Their compact form factor is crucial for people who need to have their PC with them all the time, especially frequent business travelers. The keyboard is extremely comfortable to use with good res...

Compared to other general-purpose notebooks on the market, it is very inexpensive at around $535. Shared video memory has a negative impact on system performance which may be okay for users with m...

Demand for the use of metals in laptop design is booming, and understandably so. Battery life is phenomenal. The touchpad has built-in multitouch gestures that are useful when scrolling and pannin...

Boot and shutdown times felt quick, and the rather snappy Seagate 5400.6 hard drive kept access times to a minimum without sacrificing battery life. Backlight brightness levels were very good, eve...

Ports and Features Port selection is surprisingly good on the IdeaPad U150.

The bottom line:
Dell's retooled Inspiron line introduces the new 14-inch Inspiron 1420 laptop, which benefits from an internal and external makeover. The wide-ranging configuration options mean t...

The bottom line: The 12-inch Samsung NC20 holds its own in the first Netbook showdown between Via's new Nano CPU and Intel's popular Atom.

Compared to other thin-and-light notebooks on the market, it is midpriced at around $1,615. The difference in size is noticeable; on the X200 we never felt like we were typing on an ultraportable ...

With a solid set of multimedia features and high-end components, the Windows Vista-based Dell Inspiron E1505 remains a good laptop for basic home use.

The integrated video processor is able to help decode HD videos (AVC/VC-2/MPEG2) , e.g., for a fluent Blu-Ray playback with slow CPUs. >> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mob...