Would be a great machine - theoretically
Would be recommendable to students of all levels -- but due to its tremendous amount of issues with updating Windows 8 (you have to uninstall and reinstall drivers and all kinds of acrobatics, apparent;y a known issue but still they don't change it!
-- ery good value for the money; plasticy look and feel but hey; it's only £4; -- good screen; big and clear; -- Windows 8 is theoretically good and convenient; -- extremely fast for web surfing and word processing; -- it's light and the battery life is very good
--- the keyboard layout is to small for normal hands; --- the speakers sound cheap; ---the Windows 8 it comes with (at pcworld) doesn't have most updates and you have to install them with lots of issues (google the 13% update stall problems...!