The need to own a personal laptop has recently increased among regular individuals and it has grown today from being a luxury to being a serious necessity. There are numerous advantages of owning your own laptop and these benefits vary from individual to individual. To many it will serve as a means to get some personal work done while to others it will be just the needed accessory to keep the world with them while travelling from one place to another. Although with the coming in of modern BlackBerry and Smartphone some may say the laptop is gradually being relegated to the background. But others will argue that it will take some time for these modern Smartphone to overcome the love that most people have for the laptop.

So with the laptop still very well in vogue, a lot of people’s desire will be to own one and many people have already owned more than one. But in purchasing a laptop there are several factors that must be considered. The first factor will be how much are you willing to spend and another factor will be the features you need your laptop to possess. This all depends on the individual and what they intend to use the laptop for. There are several laptop companies and each of them has several laptop models. This is so that they can have enough diversity to meet the different desires of various customers.

This review is going to be considering the Asus Eee PC 1215B. Since it is true that not everyone will be seeking to spend a lot of cash to buy a laptop, a lot of people will be considering the $500 range. These people may find this laptop to be good but then it depends on what they are looking for.

Major Specifications

• Processor: AMD fusion E-750
• Memory: 2GB/4GB max
• Hard Drive: 320GB – 54000rpm.

Pros

With an average customer rating of 3.5/5 stars the Asus Eee PC 1215B comes out as another good and affordable brand from Asus. But many will still argue that it could be better even at the cheap price of around $449. The Asus Eee PC 1215B comes with windows 7 and its RAM is upgradable to up to 8GB. It is generally a good looking laptop that is quite portable. But the two major eye catching features will have to be its long battery life that stands at around 8hours and its USB 3.0 port which according to user reviews makes it good for the price.

Cons

The Asus Eee PC 1215B is however not without is cons. While the Asus Eee PC 1215B still remains an affordable laptop to get, its Asus design looks a little overdue. And it is obviously true that there are still some other affordable laptops with a larger and faster hard drive.

The conclusion will be that the Asus Eee PC 1215B is generally a good laptop for its price and its long battery life would no doubt catch the eye of anyone that is planning a long road trip.