Top Note Books In The Market

Notebooks are the hottest trend in the computing industry, and for good reason. Ultraportable yet powerful, notebooks make excellent secondary machines to desktop computers. They are perfect travel companions. The year 2008 saw the rise of different model brands. It began with the motherboard manufacturer Asus, but other known computer brands released their own incarnations of the Asus' free notebook. For would-be buyers, here's a rundown on the top six notebook models.

* MSI Wind U100

The MSI Wind U100 has great features that make it a great buy and a stand-out among all the notebooks available in the market. By using a 10-inch LCD screen (as opposed to a seven-inch), this notebook model is easier to work with. The keyboard is also one of the best designed ones on the market and is very comfortable to use for something so small. Probably the only downside to this notebook model is that it uses a 3-cell, so it only has a short battery life.

* HP 2133 Mini-Note

The HP mini note is unique in the notebook market for some features, including a metal case, a VIA C7-M processor instead of an Intel Atom and an Express Card slot, which al

lows it to use laptop expansion cards such as cellular and Wireless WAN cards. All told, this notebook model can double as a business system, although it is rather more expensive than other models.

* Lenovo IdeaPad S10

This notebook model may be a latecomer to the notebook market, but its wonderful features will make you look back at it. Like the HP Mini-Note, it has an Express Card slot wireless WAN and like the MSI Wind U100, it also has a 10-inch LCD screen. The best part about this Lenovo notebook is that it is very easy to upgrade the hard drive or the RAM ? you only have to open an easy-access panel. However, the Idea Pad S10 currently only has a 3-cell battery pack with no aftermarket batteries available. Also, it only has two USB 2.0 ports and is noticeably warmer than other notebooks.

* Dell Inspiron Mini 9

This notebook model is probably the only notebook that operates in complete silent thanks its solid state drive and its lack of cooling fans, although this causes the unit to be very warm with prolonged use. The access panel on the bottom of the casing readily provides users with access to the major components like the memory, solid state drive and mini-PCI card.