Five Back-to-School Budget-Friendly Laptops for Students

As fast at the race of technology is running these days, it is essential for almost every child to have access to a computer to do his homework. Most school reports require the Internet for research, classes have their own websites with homework assignments, and the school calendar is also online. Students may also use a computer to stay in touch with classmates and peers or to contact them for help on homework via email or a chat application. Like it or not-computers have become a very important part of a child's life. With so many different brands and types to choose from, it can be difficult to decide which type of laptop is the best for your child while keeping your budget needs in mind.

The first type of laptop that would best fit your student's needs is the Dell 15.6" Inspiron 1545 Laptop PC. It is built with an.Intel Dual Core Processor and comes pre-installed with Windows 7 Home Premium with Microsoft Office Home & Student Edition. The laptop also comes in bright stylish colors such as purple, pink, blue, red, green and black. For students who want to stay in touch with family and friends, the laptop also has a 1.3MP webcam and Skype software. The webcam is compatible with chat applications such as Yahoo! Messenger. Students may also save their work via USB flash drive or a memory card and find their work using the 7-in-1 digital media card reader. Students who have a love for music and want to store their files can burn cd collections using the CD/DVD burner. The price also fits the college student's budget while staying well at under $1,000 ($598 at Walmart.com).

Another laptop with a friendly price is the HP Black 10.1" Mini 210-1041NR Laptop PC. The laptop is under $300 available at Walmart.com. Its screen is also small, only being ten inches, and makes it easier to transport from place to place. With the small size, it also takes up less room on in a student's bedroom or dorm room. The HP black mini is preloaded with Windows XP and has a broadband modem with wired ethernet, so that it is able to pick up Internet from any wireless hotspot. Students may also chat online with the available built in microphone and webcam.

A student who requires plenty of storage space will make out find with the 200 GB of hard drive space and 1 GB of ram on the Toshiba Satellite A215-S4747. It is available for $680 at tamayatech.com. There is plenty of space for saved photos, music, homework files and more. It has a 15.4" diagonal WXGA display giving movies, videos and video games better viewing quality. Movie, photos and music can also be burned using the DVD burner which reads up to 11 different formats. The laptop also has plenty of extra hook-ups for other USB devices and can easily connect to any other available Internet hot spot with the integrated 802.11b/g wireless LAN technology.

The HP ProBook 4510s WZ271UT Notebook PC from TigerDirect.com is also budget friendly with a $399 sticker price. It comes preloaded with Windows 7 Home Premium. The display is 15.6" and the hard drive offers 160 GB of free space. The Hps Probook design is clean and sleek and the keyboard also offers a separate numerical pad too. Other accessories include a DVD burner, 4 extra USB ports, and a RJ-45 Ethernet Connector. The HP Probook is available with just as many bells and whistles as that of a common desktop and is available for less than $500-friendly for any student's budget.

Available from Amazon.com, the Asus Eee PC 1005PR (netbook)offers 250 GB of free hard drive space at just $399. Its platform also comes preloaded with Windows 7 and its screen is small measuring at just ten inches. The Asus is very easy to transport and carry around weighing in at just about three pounds, providing less strain for a student. It also has HD available in some of the video playback too.

So if you are on a budget for school supplies, and your student is in need of a technology upgrade in the laptop department, there are price friendly products available that also will fit a student's needs. Most laptops that are priced under $500 are still just as worthy as those that are well priced over a thousand dollars.