ASUS Eee PC S101 reviewed

We already knew ASUS' Eee PC S101 had it going on when it came to design, but how did it hold up under the stresses of everyday use? The critics over at Laptop Mag took the fashionable netbook into their testing lair, and while it was deemed "gorgeous, inexpensive, strikingly thin," users who opt for this one must be willing to "make some trade-offs in the name of fashion." For starters, the $699 machine shares almost all of the same internal components as the $449 Eee PC 1000H, so you'll have to fall awfully hard for the looks in order to justify the delta. Generally speaking, the palm rest and keyboard were both praised, but the critics did find the Shift key to be "awkwardly placed". In the end, there wasn't much here to discuss outside of cosmetic differences, and while this crew couldn't place its highest recommendations on the pricey S101, those with deeper pockets may certainly feel otherwise.

IdeaPad S series

Lenovo comes with IdeaPad S10 - ultra portable and inexpensive laptops, that comes with two colors: white and red, other new colors will be available in October and December.

It runs on Windows XP Home Edition, measure 9.8 x 7.2 inches, weight just: 2.4 pounds (1kg).

Inside components for minimum price:
Processor: Intel ATOM N270 1.6GHz
Display: 10.2" (1024 x 600 pixels)
Memory: 512MB DDR2
Hard Drive: 80GB
WLAN, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950.
Price: $399.

S10 also comes with dedicated graphical UI for best energy management that will help you monetize battery life.

Pavilion dv5z series

HP Pavilion dv5z series - the most inexpensive laptops from Dell comes with new design, with some new features "modern lines and durable surfaces with a liquid metallic appearance; a streamlined, high-gloss, onyx and chrome finish; a color-matched keyboard and touchpad ".

It has a great balance between mobility, size, performance and price. It has 15.4 inch display and a weighs around 5.84 pounds. Dedicated for music and videos that is ready to rock your entertainment world.

Inside components for minimal price:
Operating system: Windows Vista Home Premium
Processor: AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core QL-60 1.9GHz
Display: 15.4" WXGA widescreen display 1280 x 800 pixels
Memory: 1GB
Video card: ATI Radeon HD 3200
Hard Drive: 160GB
HP Imprint Finish (Mesh) + Microphone + Webcam, Wireless-G Card, DVD writer 8X
Total price: $580

A Blue Ray is available for $150 with AMD Turion for $50.

Inspiron 1525

Dell Inspiron 1525 comes with a variety of colors for your choice, examples: Jet Black, Espresso Brown, Flamingo Pink and other, plus 2 art editions: Sea Sky or Bunch O Surfers, so you sure can find the color that you want.

The laptops is clearly designed, elegant and inside component for minimal price makes it to take part of inexpensive laptops.
It's designed for office with a lot of multimedia features.

Inside components for minimal price:
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Basic:
Processor: Intel Celeron 2.0 GHz
HD display: Glossy, widescreen 15.4 inch (1280 x 800 pixels)
Memory: 1GB
Hard Drive: 120GB
Video Card: Intel Graphics X3100
DVD writer, WLAN, no Webcam
Total price: $499

For art edition need to add $50, arts created by Mike Ming - a New York City artist.
This small price makes it to be a inexpensive fantastic laptop, for those how wants a great laptop from a major brand company with a high quality.

Inspiron Mini 9

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 is a budget laptop, inside a Intel Atom Processor N270 1.6 GHz available in two colors: Obsidian Black or Alpine white.

It a very inexpensive laptop with it's small price $399 based on minimal inside components. It works on Windows XP Home Edition but I think it can run Windows Vista too. Memory is not enough: only 512 MB designed for limited applications, wait, the hard drive is very small - only 8GB like on a mobile phone.

A good accessory can be a portable optical DVD-RW drive for $85 that is not a part of the laptop. What's bad no WLAN an to add Bluetooth needs $20. No camera but again for some cash a Web camera with 1.3 MP can be added.

Inside components for minimal price:
Processor: Atom Processor N270 1.6 GHz
OS: Windows XP Home Edition
Memory: 512 MB, for more memory to 1Gb +$25
Hard Drive: 8GB, + $40 if you want a 16GB Solid Drive
No optical drive, + $85 for a portable one
No Bluetooth, + $20 for this feature
No webcam, + $25 for 1.3MB Webcam

Display: 8.9" 1024 x 600 WSVGA
Weight: 2lb 5.5oz (1.06 Kg)
Size: 9.2" x 6.8" x 1.3"

Minimal Price: $399
Full Price with all features: $594

The design is similar to other Dell Notebooks, it's amazing size and weight , glossy plastic is found on the top of the screen cover and price makes it the best inexpensive laptop ever.

Presario CQ50Z series

This is Compaq Presario CQ50Z series - a ultra stylish inexpensive laptop that has a cool touchpad design, a low weight of 7.0 lb (3.2 kg), the display is 15.4" long, durable and powerful.

It comes with Windows Vista Home Premium that includes Windows Aero, Windows Media Center and other cool features.

This notebook is optimized for everyday business work or entertainment.

Inside components for minimal price:
Operating system: Windows Vista Home Basic
Processor: AMD Sempron SI-40 2.0 GHz
Display: 15.4" (39cm) WXGA HD Widescreen Display (1280 x 800 pixels) with BrightView technology.
Memory: 1 GB
Hard Drive: 120 GB
Microphone, WLAN 802.11 a/b/g/n
8X DVD-RW with Double Layer support
Price: $449.99

The attractive design are perfect for your personal lifestyle plus a great quality and price makes it to be one of the best inexpensive laptops.

What is an inexpensive laptop?

An inexpensive laptop must have a price not higher then 600$, but even with this small price it must run Windows XP or Vista and minimum requirements must be at 1.5 GHz CPU and 1 GB of RAM.
These laptops are designed for small budget people who don't want to spend more money assuming that these laptops usually don't have a nice design and a lot of futures like: webcam, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Blu-Ray drive etc… so good luck at choosing the right laptop!

First Windows XP OLPC laptop designed for Peru

Microsoft announced last week that the first XO based on Windows XP is ready to commence. The One Laptop per Child (OLPC XO) has designed to run on Linux but the notebook started to be very popular and Microsoft decided to work with OLPC to make Windows XP to run on these devices.
This program with OLPC laptops will be carried out by the government of Peru.
The price of this new laptop - 188$.