Collection of some sleek netbooks

Mini laptop is under 500 USD and Wi-Fi wireless Internet access, Bluetooth connectivity is massively produced by computer manufacturers and attracts great attention of consumers.

They are similar in design to regular notebooks with screens below 10 inches (Dell has released a 12-inch Inspiron Mini 12 netbook) and usually cost less than $ 500 even though the manufacturer often adds a few premium models.

The difference of netbooks compared to UMPC (Ultramobile PC) and MID (Mobile Internet Device) the following two product lines are usually only equipped with virtual keyboards on the 5-7 inch touch screen. The UMPC works on Windows and the MID runs on Linux.

The main task of these devices is to bring mobile Internet connectivity, support web access, e-mail and use web applications like Google Docs. Gartner predicts about 5.2 million netbooks will be consumed in 2008, up to 8 million next year and reaching 50 million in 2012.

Slim Asus Eee S101 and elegant design with SSD up to 64 GB
and 4-in-1 card reader. Price: 700 USD.

Averatec Buddy works on Windows XP, using Intel Atom chips, webcams
and a 10.2-inch 1,024 x 600 LCD screen. Price: 450 USD.

The CTL IL1 netbook has a 7 LCD screen, 5 hours of battery life.Price: 352 USD.

Elonex One is for students for only $ 200, small design
and lightweight to serve learning.

Lenovo S10 has a power-saving LED display with many different colors,
run on Windows XP and Intel Atom.Price below 500 USD.

NEC LaVie Light 8.9 inch has a hard drive of up to 160 GB and has a 1.3 megapixel webcam.
Prices are not yet announced but will be equivalent to other netbooks.

The Raon Everun Note incorporates a 1.2 GHz AMD Turion dual-core chip, ATI graphics and 7-inch LCD touch screen.This is considered a hybrid device between netbook and UMPC.Price: 800 USD.

Samsung NC10 uses 6-cell battery, 10.2-inch screen and full-size keyboard.
Price: 550 USD.

Sylvania G Meso is equipped with 8.9-inch LCD screen with 4 colors, Windows XP
or Ubuntu Linux and use an Intel Atom chip.Price: 430 USD.

Acer Aspire One weighs only 0.95 kg and 8.9 inch LCD screen resolution
1,024 x 600 pixels.Price: 379 USD.

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 uses Intel Atom 1.6 GHz, 1 GB RAM, integrated graphics
Intel GMA 950. Price: 399 USD.

HP has announced the Mini 1000 with 9-10 inch screen, Windows XP operating system
Home Basic Service Pack 3 and 1 GB RAM.Price: 400 USD.