Best Notebooks - 7-in-1 Card Reader Special Features, 1 to 2 GHz Processor Speed, 40 to 220 GB Hard Drive Capacity

'Peak volume levels were enough to fill a small room, but if you plan on sharing a movie inside a dorm room, it might be wise to connect the laptop to a set of external surround speakers.'

'An HDMI port makes it simple to transfer high-quality audio and video to an HDTV, giving the laptop a second function as a Blu-ray movie player.'

'spectacular performance scores'

'very nice convertible tablet notebook from Gateway called the Gateway C-141x'

'Luckily, if there's one thing the $1,849 HP Compaq 2510p can be counted on for, it's reliability'

'Everyone hates bloatware, even HP apparently.'

'powered by the new AMD Turion X2 dual core 64-bit processor'

'Given its very inexpensive price, this notebook has great features for the money.'

'full-size keyboard'

'attractive system'

'This notebook boasts superb ergonomic and functional properties'

'The hinges and the back of the screen have been given an extra thick layer of magnesium-alloy that makes the panel feel far tougher'

'There are smaller batteries available, but this option provided a spectacular three hours 11 mins under heavy use, and six hours and 24 minutes under light use, making the D620 a laptop you could potentially use on the road all day.'