A budget laptop configuration would make an ideal machine for students and would also be a good starting point for home users looking for an additional machine either for other members of the family or to enable easy use in other rooms. If what you want to do is to use standard software, keep in touch via email, store your data and upload new software you should be thinking about a budget laptop with a 14" screen (measured diagonally), one of the cheaper Mobile Athlon 4 or Mobile Intel Celeron processors, a 20GB hard drive, 256 MB of RAM, a built-in 56k modem, a CD-RW drive and an Ethernet port for network connection. A package of this sort is readily available at under £800 though you'll be sacrificing portability as you save your pounds.
Answered by
Manoj Mankar
, an ibibo Advisor,
at
5:23 PM on January 31, 2009