Best Notebooks - CD-RW CD / DVD Type, Microsoft Windows XP Professional Operating System, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 Graphic Processor

'It's aimed at corporate users wanting something a little more robust than the average laptop.'

'Shared video memory has a negative impact on system performance which may be okay for users with more modest graphics needs.'

'It is a bit odd to see a notebook like this one with a standard aspect ratio display, but the Y7's screen looks quite nice.'

'wireless switch on the front of the notebook felt loose and shoddily implemented on our review unit.'

'wireless switch on the front of the notebook felt loose and shoddily implemented on our review unit.'

'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.'

'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.'

'Shared video memory has an adverse effect on system performance which may be okay for users with more modest graphics needs.'

'No dual pointing option.'

'less favorable than the average notebook on the market today.'

'In our MobileMark 2005 DVD run down test, it lasted just 121 minutes, which is barely enough for a short feature film (assuming you start at full power).'

'The N100 scored a lowly 1,332 on our 3DMark03 test.'