For someone who intends to buy a budget notebook, he may have some difficulties with choosing the right one, because there are several notebook manufactures offering so many models. Budget notebooks are in a class by itself with basic features, but able to deliver all solutions for IT-related tasks.
For an easy guide to budget notebooks, check the following major manufactures:
SONY
Sony VAIO notebooks
are fashioned products targeted to consumers who demand flexibility and power without compromise. It is expected to find features such as 15.4 `` WXGA, duo core processor and 100 GB hard drive. Although not the cheapest of budget notebooks, it compensates the higher price by offering more technological features.
Most common features you would expect from Sony budget notebooks: 1 - Intel Core Duo T2250 1.72 GHz 2 - Windows Vista 3 - 1 GB DDR2 RAM; 4 - Widescreen XGA display type; 5 - Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950, 6 - 100 GB SATA Hard Drive 5400 r / 7 - CD-RW/DVD ROM; 8 - Wireless LAN 802.11 a / b / g, 9 - Modem and LAN port 10/100; 10 - USB connectivity, 11 -- weighs about 6.5 pounds 12 - Lithium ion battery up to 5.5 hours 13 - One year limited warranty. Price starts from U $ 929.00 and up after the enhancement.
DELL
With features such as 15.4 `` WXGA, duo core processor and ATI Radeon Xpress graphics, Dell budget notebooks offer a flexible combination of power, mobile productivity and entertainment at a good price.
Most common features you would expect from these notebooks are: 1 - AMD Turion 62 X2 1.8 ghz/1mb cache processor 2 - Windows Vista 3 - 512 MB RAM, 4 - Widescreen XGA display type; 5 - ATI Radeon Xpress 256 mb video graphics chipset, 6 - Up to 80 GB disk 7 - CD-RW/DVD ROM; 8 - It weighs about 6 pounds, 9 - 9-cell lithium ion battery, 10 - One year limited warranty. Price starts from U $ 549.00 and up after the enhancement.
TOSHIBA
All Toshiba budget notebooks are equipped with a 15.4 `` diagonal WXGA display, DVD optical drive that reads and writes up to 11 formats, high-speed wireless LAN (802.11 b / g) for easy connection to network.
Most common features you would expect from these notebooks are: 1 - Intel Celeron processor with 1 GHz + 2 - Windows Vista 3 - 512 MB RAM, 4 - Widescreen XGA display type; 5 - Radeon Xpress 200M video graphics chipset 6 -- 60 GB hard drive 7 - CD-RW/DVD Rom 8 - Wireless LAN, but not a Bluetooth connection, 9 - Modem and LAN port 10/100 Mbps, 10 - USB and FireWire connectivity 11 - It weighs around 5 pounds , 12 to 4-cell lithium ion battery, 13 - TV-out S-Video, 14 - One year parts and labor. Price starts from U $ 599.00 and up after the enhancement.
HP
HP Budget notebooks with features such as 15.4 `` screen, AMD Sempron 3500 + and a sophisticated black resin finish, offer an attractive blend of style, mobility and performance.
Expected features one can find in this HP notebook category: 1 - AMD Sempron 3500 +, 2 - Windows Vista, 3-15.4 `` WXGA Widescreen 3-512 MB DDR2 4 - CD-RW/DVD ROM; 4 - Wireless connectivity 802.11b / g WLAN, 5 - It weighs around 7 pounds, 6 - Nvidia video graphics chipset with 256 MB 7-6-cell lithium ion battery, 8 - USB, LAN and modem port, 9 - Integrated stereo speakers, 10 -- - 60 GB SATA hard drive, 11 - TV-out S-Video, 12 - One year warranty on parts and labor. Price starts from U $ 569.00 and up after the enhancement.
A while ago portable electronics devices were a luxury at an expensive price. Today it was an affordable must have kind of product for the masses of people. Laptops are in this category for sure! And basic laptop is the best solution for those who find themselves in a tight budget. So, if portability is a must for your personal or professional IT-related tasks, not wasting any more time. Get yourself a budget notebook!
