Student Laptop Deals

HP Netbook Makes A Great Student Laptop Deal

Being a student is financially stressful.  The ever rising costs of tuition, books, room and board, leave little money for the luxuries that make student life easier.  Being a student means being on a budget and seeking out the best deals possible to keep money in your pocket.  On top of all the things a student needs, now you must face the daunting tasks of finding a student laptop deal that won’t break the bank.  The HP Mini 311 netbook is the perfect companion for the starving student, with 3gb of ram, an 80 gig hard drive and Windows 7 installed.

The HP Mini 311 is the little netbook that could, and its powerful enough that the it really could be classified as a good ole’ laptop.  It’s a tad bit larger than its netbook counterparts at just under 11 inches wide, and its solid state disk drive boots it up with Ferrari like speed (can you say booted and zooted and ready to go in under 30 seconds???).  The keyboard is surprisingly comfortable to use and feels solidly put together.

Battery life is a dream as we logged it at about 6 hours of continuous use.  Thanks to the SSD the 311 runs cool and quiet.  We opted for the slightly higher end model with the larger Nvidia graphics card and HDMI output.  The 311’s LCD screen is bright and clear with the only con being that it is slightly small and may cause a little eye strain to people with poor vision.  The extra power of the graphics card provides you with increased performance and the option to use it on a larger HDTV or LCD monitor.  The output is crystal clear with virtually no lag on an external monitor making this little wunderkind a candidate for a desktop replacement.

Remember we are looking for a student laptop deal so don’t expect great gaming performance out of this netbook.  What you will get in this package is a very capable computer with mid range notebook performance in a netbook footprint.  For the digital photographer the HP 311 is equipped with a card reader that is capable of reading most formats on the market today.  Standard 802 networking and plenty of USB ports ensure that you stay connected, and are able to connect any device you need to the HP 311. The only complaint with regard to the USB ports would be their close proximity to each other which may cause some space issues between multiple devices. 

Small things aside this is an excellent student laptop deal which you can use to be productive for many semesters to come and is definitel one of the cheapest laptop deals you'll find.