A Buying Guide to Budget Notebooks

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 at 11:18 am

Since becoming commercially available in the early eighties, when the attention of users of notebook computers because of its small size and portability. Not much of a commercial success, then, it took only a short time before the computer industry improved this item to a point, now considered one of the best selling computer products to the consumer.
For those who want to buy a laptop budget may be some difficulty in choosing the right to have one, there are several notebook manufacturers are so many models. Budget notebooks are in a class by themselves with the basic functions, but is able to offer complete solutions for the computer related tasks.
For a simple guide for budget notebooks, check the following major manufacturers:
SONY
Sony VAIO notebooks are fashioned products to consumers, flexibility and performance without compromise. It is expected to function as is 15. 4 “ WXGA, Core Duo processor and 100GB hard drive. Although not the cheapest notebook budget, offsetting the higher price by greater technological properties.
Most frequently used features you would expect from Sony budget notebooks: 1 – Intel Core Duo T2250 1 72 Ghz, 2 – Windows Vista, 3 to 1 GB of DDR2 RAM, 4 – Widescreen XGA display type, 5 – Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950, 6 – 100 GB SATA 5400 RPM, 7 – CD-RW / DVD ROM, 8 – Wireless-LAN-802. 11 a / b / g, 9 – Modem and LAN-port 10/100, 10 – USB connectivity; 11 – It weighs about 6 pounds 5, 12 – Lithium-Ion battery up to 5 5 hours, 13 – One-year limited warranty . Price: from 929 U $. A 00 and in accordance with optional accessories.
DELL
With these characteristics, such as, for example, “ 15 4 WXGA, Core Duo processor and ATI Radeon Xpress, Dell budget notebooks offer a flexible combination of power, productivity and mobile entertainment at a good price.
The most frequently used functions, you can expect from these notebooks are: 1 – AMD Turion 62 X2 processor ghz/1mb cache 1 8, 2 – Windows Vista, from 3 to 512 MB of RAM, 4 – Widescreen Display Type XGA, 5 – ATI Radeon Xpress 256 graphics chipset video MB, 6 – up to 80 GB hard drive, 7 – CD-RW / DVD-ROM, 8 – It weighs about 6 pounds, 9-9-cell Lithium-Ion, 10 – One-year limited warranty. Price: from 549 U $. A 00 and in accordance with optional accessories.
TOSHIBA
All Toshiba notebooks have a budget 15 4 “ WXGA, DVD reads and writes up to 11 formats, high speed wireless LAN (802. 11 b / g) for a simple networking.
The most frequently used functions, you can expect from these notebooks are: 1 – Intel Celeron 1 GHz +, 2 – Windows Vista, from 3 to 512 MB of 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 Bluetooth connections, 9 – Modem and LAN 10/100 Mbps, 10 – USB FireWire connectivity, 11 – weighs about 5 pounds, 12-4-cell Lithium-Ion, 13 – TV-out S-Video, 14 – parts and labor. Price: from 599 U $. A 00 and in accordance with optional accessories.
HP
HP Budget notebooks with features like 15 4 “ Display, AMD Sempron 3500 + and a sophisticated black resin surface, offers an interesting mix of style, mobility and performance.
Expected characteristics can be found in this category Notebooks HP: 1 – AMD Sempron 3500 +, 2 – Windows Vista, 3-15. 4 “ widescreen WXGA, 3 to 512 MB DDR2, 4 – CD-RW/DVD rom, 4 – Wireless connectivity 802 11b / g WLAN, 5 – It weighs about 7 pounds, 6 – Nvidia graphics chipset with 256 MB, 7-6 -cell Lithium-Ion, 8 – USB, LAN and modem, 9 – Integrated stereo speakers, 10 to 60 GB SATA hard drive, 11 – S-Video TV-out, 12 – One year warranty on parts and labor. Price: from 569 U $. A 00 and in accordance with optional accessories.
A while ago portable electronics devices were a luxury too expensive price. Today it has become a kind of product within the reach of many people must have. The notebooks are in this category for you! And basic notebooks are the best choice for those who are on a tight budget. So, if portability is a must for your personal computer or professional-related tasks, do not waste any more time. Get a notebook budget!
Roberto Sedycias
IT Consultant for PoloMercantil
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