Usually, a portable laptop costs in the neighborhood of $2,000. Now, with the decreasing cost of computers and rising competition among computer manufacturers, you can land yourself a solid portable laptop at a reasonable cost.
The Toshiba U405-S2830, at $1,150, is a 3 lb tiny laptop that packs some big specs in it. It has a huge 250GB hard drive and it lightning fast at 2.1GHZ duo core processor and 3GB of RAM. Throw in a bunch of built-ins: webcam, microphone, 3 USB ports, fingerprint reader, speakers, 802.11g, and DVD burner.
This laptop is a good choice, and should require any computer upgrades anytime soon.
