Best Notebooks - PC Platform, 4 to 6 Hours Battery Run Time, Docking Station/Port Replicator Expandability

'For the reviewer at Laptop Magazine the best thing about the notebook is its LED-backlit XBrite-DuraView screen which turned out to be extremely vibrant and and had excellent viewing angles.'

'performance serious road warriors demand'

'Excellent screen colour and vibrancy • Keyboard is excellent to type on • Stamina/Speed modes let you choose between performance or battery power.'

'Price aside, the Vaio Z may be our new 13-inch laptop of choice, as it breezed by many other recent 13-inch systems we've tested, which all use older Intel CPUs (or slower low-voltage ones). '

'the Sony VAIO VPC-Z112GX/S is great for travelers and students, especially business travelers, you can take it anywhere you want, so you won't miss a thing.'

'The Sony VAIO VPC-Z112GX/S notebook is powerful, compact, ultra portable and packed with lots of powerful features.'

'The Sony VAIO VPC-Z112GX/S laptop is powerful, compact, extremely compact and packed with many powerful features.'

'most portable system'

'The X200 is environmentally friendly, as it's compliant with Energy Star 4.0 and RoHS standards.'

'The X200 is extremely fast for an ultraportable.'

'the X200 is uncommonly sturdy.'

'sleek colorful notebook'

'Build quality is relatively solid, if a little plasticky overall, and not helped in our experience by the unusual Scrabble-piece keyboard style - now copied by Apple - with its large spaces between keys.'

'good battery performance'

'this notebook was designed to look clean and simple.'

'chic notebook'

'elegant black and silver system'

'full 5.1 channel surround sound system'

'My T42 has a 15" screen and weighs a little over six pounds which is very light for its screen size class'

'Durable system'

'The IBM ThinkPad T42 is a versatile laptop for business users who are highly mobile and need a machine to handle their demanding, ever-changing business'

'The ThinkPad T42 also comes preloaded with IBM's new Rescue and Recovery platform, a secondary operating system that lets you recover data on your hard drive and access the Internet even when your primary operating system won't boot.'

'the typically excellent ThinkPad build quality makes this a system that will have a long lifespan'

'The sombre black chassis is one of the sturdiest you can buy, and perfect for the rigours of frequent travel use'

'It's still pricey when configured for power users, but the typical excellent ThinkPad build quality makes this a system that should enjoy a long lifespan'

'The build quality is excellent and working with the system (for example, swapping the hard drive) was a breeze'