Solid $500 Laptops

By Tom Spring

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Acer Leads the Value Pack (chart)

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At a Glance

Generic Company Place Holder Acer Aspire 3003LCi Notebook

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With built-in WiFi and decent performance, this could serve as a family portable or even a lean desktop replacement.
Pros
- Solid features for the price
Cons
- Extremely short battery life
Compaq Presario M2000 Notebook

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This DVD burner-equipped Compaq Presario M2000Z is a nicely priced home laptop with a bonus: very long battery life.
Pros
- Offers a bargain price
Cons
- Sluggish WorldBench performance
Dell Inspiron 1200 Notebook (1.30 GHz Celeron M 350, 256MB, 30GB, DVD/CD-RW, Windows XP, 14.1

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You can get basic office work done and burn your own CDs with Dell's bargain-basement Inspiron 1200.
Pros
- Bargain-priced
Cons
- Sluggish performer

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Solid $500 Laptops

Acer Leads the Value Pack (chart)

Generic Company Place Holder Acer Aspire 3003LCi Notebook

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Cons

Compaq Presario M2000 Notebook

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Cons

Dell Inspiron 1200 Notebook (1.30 GHz Celeron M 350, 256MB, 30GB, DVD/CD-RW, Windows XP, 14.1

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