Alan Stutts on Cheap Laptops

Cheap laptops? Well, of course. Why are they cheaper than other laptops? Why would one be interested in cheap laptops? There are many cheap laptops available on the market nowadays. Among the manufacturers that offer cheap laptops we can mention some like Dell, Toshiba, IBM, Gateway or Sony, all great names in the field.

In what follows you can find some information about these manufacturers’ supply of cheap laptops. Dell Inspiron 1100, Gateway 400SP Plus, Toshiba Satellite A15, Sony VAIO GRT CTO, IBM ThinkPad R40e Series, as well as others, represent the most common items available in retail shops or with online dealers. One common feature of the above mentioned cheap laptops is their 10/100 integrated Ethernet. The duration of their batteries, though it varies considerably, it ranges somewhere between 1 and 3 hours.

Therefore it is normal to find them in different price segments. With almost all of these laptops the display is around 14 – 15 XGA TFT. In as far as the hard disk size is concerned, we can say that they are quite similar with a 20 or 30 GB capacity. The cheap laptops under discussion are also similar in size and weight. Their weight varies slightly from 6lb to 8lb. They all have Intel Celeron processors ranging from 1.7GHz to 2.2GHz. If we were to judge by the slight differences among these cheap laptops, we could say that the price variations should not be very big either.

On the other hand there are stores and online firms which sell refurbished used cheap laptops. For instance, if you access laptopcloseout of Toronto, Canada, you will be able to find and buy cheap laptops, used laptops or refurbished laptops/notebooks. This firm works with renowned computer and laptop manufacturers, therefore, the quality of the merchandise is quite high enabling the customers to purchase best quality refurbished used computer PCs and notebooks accessories.

In addition, another explanation for the necessity of cheap laptops is the necessity for computerized education that opens the access of the electronic world to children from under-developed classes. I assume everybody has heard of the program One Laptop Per Child- OLPC, whose purpose is to help children in financial difficulty with laptops and PCs. Evidently, for such projects it is not necessary to buy and use only state-of-the-art computers or laptops. The cheap laptops offered by different manufacturers will do the job as children who will benefit from this project do not need the most complex devices for learning purposes.