbished laptops?

Thanks

Paul