If there's one PC that's really created a buzz, it's the Asus EeePC. This ultra portable laptop is in short supply, but there are some vendors atill with stock. MicroDirect has both white and black 7" models in stock for just £249.74. Dabs.com has some stock of the white 7" model at £222.97. The much sought 9" model is sold out at Micro Direct, but Laptops Direct is expecting a new delivery within days. They list it at £329.97. Dabs is expecting some more 9" Eees within the week. The original Eee PC came with Linux installed, which helped to keep the price down, but there are now Windows XP versions available.

If you'd just like a cheap laptop and don't mind too much about size, there are plenty of sub £300 deals about. Dabs has a Acer AS5315 for £299.98, which includes Vista Home Basic and has a Celeron M processor, 1GB RAM, an 80GB hard drive and a DVD rewriter. If you can do without the OS installed, check out Novatech . Its Axes Pro range starts at just £289.00 and for that you get a Celeron M processor, 1GB RAM and a whopping 120Gb SATA HDD along with a DVDRW drive. They can provide you one including Windows for for £329.00. Dell also has a sub £300 laptop in its Inspiron 1525, which is worth a look. There are several notebooks in this price bracket at PC World. Check out the Ei System 4315, or the Acer 5315. They also have the Advent KC500 Kids Laptop which comes in a range of bright colours, including pink red or blue.