12 best inexpensive laptops

Another simplest inexpensive business notebook, but already equipped with an RJ-45 interface. A nice bonus can be considered the opening angle of the display part close to 180 degrees, which makes it more convenient to work together a group of employees. In older models, the display is touch-sensitive, although it is also no different with the special contrast of the picture and the correct color rendition. Of the other amenities worth noting the original texture processing used plastic and curtain webcam. The first one is less branded and more catchy, and the second one will lower the degree of anxiety of the information security service. Of additional interest may be the presence of a slot for installing a memory strip and an optical drive, which is simply changing to an adapter for a solid-state drive. Than Lenovo V130 15 laptop is able to upset, so it is a short duration of work in offline mode.

Inexpensive laptop for simple office tasks, the main advantage of which is the presence of an optical drive and the possibility of expanding the amount of available RAM. Business applications are indicated by a separate numeric keypad of this laptop, its regular seat for DVD-RW should definitely be used for the Optibay + SSD combination, and there is never a lot of memory. Especially for such a weak hardware platform. The only ambiguous point is that the laptop with this configuration does not have a built-in network card, and the model 3573 has problems with the support of external adapters. As a home device, we do not recommend considering it. Large viewing angles TN-matrix screen does not differ in principle, but here the situation is exacerbated by an even anti-reflective coating, i.e. The picture will not exactly please with the richness of colors. In addition, the webcam at INSPIRON 3573 has a very modest resolution.

An ultra-compact, entry-level budget notebook. As stated on the manufacturer’s website, the materials used in its manufacture are capable of withstanding fairly high temperatures (up to 65 ° C) without consequences. In other words, such a device is not terrible for a long time to leave in a closed car, standing in the sun. High performance stuffing and high-quality picture on the screen can not surprise. Strangely enough, portability did not prevent the designers of the INSPIRON 3180 from using random-access memory, which allows to increase its volume to a comfortable one.Unfortunately, you can’t say the same kind words about non-volatile data storage - the corresponding chip (eMMC) is simply soldered on the motherboard, and there is no connector and place for connecting an SSD in the laptop. Of the other drawbacks, the lack of state indicators deserves mention — they also seemed to the developers to be overkill.

Modest office laborer with a nice design, quite smart stuffing and good autonomy. It is also suitable for the studying public, of course, if the latter does not prefer to spend free time on computer games. The model is equipped with a display with a simple TN-matrix, the viewing angles and color rendition of which do not cause admiration. Another disadvantage of the laptop in question is the non-removable rechargeable battery. But to upgrade this laptop is a pleasure. For access to the slots for memory strips (there are two) and a hard disk, a special hatch is provided. And the Extensa EX2540 is completely disassembled very easily. There are no available connectors for SSD connections, so we advise you to choose a device with a built-in DVD-drive.

As a rule, the chips with the provided configuration of the laptop with the amount of RAM are simply unsoldered on the motherboard, and the owner, at best, has the opportunity to supplement this important system resource by installing the required bar.Moreover, if the goal of modernization is to achieve maximum performance of the laptop, the range of suitable modules is initially limited by considerations of two-channel and operating frequency. The model that we recommend to you is just interesting because of the presence of two slots for memory bars, which allows you to use the most optimal pair of modules. In a normal state, working with this laptop is not very comfortable, mainly due to the slow drive. Installing SSD (M.2 size 2280) situation radically improves. The most problematic moment of the upgrade is a neat disassembly of the laptop case.

A budget notebook cannot be a powerful gaming station even theoretically, but the presence of a simple discrete video accelerator already makes it relatively comfortable to steer in the GTA or shoot at the “tanchiki”. Moreover, with the GM107 chip strapping, the manufacturer did not greedy and put GDDR5 there. The only point is that RAM will have to be added, since the corresponding slots of the TravelMate P259-MG are two and access to them (as well as an SSD or hard drive) is facilitated. The recommended model is already equipped with a solid-state drive, but the M.2 connector is available for all configurations, so it’s not necessary to look for the 39WS version. To clarify, the design of the laptop provides for the installation of SSD with SATA interface and size 2280. Among the drawbacks of the device, mention should be made of the TN matrix of the display, the poor location of the speakers and the sleek plastic around the keyboard unit.

Affordable business notebook. The presence of a fingerprint sensor and other means of authentication allows the ProBook 440 to be used in organizations with high requirements in terms of information security (not available in all configurations). Convenience at the household level fingerprint scanner also provides. In particular, it simplifies the switching of different user profiles.

Please note that the display is not the strength of this device. Low coverage of the sRGB color space and low maximum brightness are bad helpers when working with graphics. In addition, this combination calls into question the feasibility of using this model as a multimedia device. But with the performance of the recommended laptop there are no problems - it is quite suitable for the system administrator or "coder" without any special requests.

A good laptop with a large quality screen, inexpensive and smart is found only in commercials. And for the considered price range and there is no particular choice - either Full HD resolution and a Pentium / Celeron level processor, or a modern platform is more powerful, but with a less clear picture in the set. As an option, you can look at the models of previous generations, and then you should give preference to complete sets with IPS-matrices in the display node. Pay special attention to this moment, as far as the same serial number (90NB0IG2-M00940) offers two different versions of the recommended laptop. The weakest point of the VivoBook 17 X705UB is a 0.3 megapixel webcam. Obviously, it is not suitable for organizing video calls, but otherwise everything is very good.