Best Notebooks - CD-RW CD / DVD Type, 0 to 4 lb. Weight, 40 to 220 GB Hard Drive Capacity

'the HP Mini 5102 was able to hold its own.'

'Design and Build quality The HP Mini 5102 is incredibly sturdy for a 10 inch netbook.'

'excellent keyboard layout'

'comfortable keyboard'

'5310m sexy enough'

'beautiful laptop'

'Their compact form factor is crucial for people who need to have their PC with them all the time, especially frequent business travelers.'

'"stylish" business notebook'

'the Mini 311 felt responsive as we navigated Windows 7's menus and launched programs.'

'We were glad to see that HP’s battery is well-integrated with the chassis, and doesn’t jut out the back.'

'nice 11.6-inch high-resolution display'

'Build and Design The design of the Samsung NC20 is very clean with a consistent color scheme inside and outside the netbook with a thin border of chrome around the edges.'

'extremely usable 12-inch laptop'

'the Samsung NC20 was good enough for us.'

'With a more powerful 1.6GHz Nano U225 processor the Samsung NC20 netbook is powerful enough to playback smoothly 1080p / Full HD videos.'

'perfect notebook'

'IdeaPad S10-2 easy'

'the laptop is very responsive when launching applications and navigating menus.'

'perfect notebook'

'excellent laptop'

'Sony's Y-series laptop is good-looking and light.'

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'sharp, well-defined text production'

'Heat The U135 kept its cool, something nice to see (and feel) on a device this small.'

'particularly outstanding laptop'

'Build quality was largely acceptable, but we felt the Wind U135 was slightly top-heavy.'

'the U135 is sturdy.'

'Gadget critics were able to have a meet and greet with Toshiba mini NB305 and was able to explore the wonders and not wonderful feature it has.'

'Toshiba provides one of the largest trackpads in the netbook market that is extremely responsive and easy to use with its dedicated buttons.'

'It is difficult to use high resolutions. >> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List . 1.3 kg : This subnotebook is one of the most lightweight of all notebooks and can be carried very easily.'

'the Mini 210 was able to play songs with a mix of high- and mid-range instruments and vocals without distortion.'

'for long periods of time on the HP Mini 210 is relatively easy.'

'The Mini 210's base line was highly impressive, however, lasting four hours and 45 minutes before conking out.'

'The three-pound system not only feels solid, but its inch-thin body is quite slender.'

'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.'