•The Acer Aspire one, one of our first thoughts is that this doesn’t look like a budget machine. The system sports a glossy white lid on the outside (it will also be available in black and blue), and a glossy black bezel on the inside which frames the 8.9-inch, 1024 x 600-pixel resolution display

• The perimeter of the 9.8 x 6.7 x 1.1-inch Aspire one serves up the following ports: three USB 2.0, a Kensington lock, VGA, Ethernet, and headphone and mic jacks. One particularly useful aspect of the machine is the inclusion of two memory card slots: one dedicated SD, and another 5-in-1.

• The Aspire One comes with Linpus Linux Lite with Firefox 2.014, an instant messaging client that’s compatible with AIM, Google Talk, MSN Messenger, and Yahoo Messenger, Aspire one Mail, an RSS reader, Skype, and links to Wikipedia, Google Maps, and Hotmail. Work contains the OpenOffice suite, Contacts, Calculator, Notes, and Calendar. Fun houses the Media Master multimedia player, Photo Master picture manager, the KolourPaint paint program, a webcam, and a slew of causal games. The Files section is home to the My Documents, My Music, My Pictures, My Videos, My Downloads, and My Files folders.

Intel Atom Processor
N270-1.6Ghz
Mobile Intel 945GSE Express
1GB Memory
8GB SSD Drive
Multi in One Card Reader
8.9” WSVGA LCD
Wireless Lan
Acer Webcam
Linpus Linux Lite OS
What I like about it is the 8GB SSD, which is much robust compared to HDD. And also the Intel Atom processor which is very power efficient. The price and specs makes it very tempting to purchase. I could have if not for the information I gained today about Dell’s own netbook appropriately dubbed as E. This one with almost the same spec as Aspire One is supposed to cost only Php 15,900.

As one of the premium laptop labels, Sony notebooks can hardly be considered cheap though they are well-known for having one of the most stylish designs in the market. The VAIO CR series, however, attempts to target the budget-conscious crowd while still maintaining its aesthetic appeal, though compromises were made in terms of weight.

Specs;

Intel Core 2 Duo T8100-2.10ghz
2GB DDR Memory
250GB Harddisk Drive
DVDRW Drive
14.1” WXGA LCD
Win Vista Home Premium
ATI Radeon X2300
Wlan w/Btooth
Built-in Card Reader

Thanks to its 2.1GHz Core 2 Duo processor and discrete 128MB ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 graphics, we expect the machine to perform well even with the full Aero Desktop experience enabled in the Windows Vista Home Premium operating system. The unit also has an 802.11a/b/g/n radio along with Bluetooth to cover wireless connectivity. Despite this, Sony claims that the VAIO has an uptime of up to 4 hours on the standard cell. An optional extended battery is also available to boost it up to 6.5 hours of unplugged time, though you will have to pay additional for that. The price is about Php 79,999.xx.