Acer Aspire One

These are very cute laptops. they’re in the category of Netbooks..small, lightweight, cheap. The one I used was blue, they’re also available in white, black, red, brown and pink(!). Typical configuration is 1gb of ram and a 80-120gb hard drive. No optical disc built in but, ask yourself..do you need to carry one with you all the time? Remember, this is meant to be a second computer, so your primary machine would normally have a DVD/CD reader/burner. The Aspire One also has multiple USB ports, a multimedia slot for memory cards, Wifi (802.11G).

For approximately $349.00 you’ve got a great computer for the Web,  listening to music, watching videos and email.