There is an undeniable trend in the consumer market towards laptop computers, with many people ditching their aging desktops in favour of a sleek, slim portable computer that is no less powerful than a deskbound alternative. In the past the laptop was technically inferior to an equivalent priced desktop computer because the miniaturisation of components necessarily contributed to a steeper price for fundamentally slower machines. But now the balance has been redressed and multi-core processors, large hard drives and plenty of RAM on a laptop or desktop does not result in a price to performance discrepancy between the two types in as significant way. There are many laptops which offer performance at a value price point and so now we are going to have a brief look at the ten best laptops for people on a budget.

Our latest Top Ten Mini Laptops as of May 2009. Once again we’ve trawled through dozens of our own and other peoples reviews and tried out the models and drawn our conclusions. We’ve based our results on practicality, functionality, cost and looks.

This month has seen the departure of several models from our Top Ten Mini Laptops rankings, as newer models come out. These include:

Dell Inspiron Mini 9

Laptop computers have found usefulness as portable media devices.

Even refurbished laptops can be used as DVD players, stereos are used, and recording devices. The mobility and portability of laptops make them very useful in this category as well as the increasing efficiency of electronics.

Many people are beginning to use their laptops as a portable DVD player.

Acer recently updated its line of low cost netbook offerings with the introduction of the new 10-inch Acer Aspire One AOD150 unit. This review of Acer notebooks you want an overview of what you take advantage of this new mini-notebook Acer ideal device to.

Acer is also, like most other providers, is now targeted the 10-inch low-cost netbook market. Well, to be honest, I think that all these are sub-10-inch netbooks simply too small for the majority of users.A 10 or 11-inch would be nice for a gadget that aims to bridge the gap between a normal size and notebooks and smartphones.

What are mini-laptops? These small but mighty miracles are actually the smaller cousins of the standard laptop. If you think you've never seen one, then only the times when you came on to a computer store and marveled at how cute that laptop.

Mini-laptops are fast becoming a global sensation, because in addition to being easy, they are also light on the pocket. But how do they compare against a standard laptop?