For many people a sub 500 laptop is regarded as “low budget”. While it’s correct that these economical models won’t break any speed records and its graphical power won’t blow you away Cheap Rudy Gay Jersey , they are able to perform quite nicely.
If you are not a gamer or do any high level video editing, you will find a 500 dollar laptop will work fine. You won’t need the most expensive processor to open your email and you surely don’t need an amazing video card to browse the web. A “budget” laptop will perform the vast majority of what most people do with a computer. Here are my picks for the best laptops under 500 dollars for 2011.
HP Pavilion dm1z
The dm1z really astonished me with its ability to handle graphics. The ATI Radeon HD 6310 performed rather effectively. I think many people will also appreciate the amazing life of the battery this laptop has. This is due to the very power efficient AMD Fusion processor. Boot speed and overall program speed was good too, pretty astonishing for such an inexpensive laptop. I didn’t enjoy the case Cheap Darren Collison Jersey , it really seemed very thick and really cheap. Some may also not like the little 11.6 inch screen.
Asus Eee PC 1215N-PU17
Ok so I understand that a laptop at this price isn’t supposed to play games much, if at all. But the Asus’ dual core Atom CPU and Nvidia Ion graphics card could play most games I tried at low resolution settings. Needless to say this laptop has a lot of juice to run business applications with no issues. The Asus also had the best video playback of all laptops.
There really wasn’t much to not like with this model. But, if I were to select a couple of things it has to be the cheesy keyboard and rather inflexible mouse buttons.
Sony Vaio Eco VPC-W212AX
One of the neatest things about the Eco is how green it really is. 20 percent of the chassis is made of recycled DVD and CD cases. The case it comes with is made of recycled soda bottles and PET plastic. The Sony Eco obviously doesn’t just give the term “environmentally friendly” lip service. Being great for environmental surroundings isn’t the only thing this laptop offers. The next generation Atom CPU will have this machine running for some time.
I didn’t like the keyboard whatsoever. It felt tiny and very cramped. Video playback was very poor as well Cheap Zach Randolph Jersey , performing the worst of the three in this respect.
Overall I would easily say that the Asus Eee PC is the obvious favorite. The bang for the buck that this laptop offers you outshines its competitors by a mile in my opinion. The Eee demonstrates even at a low price a laptop CAN perform well.
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