A laptop computer for under £200
Laptop computers under £200? Impossible I would say. In fact, show me a laptop computer under the £200 mark and I’ll show you a child’s toy. But there’s a certain irony here. Supercheap laptop makers Asus has pitched its Asus EEE computer at children. And there are certain refinements you’re not going to get on a sub-£200 laptop computer. No DVD player, and no big screen – the EEE has a 7inch number that is never going to compete with the whizzy Apple numbers.
I’m not going to go into too much technical detail on the Asus EEE and its stable mates, I’ll leave it to the computer journalists to tell you about the RAM, USBs and the rest. But what interests me is that a bare bones laptop, ostensibly aimed at the play room, can become a superb workhorse, allowing you to run your spreadsheet software, do your household accounts, access your online bank account, and the rest. All this from a laptop computer under £200 – I’m impressed.
In fact, while the Asus laptops retail for a little over £200 (the discount online stores are knocking out the EEE for around £210) anyone registered for VAT, will actually be picking up an Asus laptop for something like £178. A complete ‘no brainer’, as computer type people have an unfortunate habit of saying. In fact, you could dump the old home office set up and thus free up a room, your office being where your laptop is. This laptop computer under £200 could definitely save and make you money long term as you get your finances onto the PC and thus organised.
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