'I needed a laptop that was light, durable, and had a full-size keyboard for a weeklong business trip, so I brought the review unit of the 2530p with me.'
'Their compact form factor is crucial for people who need to have their PC with them all the time, especially frequent business travelers.'
'At a little more than 1 inch thick and weighing 3.6 pounds, it's certainly quite portable, but we've lately been spoiled by ultraportable laptops that break the 3-pound/1-inch barrier.'
'At a little more than 29mm thick and weighing 1.65kg, it's certainly quite portable, but we've lately been spoiled by ultraportable laptops that break the 1.3kg/25mm barrier.'
'The notebook lacks parallel and serial ports (common omissions on ultraportables), and includes only a DVD-ROM/CD-RW combination drive, rather than a rewritable DVD drive.'
'great little business notebook'
'The processor racked up a paltry MobileMark 2005 Score of 142 with Wi-Fi off, more than ten points below the lowest scoring system in our ultraportable roundup last month.'
'connections on the tiny laptop are adequate but underwhelming; the system comes with one FireWire and two USB ports.'