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Toshiba Satellite L20 Series Laptop Notebook

A lot of laptop for the money, with reasonable performance and solid build quality. It still isn't enough to trump the current A-List incumbent, though Adverts for alarmingly cheap notebooks are everywhere these days. And while it isn't yet true that notebooks are now outselling desktops, some of the prices we're seeing show that it really is war out there.

The specification on this particular model is slightly higher, and certainly enough to last for two or three years. The most important component is the processor, a Celeron M 370. This is essentially Intel's budget version of the 'Dothan' Pentium M, running at 1.5GHz with 1MB of Level 2 cache. Possibly its biggest drawback compared to a Pentium M is the lack of SpeedStep support.

Unfortunately, it's made to look slightly slow in this configuration due to Toshiba including just 256MB of RAM; you should generally run one application at a time to prevent the system swapping......

Compaq Presario V5002EA Series Laptop Notebook

With the Pavilion V5000 series, HP delivers a well-designed and versatile multimedia laptop that starts at a very affordable price point.

Specifications:
Processor: Sempron 3000+ ; RAM installed: 512 MB DDR SDRAM ; Weight: 6.6 lbs

The Compaq Presario V5000 series is virtually identical to the Presario V4000 series with one major exception: where the V4000 can be configured with Intel's Celeron, Pentium, or Core Duo processors, the V5000 series features a choice of AMD processor--either the Pentium-equivalent Turion or the less expensive, Celeron-equivalent Sempron--as well as Intel's new Core Duo processor. As a result, the HP Compaq Presario V5000 series offers thousands of possible configurations. Aside from your processor, you can also choose from a variety of hard drive capacities and ATI graphics cards. Though HP says the glossy BrightView screen delivers a brighter image, the standard screen isn't as reflective and costs......