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Vostro mobile edition. The small brother of the Vostro 1500 tries to impress through improved mobility and by offering the same qualities as the 15.4" version. The price matters as well of course. Depending on the configuration the price can be as low as 700.- Euro.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 | 14.10" | 2.6 kg

Bread and Games... This article describes another notebook of the Asus V series, a 15.4 inch business notebook which is also fit for multimedia applications. Whilst a non-glare display with high-resolution indicates that business is its intended field of operation, the built-in Geforce 8600M GT video card with 512MB reminds rather on a gaming notebook. Following review describes how this interesting bundle scores.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 | NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT | 15.40" | 3 kg

The Dell XPS M1730 got this high score not only because of the impressive LED illumination, but also the other aspects of this gaming laptop were convincing. For example, the WUXGA display, the superb performance (8700M GT SLI graphic cards), and suprisingly also the low operating noise played an important role.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 | NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT SLI | 17.00" | 4.8 kg

Compact Gaming by Dell. Dell's XPS logo indicates highest performance and first-class design by Dell. Regardless, whether you look at 17 inch DTR gaming notebooks or at the compact Dell XPS M1530, you can be sure that XPS notebooks by Dell are always equipped with up-to-date hardware and, so, provide first-class performance. So, it's not surprising that the Dell XPS M1530 is also a very powerful multimedia notebook, which sets a high standard for competitors. Core 2 duo CPU and Geforce 8600M GT with GDDR3 memory in a high-quality and compact 2.6 kg aluminum case: Is there anything left to be desired?
Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 | NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT | 15.40" | 2.6 kg

Back to the Roots. At the moment the Toshiba Satellite L40-14N is among others top in competition about the most reasonable available notebook. It tries to especially score points by a price of clearly below 1000.- Euro and should, thereby, attract possible customers who just demand basics. Light office applications, wireless Internet access, DVD and music playback are no problem for the Satellite L40-14N.
Intel Pentium Dual Core T2310 | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 | 15.40" | 2.8 kg

Light, persistent, and powerful notebook. The Lifebook S6410 is a light, compact, and fast notebook, equipped with Dual-Core-Ultraportable processor, which rates good in our review. The solid and sophisticated case and the additional security features make it a general-purpose and reliable companion. The S6410 is suited for demanding business and private customers.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 | 13.30" | 1.8 kg

Powerful mobile workstation. The HP Compaq 8510W is a solid and strong mobile workstation, built for professional users who work with visualisation and graphic applications. Beside its high overall performance the 8510W is built solid and offers meaningful operating and security solutions.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7700 | NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M | 15.40" | 2.8 kg

Satego copy. Beside the Satego X200 gaming series, Toshiba also offers the Satellite X200 series, which does not differ to much from the former at the first glance. There is first-class hardware in a striking case, so, also the Satellite X200 is indeed a gaming notebook. Powerful Intel Core 2 Duo processors and a powerful video cards, like Geforce 8700m GT or 8600m GT SLI, which the reviewed notebook came with, grant excellent gaming performance.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7700 | NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT SLI | 17.00" | 4.1 kg

Solid Office Notebook. The ThinkPad T61 is a notebook which should especially attract business customers. Lenovo products are top regarding user-friendliness and data security. Here the Lenovo ThinkPad T61 scores points by many reasonable details. Furthermore Lenovo's customer support is excellent. Knowing the part number, it's pretty easy to quickly order most parts.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 | NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M | 14.10" | 2.5 kg

The next (last?) samurai. The currrent gaming-series by Toshiba is available in a number of different configurations. The 21D comes, e.g., with a more powerful CPU and a WSXGA display with a resolution of 1680x1050 pixel. Of course, these features raise the price, but, some potential buyers might still especially be attracted by the high-resolution display.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 | NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT | 17.10" | 4 kg

