Back when I was a lad, £200 wouldn’t buy you a 16-bit console and 2 games, and one would have to dip very deep to buy anything approaching a remotely usable PC. But luckily those days are long gone, and this pocket-lint.co.uk review of the Toshiba L300 does much to remind us of that.

“The Toshiba Satellite L300 is one such machine, but at first appearance you wouldn’t think that it costs less than £300” begins the review, and we cannot help but agree. The boys over at the site in question have give this laptop 8/10 – and despite having some reservations about the ability of the notebook to run more taxing applications, cannot help but marvel at its overall suitability for those after a basic machine.

“The Toshiba Satellite L300 won’t suit everyone, as its base specification isn’t powerful enough for anything but the most basic of tasks. However, if you just need something for surfing the web or responding to email, this is a great machine at a bargain price.”

For the full review, pop over here.

gamingguitardude is currently living up to his name and looking for a decent gaming laptop, so he has turned to the trusty Notebookreview forum guys for help!

He doesn’t really have the budget to expect the best graphic card, but he would like something good enough to allow him to surf the net, do school work and use as a general multimedia machine.

Supplying ‘good gaming at an affordable price’ is the Satellite P105 which, according to the laptop-computer review site has everything gamingguitardude would want. Intel Core 2 Duo T7200, NVIDIA 7900 graphics card and an ultraportable design all combine to make the P105 the best choice for any multimedia fanatics on a budget.

To view the full review on the P105. click on this link.

Looking for a combination of light, portable and cheap is a pretty difficult task, but thats exactly what Gail is after and, to help her with her search she has enlisted bookxo.com forum members.

Other than being light for consistant transporting and cheap, her only other specification is that she needs something with firewire, leaves her fairly open to suggestion.

Someone who seems to feel they have found an ‘excellent’ solution to the age-old light but cheap problem is Puzzle121, who has written a review of his feelings on the Equium A100 for viewers of ciao.co.uk. Giving it 4 stars, an evaluation that it has a ‘good sound, nice looks, battery life, running speed’ and the title ‘excellent for a budget computer’, one can’t escape the feeling that Puzzle121 is more than content with his find! He goes on to produce an easy to follow account of his findings of the A100, written in a language even the least technically indined people can understand. Feeling that it is particularly good for work, but has a decent graphics card that leaves it open to gaming possibilties, this lightweight, 15″ screen laptop with firewire, Wi-Fi, 1GB of RAM and a suprisingly low pricetag could well satisfy Gail’s needs!

To read the full account of the Equium A100 follow this link.

babybirdy de ici a lu pas mal de sujets sur des portables, mais néanmoins se sent un peu perdue. Il souhaiterait acheter une machine essentiellement pour de la bureautique, internet, lecture DVD et visionnage TV…

Pour un budget entre 1000 et 1500 euros , écran 17″, avec une autonomie suffisante (> 2h), poids < 4 kg et si possible avec tuner tv hybride.
Ses exigences sont-elles possibles à satisfaire en termes de prix? Suivez le lien au-dessus pour offrir vos conseils à babybirdy.