Purchasing a cheap laptop is not the point, the point is purchase a low cost laptop that will serve the purpose for which you bought it.
There are differebt cheap laptops, such as on products like Samsung, Toshiba, Panasonic, Siemens, IBM, and other ones. A cheap laptop may have a starting price from about $500- $700. If you purchased yor laptop for a price within this range, then it is regarded as a cheap laptop, because there laptops that cost about $2500- $3000.
Here are some cheap laptops that you may want to consider: Samsung R20LWMC430, Samsung R40LWM2T5500, Apple iBook G3, and other ones are determined by the market.
These cheap laptop always comes with a slow processor, a low screen display feature, and certain multimedia features are usually absent. They are more like laptops for babies, or teenagers who want to learn how to type or use a laptop.
Apple iBook G3
These cheap laptop such as the Apple iBook G3, which is one of the cheapest laptops of Apple, lack some vital features common to Apple laptops. So it is for all cheap laptops. They may reduce its RAM capacity, Hard drive space, processor speed, and any other thing.
But if you are someone who is budget conscious, you might want to look into the area where there are cheap laptops.