No longer a netbook is necessary, inexpensive laptop computers are predominant in the first half of the 30,000 yen range

Starting with "EeePC" which was also released in Japan in 2008, many people remember that "netbook" took the limelight as a synonym for an inexpensive personal computer.

Although netbooks are inexpensive, on the other hand, as restrictions have been imposed on hardware specifications as a condition for Microsoft to offer OS cheaply,1024 x 600 10.1 inch display, Intel's Atom processor, 1 GB memory, HDD capacity 160 GB, no optical drive"The spec book netbook was overflowing and I could not expect much improvement on the functional side.

However, nowadays, "ordinary laptop computers" that are not netbooks are sold at a low price of around the 30,000 yen range, comparable to the price of the netbook heyday. Details are as below.
Major price information site "Price .comAccording to the notebook computer category of "Laptops made from foreign manufacturers, sales are being made at the price of the lower half of the 30,000 yen range.

Price .com - Lenovo Lenovo G560e 105052J [Dark blue] Price comparison

As of May 14, 2011 17:40, Lenovo's "G560e 105052 J (released in March 2011)" which is sold for 30,4599 yen.


The main specifications are as follows. Unlike netbooks, the body weight is 2.6 kg, but screen resolution, CPU, optical drive, etc. are not as good as specifications.

Display: 15.6 inches WXGA (1366 x 768)
CPU: Celeron Dual-Core T3500 2.1 GHz
Memory: 2 GB
HDD: 320 GB
Optical drive: DVD ± R / ± RW / RAM / ± RDL
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Others: IEEE 802.11 b / g / n compatible wireless LAN, WEB camera, numeric keypad

Price .com - eMachines eMachines eME 732Z - F22B Price comparison

As of May 14, 2011 17:40, "eME 732 Z - F 22 B (released in January 2011)" manufactured by eMachines which is sold for 33,886 yen. By the way, eMachines is the second largest personal computer manufacturer, Acer's affiliated company.


The main specifications are as follows. Unlike "G560e 105052J" mentioned above, it is the point that it can connect with the liquid crystal monitor etc. with the HDMI terminal.

Display: 15.6 inches WXGA (1366 x 768)
CPU: Pentium Dual-Core P6200 2.13 GHz
Memory: 2 GB
HDD: 250 GB
Optical drive: DVD ± R / ± RW / RAM / ± RDL
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Others: IEEE 802.11 b / g / n compatible wireless LAN, WEB camera, HDMI terminal

Speaking of laptop computers, it has been common to sell for 10 to 200 thousand yen, so you can not help feeling the flow of the era, will the flow of high performance and low price continue in the future . In addition, as tablet terminals are taking in demand of the layer that it is easy to use the Internet easily, I am also concerned about whether the status of the notebook computer will be threatened by improving the performance of the tablet terminal I will.