Top Five Cheap Netbooks

The laptop market is fiercely competitive which is a good thing for consumers. Laptops used to be premium priced products but a number of relatively new entrants into the market have proven you can offer quality devices at reasonable prices. In this article we’ll suggest the best cheap laptops available taking into account functionality and price. So here are the top five cheap netbooks. With netbooks you’ll find there generally isn’t a CD/DVD drive so you’ll need an external one if you want to use discs.

This is one of the most popular offerings from ASUS. They have introduced a number of low cost products which still offer a good range of features and a decent level of quality. This 10.1 inch black netbook would make a perfect business laptop. It has an Intel Atom 1.66 GHz N280 processor, 1 GB of RAM and a 160 GB hard drive. The 10.1 inch LCD has a maximum resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels. The laptop also supports Wi-Fi 802.11b, g or n standards. It comes pre-installed with Windows XP and you’ll get up to 10.5 hours of use from a single charge.

It is a compact and attractive device and you’ll get a free sleeve case for carrying it around. Additional features include a 1.3 megapixel webcam, support for Bluetooth version 2.1 and an extra 10 GB of Eee Online Storage. In terms of connectivity there are 3 USB 2.0 ports, 1 VGA port, 1 Ethernet port and 2 audio jacks for headphones and a microphone. It is lightweight and easy to carry and it is reliable. This laptop won’t suit gamers or movie fans but if you want something to work on, keep in touch with people, and browse the web it will do the trick perfectly. You can get this ASUS Eee Netbook for just $349.95 on Amazon.

This is another very popular laptop with very similar specifications. This time Acer is the name behind it and it comes in a range of colours including black, white, red and blue. The processor this time is the Intel Atom N270 which is 1.6 GHz and this machine also has 1 GB of RAM and a 160 GB hard drive. The display is a 10.1 inch LCD and the system supports Wi-Fi on the 802.11b or g standard. There is a built in webcam, Windows XP with Service Pack 3 is pre-installed and a fully charged battery will give you around 6 hours of usage.

This is every bit as compact as the ASUS Eee PC and just as portable (here's more on ASUS versus Acer). The specs are almost identical but the ASUS does offer an extra 10 GB of online storage and the processor is a tiny bit faster. Once again this is not suitable for gamers or movie fans. It is an ideal business laptop for working, messaging, and web access. It is also worth pointing out that it lacks Bluetooth. It has 3 USB 2.0 ports, 1 Ethernet port, 1 VGA port and a multi-format flash memory card reader. There is also a headphones and microphone jack. This one may not be quite as good as the ASUS option but that is reflected in the price. You can order one of these on Amazon for just $296.99.