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.