The best budget notebook is what every consumer wants when looking for a nice portable computer. Notebook computers are perhaps the best type of computer that a person can buy, and is the ultimate in portability.

Since the notebook computer market has grown into such a large size lately, you have a huge array of choices and feature's to pick from.

The only problem with all these choices, is the fact that it makes your decision all the more complicated, and can actually leave you feeling overwhelmed. So, to avoid that problem I will help you find the best budget notebook that will fit your needs and won't break the bank.

The first thing you want to ask yourself when looking for the best budget notebook is what will you use your notebook computer for? Remember, the worst thing you could do is buy a laptop with a bunch of features that you don't need.So what do you need?

Well that all depends on what you plan to use it for. In my opinion, your notebook computer will be used for either work, play or both. If you want a notebook computer strictly for work or play, here are some features you must consider.

First for work, you want a nice sized hard drive, but nothing in the 100GB range since you probably won't need that much. Second you need to focus on the screen size and how big you think it should be. Depending on your work, you may need a big screen or just a measly fifteen inch one.

If you are more interested in play, these are the two main features that affect that the most. My recommendation is to get one with a nice fifteen inch viewable area, and a hard drive that is over 100GB for play.

The next feature to consider is a DVD/CD burner in your laptop computer. Most notebook computers come with a DVD/CD combo drive anyways, so upgrading to a burner really doesn't cost all that much more. Plus, you could play movies on your notebook with your DVD drive.

The last most important feature I will discuss in your best budget notebook, or should I say features, is the connection ports on your notebook. Connection to what you say? There are many devices that use USB and Firewire, which you may need depending on if you own or plan to own a device that uses these ports.

Also, internet connectivity is important to just about everyone, so you want to make sure your best budget notebook has an Ethernet and/or phone jack port, or an Integrated Wireless LAN. With this, you can walk around your home or office with your notebook, and stay connected to the internet and important servers with much needed data.

Another wireless internet choice for a notebook is Wi-Fi, which is just like an integrated wireless LAN, but faster and more mainstream. What I mean by that is most coffee shops and book stores have Wi-Fi internet. That is just the tip of the iceberg though, recently it was announced that Google is putting Wi-Fi access in San Francisco for people to use freely.

Before you go off and buy that best budget notebook, I want to discuss battery life and the CPU. In the notebook world, those two coincide with each other. The CPU is what process information, so basically that is where most of the electricity is going. In notebook computers, CPU's can get so hot that you can fry eggs and bacon on them! It of course takes a lot longer, but you get the idea.

So what can you do to keep that notebook cool? Well, really nothing, since it is up to the engineers to come up with a better cooling device for laptop computers. The only thing you can do is try not to run the notebook for to long of a period of time. If you do though, and it starts to overheat, your notebook will automatically shut off.

Since the CPU does get so hot, you can imagine that the battery doesn't last long, putting out all that energy and all. The fact is though, today's notebook computer batteries last for a decent amount of time and still allow you to get more then enough work done. Some batteries are better then others, but the best for your notebook are the manufacturer recommended ones, which you can find out in your laptops manual.