Lightweight laptops, Reviews

Toshiba, one of the leaders in laptops, has released a cheap version in NB200 netbook. This attractive looking netbook is thin (1.3 in maximum thickness) and lightweight (just 2.9 lbs).

The small Toshiba NB200 netbook is powered by Intel Atom N280 (1.66 GHz, 512 MB, 667 MHz FSB) processor and has a main memory of 1 GB RAM and hard disk capacity of 250 GB. The 10.1” screen has WSVGA TDT display with LED backlight and a pixel resolution of 1024 x 600.

Acer, the Taiwanese computer maker increased its worldwide sales in 2009 by 29% to displace Dell as the second largest PC maker in the world. According to Gartner’s estimates, Acer had a worldwide market share of 13.5% behind HP’s 19.8% even though the growth rate of Acer in 2009 was much faster (29%) than HP (11%) in worldwide PC shipments. Dell the 3rd largest PC maker had a negative growth of 9% in 2009. According to Gartner Acer established itself as the leader of the sub-$500 consumer mobile PC segment in key regions and its improved branding strategies also helped it to work better with channel partners.

The Mini 110 cheap netbook from the HP family is affordably priced with all essential features for personal use. This environmental friendly netbook is housed using recyclable materials and is energy efficient. The netbook is available in 2 different configurations.

This small netbook has outer dimensions of 10.3 x 6.77 x 1.29 inches and weighs only 2.35 lbs. The LED display measures 10.1” wide diagonally and has a native resolution of 1024 x 576 pixels. The 1 GB RAM is sufficient to run Windows 7 starter edition and the hard disk has a capacity of 160 GB.

The Advent Roma cheap laptop suits students and others with low budget. Available in black colour, this small laptop has a large 15.6” screen and features necessary for day to day computing.

Intel Celeron processor C900 ((2.2 GHz, 800 MHz, 1MB Cache) powers this lightweight laptop and the main memory has a capacity of 3 GB and the hard disk, 320 GB. The 15.6” glossy display has 1280×800 pixels resolution and 16:10 aspect ratio. The size of this cheap laptop is 14.5 x 10.2 x 1.7 inches and it weighs 6.38 lbs.

The Advent Verona cheap laptop is ideal for those on tight budget. Available in black and silver colours, this small laptop has a large 13.2” screen and all essential features for a travel companion.

This lightweight laptop is powered by Intel ULV Celeron processor 743(1.2 GHz, 800 MHz, 1MB Cache) and has 3 GB DDR2 RAM and 250 GB hard disk. The 13.3” TFT (LED-backlit) display has 1366×768 pixels resolution. With outer dimensions of 13.1 x 8.5 x 1.3 inches, the laptop weighs only 3.5 lbs.

The Acer Aspire 1410 Window 7 small laptop has a choice of 10 models in 3 vibrant colours to choose from with varying processor capacity, main memory, hard disk, operating system and price points. The thin and lightweight laptop features Intel’s ULV Celeron processor.

With external dimensions of 11.22 x 8.0 x 1.2 inches and weight under 3 lbs, this small laptop is highly portable. The display is 11.6” high brightness TFT screen with LED backlight, 1366 x 768 resolution, 16:9 aspect ratio and up to 16.7 million colours. The configuration reviewed here has 2 GB DDR2 RAM and 250 GB hard disk capacity. Further it has Wi-Fi as well as Gigabit Ethernet connection.

Google has begun the New Year 2010 with a bang with the release of the much anticipated Google Nexus Mobile Phone last week in US. It is coming to UK soon. Designed by Taiwan’s HTC and running on Google’s very own Android OS version 2.1, this smartphone has a 3.7” OLED 480 x 800 pixels display. OLED displays are more bright and colour rich compared to TFT LCD screen. It has 512 MB RAM on board and a 1 GHz Qualcomm 8250 Snapdragon processor which makes it faster than either Apple’s iPhone or Motorola’s Droid (aka Milestone).

Dell Studio XPS 13 laptop from the Dell family has stylish look and excellent build. The lightweight laptop is available in three different configurations with varying processor speed, main memory, hard disk capacity and battery size and 3 colours viz. Obsidian Black, Arctic White or Merlot Red finish.

The lower end configuration is reviewed here which is powered by Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T6600 (2.2GHz, 800MHz, 2MB) and has 2048MB 1067MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM with 160GB (7,200rpm) Free Fall Sensor hard disk. The small and cheap laptop has backlit ergonomic keyboard and touch pads. The 13.3″ WXGA (1280×800 pixel resolution) CCFL screen with TrueLife displays brilliant colours.

Why Online Backup?

Have you ever suffered from losing important documents, digital photos, videos etc due to hard disk crash of your cheap laptop? And then tried to salvage whatever you can using disk recovery programs? Most computer users would have faced such a situation some time or the other in their lives. According to an estimate about 140,000 hard disk crashes occur in US alone every week and about 10% of all hard drives fail each year all over the world.

With the advent of internet users have another problem to contend with: virus attacks that can virtually destroy entire files in the hard disk. A solution to these types of loss of data and also due to thefts and natural disasters is online backup. With communication costs coming down by the day, it is cheaper and convenient to save your data periodically using online backup service providers. They provide cheap, safe and secure remote location for your data that can be accessed from your cheap laptop anywhere wherever there is an internet connection. You only need to pay as low as one cent per megabyte per month for the first gigabyte and 0.3 cents in excess of 1GB or $5 per month for unlimited storage for the online backup facility!

The Acer Aspire 3810 TZ cheap laptop is slim, stylish and is of good quality construction. With dimensions of 12.7 x 8.9 x 1.1 inches and weighing 3.7 lbs, the small laptop is compact and portable. There are 3 models available in the Acer Timeline series each with a choice of display size, graphics processor as well as main CPU.

Intel’s 1.4GHz Core 2 Duo CPU U9400 CULV processor drives this lightweight laptop with main memory of 4GB 1066 MHz DDR2 RAM which is more than enough to load Windows Vista Premium operating system. The 500 GB 5400rpm capacity hard disk provides ample space to store all your music and video files. The display is13.3″ widescreen LED screen with a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels.