Best Notebooks - 2096 to 5120 MB Installed RAM, 13 to 15 in. Display Size, 1 x Memory Stick Card Slot Expandability

'spacious design every laptop maker'

'Despite the glossiness, horizontal and vertical viewing angles on the UL30A are quite good.'

'The system is able to achieve such long running times thanks to the new chipset and the Core 2 Solo SU3500 processor.'

'low-cost, highly portable notebook'

'The system was completely usable in every instance; multiple programs running simultaneously did not stress the U30JC out one bit.'

'Overall system performance was very good in both graphics modes.'

'good all-round laptop'

'Excellent value.'

'Demand for the use of metals in laptop design is booming, and understandably so.'

'arguably the best thin-and-light 14-inch laptop'

'The notebook's hard drive performance was impressive: the 320GB drive recorded an average rate of 27.89 megabytes per second in our transfer tests, which is practically desktop PC-like performance.'

'The notebook's hard drive performance was impressive: the 320GB drive recorded an average rate of 27.89 megabytes per second in our transfer tests, which is practically desktop PC-like performance.'

'extremely portable 14-inch notebook'

'great laptop'

'The deck of the notebook is simple and free from clutter.'

'great laptop'

'great laptop'

'The build of the IdeaPad Y-Series is sleeker, more contoured, and actually sports two more colors aside from the typical black, which is in stark contrast to the entire ThinkPad line.'

'highly appealing notebook'

'highly appealing notebook'

'The Inspiron 14z feels pretty durable despite the fact that the notebook chassis is constructed from relatively thin plastics.'

'pretty notebook'

'pretty notebook'

'decent gaming system'

'pc_magazine512:http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2330686,00.asp The X301 is more satisfying than the others when it comes to business features—and this is where it separates itself from the crowd.'

'A DVD+-RW drive is present, and can be turned off to conserve battery, or be replaced with a secondary battery if you like.'

'decent sized touchpad'

'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.'

'small and thin laptop'

'Some interesting features are present up its sleeves that seem to make it an impressive mobile computer.'

'Toshiba Satellite T130-11J comes pre-loaded with Microsoft Windows 7 operating system which offers a bunch of intuitive tools which makes it easy to manage things on Toshiba Satellite T130-11J.'

'You might be able to talk yourself into purchasing it as a luxurious, large netbook—a portable second system to use on the road.'

'the dm3 is generous with ports.'

'It functions similar to the media hotkeys found on many other notebooks and gives you quick access to your media, as well as HP's Advisor if you need help with configuring your system.'

'the dm3 is remarkably solid -- it's hard to even bend or twist with two hands at opposite corners.'