Best Notebook with Price Under $300 and Processor Speed Atleast 1.5 GHz

It's funny, really: Many makers of high-end notebooks don't even bother--simply tossing a PDF in the box--and yet this well-laid-out book covers all the bases. *

The other big features in play here come in the form of the power toggle mode (accessible through holding the function button and tapping the space bar) and a software suite that sits on your desktop. *

Black is elegant, especially when you’re out on the town with your new Asus Eee PC 1005HA-PU1X-BK Netbook. *

The Eee PC 1005HA-P is available in black and blue and both have a gloss finish lid that looks lovely but attracts fingerprints like mad. The Eee PC 1005HA-P hit the top position in PCMark among several recent netbooks we've reviewed but that margin is slim since there's relatively little variation in CPU, RAM and hard drives used in these machines. The charger is very compact and though there have been some reports on the Net of the charger running very hot and doing a temporary thermal shutoff, ours remained quite cool when the notebook was off and only moderately warm (in the range of average for an AC adapter) when the netbook was turned on and charging. *

The other big features in play here come in the form of the power toggle mode (accessible through holding the function button and tapping the space bar) and a software suite that sits on your desktop. *

The battery life on the S10e with the 6-cell battery is good: it lasted 4hr 7min in our video rundown test. *

Poor battery life. *

The battery life on the S10e with the 6-cell battery is good: it lasted 4hr 7min in our video rundown test. *

The performance it offers is good enough for casual usage and normal office work. *

If its size and 8 hours of battery life do not capture your attention, perhaps the new Intel Core 2 Duo processor will. *

This laptop is much smaller then I had expected. Fast processor and performance. Excellent battery life. *

Poor battery life. *

The bottom line: For the price, it's hard to find fault with Acer's even cheaper version of the 10.1-inch Aspire One, as long as you're not expecting top-of-the-line features.

Overall performance with the Intel Atom platform is very reasonable for daily activities like Web browsing, email, using Microsoft Office, listening to music, and watching standard definition (480p) movies. It's worth mentioning that the Aspire One D250 series is also available with a 6-cell battery, and that the 6-cell battery version should provide better battery life. *

The design of the Toshiba Mini NB205-N210 is very simple, but yet still functional. *

The design of the Toshiba Mini NB205-N210 is very simple, but yet still functional. *

The design of the Toshiba Mini NB205-N210 is very simple, but yet still functional. *