Name	Dell Latitude D620	HP G62 340US XH066UA	Lenovo G560	Lenovo G550 2958-XFU
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Product Features
Screen Size	14.1 in	15.6 in	15.6 in	15.6 in
Screen Resolution	1366 x 768 (WXGA)	1366 x 768	1366 x 768	1366 x 768
Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile 1.83 GHz	AMD Athlon II X2 2.20 GHz	Intel Pentium 2 GHz	Intel Celeron 2.20 GHz
Memory	1 GB	3 GB	4 GB	2 GB
Hard Drive	40 GB	320 GB	320 GB	160 GB
Audio	Audio - Line In (1/8" Mini), Audio - Line Out (1/8" Mini)
Battery Life		4 Hours	4 Hour	3.80 Hour
Built-in WebCam
Memory Card Reader		MS, xD-PC, MMC, SD	SD, MMC, MS, MS PRO, xD-PC
Operating System	Microsoft Windows XP Pro	Windows 7 Home Premium	Windows 7 Home Premium	Windows 7 Home Premium
Widescreen
Wi-fi
Weight	5.04 lbs	5.50 lbs	5.73 lbs	5.95 lbs
Warranty	1 Year Limited Warranty	1 Year Limited	1 Year Limited	1 Year Limited
Memory Technology	DDR2	DDR3 SDRAM	DDR3 SDRAM	DDR3 SDRAM
Video Chipset	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator	ATi Mobility Radeon HD 4250	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD	Intel GMA 4500M

Budget notebooks
The prices continue to fall. Even today it is possible to buy a powerful machine for an attractive price. Laptop manufacturers offer a wide range of notebooks dividing them into business and budget categories. As a customer you should know what computing features are you interested in. What are your purposes? We encourage you to shop around a bit before making the final choice.
Most of the budget laptops provide with all necessary features for basic computing, web surfing, home entertainment and office needs. Now, for a low price you can find an ultraportable laptop with new generation processor, slim and lightweight. There are available several models that weigh less than 4 pounds and can be bought for $400 to $700.
Before choosing a budget laptop it’s important to define whether a cheap netbook will satisfy your needs. A netbook is lighter and smaller machine.  Probably you don’t need an extra-powerful machine and netbook will fully satisfy your desires. If you still opt for a laptop please follow our tips.

How to choose
The important things in a cheap laptop are its screen and keyboard. A screen that is more than 12 inches will make your web searching easier and will allow you to have a lot of windows opened at a time. Mind the screen resolution. Note: the cheapest laptops usually have only average battery life.
Run thoroughly through the components of the laptop and if you find something to be unnecessary don’t pay for it.
Many budget models come with dual-core processors, 2GHz. Basically 2GB of memory are sufficient, if only you aren’t a gamer. In this case you will probably need to look for something more powerful.
Don’t pay much attention to stereo speakers or trackpad. These are usually the same in all models. While for example Wi-Fi is extremely essential.

Here we chose and reviewed the most popular and cheap laptops in the market.  We hope that you’ll find something that will perfectly suit you.