Netbooks were the hottest selling item last year. In fact they look like they will be the hottest selling item in the portable computer market for quite some time to come.
The prices are something to behold as well. You can get a pretty decent machine for under $500 and even less.
Here are…
Five Bestselling Netbooks under $500!
1. Acer AOD250-1694 10.1-Inch White Netbook – Up to 8 Hours of Battery Life
It comes pre-installed with the Microsoft Windows 7 Starter operating system and is powered by a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 processor. A 250 GB hard drive and features 1 GB of installed RAM (2 GB maximum), 54g Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g), multi-format memory card reader, multiple USB ports, and built-in email, web browsing, and digital media applications. Priced at $329.99 (check for discounts).
2. Toshiba Mini NB205-N330BN 10.1-Inch Sable Brown Netbook – 9 Hours of Battery Life
Affordable and super-compact the 10.1-inch Toshiba NB205 netbook is designed with smart features like a full-sized keyboard and touchpad, long battery life, 3 USB ports and a hard drive impact sensor that protects your data. Priced at $419.99 (Check for discounts)
Toshiba is one of the most reliable companies when it comes to computers. In fact, I still have a Toshiba from 1998 in perfect working condition, with Windows 95!!
A few specs:
- 1.6 GHz Atom N280 processor
- Intel 945GSE graphics chipset
- 250 GB hard disk drive
- 1 GB of RAM (upgradeable to 2 GB)
- 54g Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g)
- Bluetooth connectivity
- Fast Ethernet
- Secure Digital memory card slot






