Notebooks under $500, lappies fitting your pocket

A mini notebook is one of the most interesting gadgets in the market. The tiny machines are very useful for students as well as businessmen. I am here summarizing a small list of mini notebooks with the restriction of price under $500. This is not a small amount and you can get a variety of products in this range with all the required features. Here are some of them:

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Mini-Notebook: Dell is a U.S based company that develops, manufactures, sells, and supports personal computers and other computer-related products. It has recently launched a notebook Dell Inspiron Mini 9. It possesses features like 1.6GHz N270 Intel Atom Processor, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, 4 - in-1 Media card reader, 1.3 Megapixel webcam, Dell Video Chat application, 8GB miniPCI SSD card etc. It weights 2lb 5.5oz (with 4-cell battery), 2lb 11.6oz (with battery and AC adapter) and size 9.2" x 6.8" x 1.3". The Mini 9 comes preloaded with dozens of useful applications for everything from official work and email to listening to music and watching movies. Price of the notebook is fixed as $349 with Linux and $399 with Windows XP.

Acer Aspire One Mini-Notebook: The third largest computer manufacturer in the world after HP and Dell Inc, and popular for its product lineup in desktops and laptops, as well as personal digital assistants (PDAs), servers and storage, displays has launched is own mini laptop Acer Aspire One. It is an elegant entry with features like 120GB hard drive, 8.9-inch notebook based on the Intel Atom processor, 512MB or 1GB of RAM memory, a NAND flash storage module of 8GB or an 80GB hard drive, and a 5-in-1 media card reader. The 8.9″ display in the Acer Aspire One has a resolution of 1024-by-600 pixels and LED backlight. Its bargaining price starts at $349. The Aspire One's three-cell battery lasted for just 2 hours, 16 minutes. A six-cell battery costs an extra $100, which negates the Aspire One's price advantage.

HP Compaq Presario C700T series: Another strong contender in the list is HP Compaq Presario C700T series laptop. It can attract consumers because of its features like 15.5 screen size, 6.4 lbs weight, Intel Celeron, Intel Pentium Dual Core processor, integrated graphics option, WXGA BrightView display, Altec-Lansing audio and preinstalled DVD Play. It also possesses 1GB DDR2 System Memory (2x 512MB), Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 and 6-cell, 44 watt-hour Lithium Ion Battery. The laptop is preloaded with Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit) and priced at $400.

Lenovo IdeaPad S10 Mini-Notebook: Lenovo is the companythat launches its mini laptops fro time to time and this time, I am talking about IdeaPad S10 mini notebooks. The significant features of the laptop are 1.6-GHz Intel Atom CPU and 1GB of RAM, Integrated 1.3M Camera, Multi-touch Pad & near full size Keyboard, Express card slot for WWAN expansion, Up to 2-GB Memory, Intel Atom N270 CPU 1.6 GHz & Intel 945GSE Chipset, large HDD capacity 160G 9.5mm 2.5" SATA HDD and battery up to 3 hrs. the starting price of the laptop is $399.