Mobile computing has been hit by yet another wave of new laptops known as netbooks - offering low cost, internet-centric mobile computing devices which have low power consumption, hence offer longer battery life of close to 10 hours.  With many netbook options available in the market, it can get confusing as to which netbook to choose. So we have a roundup of the top six netbooks available in India.

HP recently launched their Mini 210 Netbook in India with a 10.1-inch diagonal LED display. It is only 0.9-inch thick and weighs only 1.22 kg which makes it an ideal Internet companion to be taken anywhere. This HP Mini 210 ultra-portable NetBook powered by an Intel Atom N450 and Windows XP Home OS is available in India for about Rs 16,200.

Acer India has launched another version of their very popular Acer Aspire One series netbooks, called the Acer Aspire One 532h ultra-light netbook for the Indian market, which is powered by Intel Atom N450 Processor, comes preloaded with a user-friendly Windows XP Home and offers about 8+ hours of extended battery life. This new Acer Aspire One 532h netbook is available in India for Rs. 17,900/-

MSI too has launched one of its newest netbooks called the MSI WIND U210. This netbook is powered by ultra-low voltage 1.6ghz AMD Athlon Neo processor and features a 12.1-inch HD WXGA display which is powered by the ATI Radeon HD graphics and is ultra-slim at 0.55-inch thick. This new netbook will be available in India with Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows XP for Rs. 23,499.

Samsung announced their new Samsung NC10 Ultra-Portable Netbook which features a 10.2-inch LED display. It is powered by a  1.6 GHz Intel Atom ULV (ultra low voltage) Processor N270. The Samsung NC10 Netbook PC with a 160 GB hard drive and Windows XP will be available in India for Rs. 28,500.

The new Asus Eee PC 904HA netbook comes with Microsoft Windows XP and is equipped with an 8.9-inch, WSVGA TFT display. The netbook is powered by an integrated Intel GMA 950 Graphics chipset with shared memory, capable of a maximum resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels. With a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom ULV (ultra low voltage) Processor N270. This new Asus netbook with a 160-GB SATA hard drive and Windows XP OS is available in India for Rs. 22,990.

MSI’s  latest addition in its notebook range is its new MSI X410 notebook computer which is powered by Ultra Low Voltage 1.6ghz AMD Athlon Neo processor and features a 12.1-inch HD WXGA display which is powered by the ATI Radeon HD graphic. This new netbook weighs a mere 1.5 kilograms with the battery, which makes it the world’s lightest and slimmest 14-inch laptop computer in the market today. This MSI X410 notebook with a 14-inch LED backlight display is available in India for Rs. 32,599 which places it among some of the higher end netbooks or basic laptops.

The new HCL AXML0301 MiLeap ultra-portable will be powered by Intel Celeron M processor 353. The netbook features a 7-inch WXGA display, a 30 GB internal hard drive, and is supported by a 900 MHz Intel Celeron M ULV Processor 353, with 512 KB L2 Cache. This new HCL MiLeap netbook with the Ubuntu Linux preinstalled as OS costs Rs. 11,900, making it one of the cheapest netbooks in the market.