Lightweight laptops, Reviews

Advent Sienna 15” laptop is affordably priced and still has all the necessary features for everyday use. It has black shell and sleek design. This cheap laptop is powered by Intel Core i3-330M Processor 2.13 GHz speed with 3 MB Smart Cache and 2GB RAM. The hard disk is spacious with a capacity of 250 GB.

The G61 laptop from the HP family has all the usual features of a HP laptop and yet is priced competitively. The laptop features 15.6″ diagonal High-Definition HP BrightView widescreen display with a pixel resolution of 1366 x 768. It is powered by Intel Celeron Processor T3100 1.9 GHz 800 MHz FSB with 1 MB L2 Cache. The main memory has 3GB capacity while the hard disk, 320 GB which are ample for most day to day use.

The new Dell Streak tablet offers many of the features that iPad offers and more. It has 5 in WVGA touch screen TFT LCD screen with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels. There are 5 MP and VGA dual cameras (front and back) with LED flash. With outer dimensions of 6 x 3.1 x 0.4 in, the smartphone is very slim and weighs just 0.5 lbs. An iPad Alternative?

Dell Streak tablet has built in 3 GB memory (ROM + RAM) and an extendable 16 GB micro SD card available for the user. The processor is 1 GHZ Snap Dragon 8250 processor and OS is Android 1.6. The smartphone has 1530 mAH battery that can last up to 24 hours under normal usage. It has excellent video playback facility. There is QWERTY keyboard along with number pad and a double width button for entering emoticons.

A cheap Kindle at last?! Amazon has announced the arrival of the new improved version of its blockbuster e-reader viz. Kindle. It is scheduled to be delivered to customers all over the world by end August ’10. The following are some of the improvements in Kindle over its earlier versions:

The Dell Alienware M11X tiny lightweight gaming laptop (netbook sized) is powered by Intel® CoreTM i5 520UM (3M Cache, 1.066 GHZ with 1.866 GHz Max Turbo Frequency). It has an 11-inch Wide HD 1366 x 768 (720p) LCD display for a more enjoyable game playing time. Equipped with 2GB DDR39 – 800MHz memory, it also has a capacity of 160GB10 5,400RPM for its hard drive.

The best iphone alternative is confirmed! The HTC Desire with Android on it, it is affordable feature packed, fast and going to give the Apple iPhone a run for its money.

Lenova Ideapad U350 small laptop is stylishly designed with black shell. It has active protection system that protects the hard drive from shocks as well ambient light sensor that adjusts the screen brightness automatically. Powered by Intel Celeron M Processor ULV 743(1.3 GHz, 800 MHz FSB,1 MB L2 Cache), the lightweight laptop has main memory of 2 GB and hard disk capacity of 160 GB.

Weighing just 3.5 lbs, and with outer dimensions of 12.9 x 8.97 x 0.98 in, Lenova Ideapad U350 is highly portable. The display is 13.3” widescreen LCD, WXGA, 1366 x 768 pixels resolution and LED backlit with 16:9 aspect ratio. For external connectivity the small laptop is provided with Wi-fi, Bluetooth, and Ethernet along with 3 USB ports. There is no internal CD/DVD drive.

The ASUS Eee PC 1201T lightweight laptop is powered by AMD Athlon processor. It has 12.1” TFT widescreen 1366 x 768 pixels glossy display. The main memory is 2GB DDR2 RAM while the hard disk has 250 GB capacity.

Weighing 3.2 lbs and with a size of 11.65 x 8.3 x 1.1 in, the laptop is easy to carry. There is no built in optical drive in the laptop. Wi-fi and Ethernet connections take care of external connectivity. Other features of this lightweight laptop are stereo speakers, 1 headphone and 1 microphone jack, 1.3 MP Webcam, 3 USB ports, VGA out and one MMC/SDHC card slot.

Dell 14z laptop with 14.0” high definition display is now available for free with a 24 months £40 per month contract with 3 in UK. The 5 GB allowance as part of the offer allows sending 5000 text emails, surf the web for 50 hours, download 50 two minute videos and 160 music tracks. Additional downloading will be charged at £0.10 per MB.

The small laptop is powered by Intel Pentium Dual Core T4100 (1.3 GHz/800MHz 1MB cache) and has a main memory of 2048MB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [2x1024] and hard disk of 500GB (5,400rpm) Serial ATA capacity.

Dell M301z lightweight laptops are available in 3 different configurations, all powered by AMD processors. They vary in memory and hard disk size and processor power. The lowest configuration is reviewed here.

The Dell Lightweight Inspiron M301z Small Laptop is powered by AMD Athlon II Neo K125 (single core) processor. It has 2048MB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [2x1024] main memory and 250GB (5,400rpm) Serial ATA hard drive. The display is glossy Hi-def 13.3″ WLED screen with a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. There is no built in CD/DVD drive in this lightweight laptop.