Acer Aspire 3002LCi

The Aspire 3002LCi is a true budget laptop, offering all the basic features including a DVD/CD-RW optical drive and integrated Wi-Fi, at a very attractive price.

It is important to keep in mind, however, that this is a very basic machine, and you shouldn’t expect too much in the way of performance. A 1.6-GHz AMD Sempron processor is somewhat under-powered, while the 256MB of RAM will probably need expanding if you use a lot of memory-intensive programs.

In short, the Aspire 3002LCi is fine for the basic tasks, but might not be right for the more advanced user.

Processor: 1.6-GHz AMD Sempron 2800+
Hard Drive: 40GB
RAM: 256MB
Display: 15”
Built-in Wireless: 802.11b/g

Weight: 6.2 lbs.

Price: $599*