When choosing a laptop suitable for today’s student, one must take into consideration many factors. For one thing, since the student will most likely want to carry the laptop from class to class, you must consider the weight of the laptop. If he or she carries a load of textbooks and articles all over campus on a regular basis, a lightweight laptop is more suitable. 
 

Choosing the most suitable laptop for a student can be tough
 

In addition, the most suitable laptop for college students must also have a long battery life and still be affordable enough to fit the often low student budget.

Many students are low on finances and even those who have money will naturally think of better thinks to do with it. It stands to reason, therefore, that low budget laptops are good ideas for most, if not all, college students. “What is a low budget laptop in today’s high tech computer world and the economy?” you might ask. I would say that any laptop under one thousand dollars is a low budget laptop.

There are several good manufacturers (Dell, Toshiba, HP and Sony) who carry budget laptops but my two favorites in this category are:

• The Toshiba Satellite A215-S4747 which provides an AMD based dual core CPU, a very large 200GB hard drive and more than enough input and output ports.
• The Sony VGN-NR160E/S features the Intel core 2 Duo T5250 processor, 1.0GB of RAM and a good size 160GB hard drive.

Thin and light laptops are not necessarily the lightest in weight but I have discovered that most college students do not really mind that at all.

Lenovo, HP and Sony make thin and light laptops that fit into any college student’s budget as well as his or her backpack but my first two picks would be:

• The Sony VAIO VGN-FZ280E is thin and light and comes with a Bluray compatible writer for burning DVDs and CDs, an Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0GHz CPU, 2GB RAM and a huge 250GB hard drive.
• The HP Pavilion DV6675US provides the Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0GHz CPU, 4GBs of RAM and 250GB of hard drive space.

The ultraportable laptops provide adequate performance in very small and very light packages usually weighing in at approximately three or less pounds. The ultra compact laptops tend to be somewhat pricier than the others but with a little shopping around they can still be found at the low budget range, albeit the upper limits of that range.

I would vote for the Toshiba R500-S5001X which, at 2.4 pounds and less than one inch in thickness, is the most portable laptop on the market.