Next laptop - which one?

Hello,

My wife's Toshiba NB205 is dying and she asked for notebook this time.
I read the FAQ and I read this:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/60098-20-general-la...

I like the idea of picking up some 1-2 year old model (but in good condition/refurbished), so if it dies after a year, I won't be sorry too much for that.

With that, I turn to FAQ questions:
1. What is your budget? - up to AU $500, the less the better.

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
14" screen

3. What screen resolution do you want?
1280 × 800 or more?

4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
Portable

5. How much battery life do you need?
1-2 hours.

6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)?
Online games in firefox

7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo / Video editing,watching movies, Etc.)
watching movies, word/excel, lots of browsing and IM

8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
150-200G

9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
Australian based preferred as not all US are shipping overseas.

10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
year-two

11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
None. She already has external USB DVD/RW

12. Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.
I personally like thinkpads. But she don't care, as long as it lives long enough and is not slow.

13. What country do you live in?
Australia

14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
These are her priorities:
14"+ clear screen;
laptop fast enough to play smooth any online game, load pages in firefox (when you have 3-4 sessions of them with 50-60 tabs each), play movies (no video editing)
trackpad;
normal sound (nb205 has horrible sound, so she's fed up with it);
usb ports - the more the better.
(Yes, can be fixed with a usb hub, but is already built-in - better).

Thanks for your opinions