Cheap Laptops: Is It Time For An Old Dream Coming True?

Desperate for a portable PC and short of funds, perhaps you’ve been eyeing on cheap laptop deals for quite sometime now.

Here, we are listing a number of must-read articles that give you plenty of insight and advice before you finally make that move. Don’t act in ignorance.

Cheap As Chips
This is quite an informative article that was published in The Sydney Morning Herald’s Digital Life section. The article classifies a cheap laptop as anything under $500 currently and introduces you to a few models and options that are available within this maximum price limit. While the article also covers cheaper desktop computers, that’s towards the end of the article, it’s the ‘sub notebook’ and auction sites sections that are very helpful for those looking for advice on buying cheap laptops.

The ‘sub-notebook’ section is a mini review of ASUS Eee PC, a rather stripped version of a modern day notebook pc, and the ‘auction sites’ section describes the life cycle status of laptop pc’s that are made available through sites like eBay etc. Laptops sold on auction sites could be classified as ex-lease laptops, reconditioned laptops, resealed laptops and new laptops.

The article also touches the subject of exploiting open source software and linux operating system to keep the total cost of ownership of your notebook pc’s low.

PC Guy: A budget laptop could limit your options
In this eye-opening piece of writing, Peter Grad takes a look at how popular notebook pc brands entice customers with low cost laptop models that only pack yesterday’s technology inside.

Basically a laptop pc is as good as the computing requirements it can fulfill of yours. If you are only looking for a machine that offers a portable way of accomplishing simple everyday tasks, cheap laptop models sold by mainstream manufacturers give the permanence you are looking for. But if you have extra needs, as you may find out when you go through the article as it exemplifies the built of every component of these budget notebooks, you will find yourself stuck with a need to order a number of pricey add-ons.

10 Things To Look For In A Laptop
Erik Eckel has posted a very refined entry on the subject of what to look for in laptops when shopping around. And if someone puts in the effort to sort out the comments visitors have placed on this post, he may come up with a very meticulous list of 101 things to watch out for when buying notebook pc’s.

Make sure you measure up the cheap laptop model you are going to buy against these aspects to watch out for and come up with a decision that keeps you satisfied for a stretched period of time.