subject: Laptops under $300 Are Impossible - or Are They? [print this page] Laptops under $300 Are Impossible - or Are They?
When it comes to technology, laptops are notoriously expensive. Gaming rigs, especially, can cost upwards of thousands of dollars, and the more shiny hardware there is inside, the more expensive it will be.
So when you see an advertisement for laptops under 300 dollars, it would not be surprising if your first thought was,"That's impossible." However, there are many laptops available on the market today that cost $300, and even less.
So, how is this possible? For the answer, look at the hardware, and how inexpensive it is to create it.
For example, hard drives were once very expensive to manufacture, but technologies are available today that allow a manufacturer to build a hard drive at a cost that was impossible, even five years ago. In fact, traditional hard drives are becoming old news, with the release of the new SSD hard drives, using flash technology as a storage device, instead of the traditional platter-driven hard drive.
The motherboards, themselves, are also cheaper to create, and as the technology improves, the prices will drop even further.
There are also many more manufacturers getting involved in the business, which drives the prices even lower for the consumer.
Improvements in battery technology are also a contributing factor into the cheaper costs for the consumer.
This does not even go into the used and refurbished laptop market. Many laptop manufacturers offer refurbished models of their older laptops at extraordinarily cheap prices. Many of them even offer free shipping when you order through them.
Still, the next time you see an advertisement for laptops under 300 dollars, you can rest assured that they are being truthful in their claims.
