Travel Friendly Laptops: 5 Great Options

Laptop computers have come a long way from when they first appeared on the market. From the design to the size and durability, which is the best for a person on the go? Here is a break down of 5 of the best travel friendly laptops on the market today:

Acer Aspire 5520-5156 Laptop Computer

Acer Aspire 5520-5156 Laptop Computer is one of the most travel friendly laptops on the market today. It comes fully equipped with everything you could expect from a desktop pc, but in a laptop. It comes with a an 1.8 GHz AMD Turion dual core processor and has the ever popular, powerful, NvIDIA GeForce 7000M graphics card installed in it. The screen is a massive 15.4 inch, widescreen display. The 6-Cell Lithium-ion battery carries a charge up to 2 1/2 hours. Weighing in at 6.06 pounds it makes this massive little machine very light and travel friendly. The price for Acer's Aspire 5520-5156 Laptop is around $600.00.

Sylvania G Netbook Notebook PC

Sylvania G Netbook Notebook PC is one of the smallest, powerhouse laptop's on the market today. It boasts a powerful 1.2 Ghz processor and comes installed with 1 GB of memory. It comes with Linux 2.6 installed in it. The Lithium-ion battery can last up to 4 hours on one charge. Weighing in at 1.87 pounds, the Sylvania G Netbook Notebook PC is very travel friendly. Tiger Direct has this little powerhouse priced at $329.99 and well worth every penny (buy from TigerDirect).

Asus Eee PC 2G Surf

The Asus Eee PC 2G Surf is not only a very travel friendly laptop but stylish too. It comes in many colors from white, blush pink to black, sky blue and lush green. This 7 inch powerhouse holds inside of it some of the more popular features today. With the dependable solid-state disk, bumps and shocks are no longer an issue. It comes installed with Linux installed and the WiFi automatically connects to the internet when you are near a hotspot. Weighing in at 2 pounds, this light,little powerhouse makes a great travel laptop. TigerDirect has the Asus Eee PC 2G Surf is awesomely priced at $299.99 (buy from TigerDirect).

HP Compaq 6515b Notebook PC

The HP Compaq 6515b Notebook PC is designed for the business man (or woman) on the go. This very powerful, lightweight laptop offers an AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core TL-58 1.9GHz processor, 1 GB of DDR2 memory, a 120GB 5400RPM SATA hard drive, and a high-quality DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive. It comes with Windows Vista Business installed in it and offers rock- solid security. The 6-Cell Lithium-ion battery offers life for 4 and 1/2 hours on one charge. Weighing in at 5 pounds, the HP Compaq 6515b Notebook PC is great for travel. TigerDirect has this awesome laptop priced at $749.99 (buy from TigerDirect).

The MacBook

For the Mac lover, Apple just came out with the Macbook. Just a little over an inch thick and weighing in at 5.4 pounds with the battery installed. The casing is made of aluminum alloy enclosure making it one of the more durable laptops on the market today. The Mac Book is loaded with an Intel Core 2 Duo Processor. The computer is loaded with a 160GB 5400rpm hard drive, 2GB of RAM, 802.11n Airport Extreme wireless networking, integrated Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, built-in speakers, a widescreen display, and Apple´s Dual-Layer 8x SuperDrive, a DVD and CD burner that supports Dual-Layered DVD discs. All this hardware runs on Apple´s OS X 10.5 Leopard operating system with Rosetta technology. The price for this laptop starts at a whopping $1,099.00 and goes up from there (buy from Apple).