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'The backlit keys look great and make the Satellite U500 easy to type on at night.'

'Toshiba’s Satellite U500-178 is a highly portable laptop that’s great for either home use or a life on the move.'

'Ports and Features The port selection of the U505 is pretty good for a 13-inch notebook.'

'It will be interesting to see how the U500 does but for us, it's very much a square one release.'

'strong laptop'

'innovative cooling system'

'This is respectable for a large gaming notebook.'

'solid mobile system'

'Dre on the Beats headphones that are available with the special Beats Edition of the Envy 15, and the clarity and punch of the tunes was superb.'

'the Envy 15 is extremely cleanly designed and it's roomy inside.'

'great sound'

'It's funny, really: Many makers of high-end notebooks don't even bother--simply tossing a PDF in the box--and yet this well-laid-out book covers all the bases.'

'Black is elegant, especially when you’re out on the town with your new Asus Eee PC 1005HA-PU1X-BK Netbook.'

'The Eee PC 1005HA-P is available in black and blue and both have a gloss finish lid that looks lovely but attracts fingerprints like mad.'

'The flat, wide keyboard, similar to what we saw on the Eee PC 1008HA, is among the better Netbook keyboards we've used, and the full-size right Shift key is one of those things you don't realize is very important until it goes missing.'

'general-purpose notebook'

'My overall conclusion for the HP Pavilion dv7 notebook is really good.'

'great laptop'

'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.'

'We found it comfortable to type on for the most part, but it does bounce slightly in the middle.'

'Two years warranty.'

'this laptop was powerful enough to decode every digital video file I threw at it; its anemic WorldBench 6 score of 59 took a toll, however, and it finished in the middle of its class for overall performance.'

'this laptop was powerful enough to decode every digital video file we threw at it; its anemic WorldBench 6 score of 59 took a toll, however, and it finished in the middle of its class for overall performance.'

'the system memory and hard drive are easy to locate beneath a pair of cover plates on the bottom of the notebook.'

'this laptop was powerful enough to decode every digital video file we threw at it; its anemic WorldBench 6 score of 59 took a toll, however, and it finished in the center of its class for overall performance.'

'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.'

'The Compaq CQ62 uses a 6-cell (47Whr) and ran for 3 hours 34 minutes on our MobileMark 2007 battery-drain test, putting it right in range with laptops that use mainstream Intel or AMD processors.'

'The guys at HP-Compaq Presario have done a very good job of sprucing up the Compaq CQ62's look and feel, .'

'Bottom Line: If you can accept a couple of missing features and a squeaky keyboard, the entry-level Compaq Presario CQ62-225nr may win you over with its pleasing design, quiet operation, respectable performance, and decent battery life. '

'Its compact size and enhanced battery life makes it perfect for frequent business travellers, who need to carry and work on their laptops even while travelling.'