Some like it big. That`s it, for with the D901C wimps are at the wrong place. Big and heavy, but for a notebook a virtually incredible performance. That performance is provided by a Core 2 Extreme Quad QX6850 CPU with 3.0GHz together with two NVIDIA Geforce 8700M GT graphic cards with 512MB GDDR3 video memory each. O, yes, three hard disks with 250GB capacity each are also to be found in the casing. With this equipment the mySN D901C (Clevo D901C) represents the zenith of notebook technology at present.
Intel Core 2 Extreme (Desktop) QX6850 | NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT SLI | 17.00" | 5.6 kg

Indigo Blue - This is the name of the reviewed Sony notebook. This office notebook with interesting price-performance ratio is, furthermore, also available in designs called 'Luxury Pink' and 'Pure White' and should, so, attract attention to a broad group of potential buyers sensible to design. As usually, the following review also informs about the other characteristics of the VGN-CR21S.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 | 14.10" | 2.5 kg

After having reviewed the powerful version of the MacBook Pro with a Santa Rosa interior, the smaller 2.2 GHz version now undergoes our endurance test. We intend to report about the first results of the endurance test of the Alu-Notebook as well as the Mac OS X 10.4.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 | NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT | 15.40" | 2.4 kg

Old Friend. At a closer look the Asus Pro31S, offered by MediaMarkt, turned actually out to be a F3SC, a well sold model of the well-known Asus F3 series. Obviously, the equipment was hardly changed: Core 2 Duo CPU, nVIDIA Geforce 8400M G, 2 GB main memory, and 160 GB harddisk capacity. However, the price has changed in the meanwhile - it was reduced.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 | NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G | 15.40" | 2.9 kg

The details of the Zepto Znote 6224W look like a wish-list of many notebook buyers: this black laptop from Denmark is supposed to be small, high-performance and at the same time very reasonably priced. But can this 14-inch laptop, which is based on the Intel Centrino generation and the potent Geforce 8600 M GT graphic of nVIDIA, indeed keep this promise? We made the test.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 | NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT | 14.10" | 2.4 kg

Office bargain. Notebooks from Sony do not always have to cost a lot of money: this proves the new Sony Vaio NR11S. Specifically developed for the “light user” with low hardware demands. This laptop offers no more one needs as basic equipment, but in good quality. “Simple, sporty and clever” – Rarely an advertising slogan fits a notebook so well as it fits the Vaio NR11S/S.
Intel Core 2 Duo T5250 | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 | 15.40" | 2.8 kg

Compact Business by Asus. The Asus V2S tries to score points by mobility with a 14 inch format, and at the same time by an adequately big display and good equipment. The basic data of this notebook sound interesting: Compact 2.5kg case, 14" WXGA+ display with non-reflecting surface, Intel Core 2 Duo CPU with 2.0 GHz and nVIDIA Geforce 8600M GS video card. So, this laptop is even fit for multimedia and graphics.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 | NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS | 14.10" | 2.5 kg

Power-Sub. If Dell launches a subnotebook which belongs to the XPS series, you'll should already know what you can expect. Right, first-class performance. Although the aesthetically pleasing case is not spacious, Dell was able to put a powerful T7300 CPU and a Geforce 8400M GS video card in. Combined with a 13.3" LED display this notebook is attractive.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 | NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS | 13.30" | 1.9 kg

Low Price Vostro. Since last year Dell has equipped its notebooks with AMD processors. The Vostro 1000 belongs to the second generation of these laptops based on Intel's competitor platform, which should be cheaper as a rule. This series, which is also meant for small companies, differs from other representatives of this new range, because it doesn't have a modern case. Actually, it got the one, which was already used for its predecessor.
AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 | ATI Radeon Xpress 1150 | 15.40" | 2.8 kg

Take a current Inspiron notebook providing high-quality components, colour it in an elegant but simple plain black, sprinkle the preparation with some business support and here we go – another addition of Dell’s already interesting range of products. With regard to performance some doubts might arise in its ability to facilitate business users’ needs, as it seemingly was targeted towards running games. It contains a GeForce 8600M GT which can passably master even the newest computer games.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7100 | NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT | 15.40" | 3.3 kg

The Satellite A200 Serie from Toshiba aims to the needs of a wide consumer market with a focus on the relation of price/value. What makes the difference between the series A210 and A200? Not really much. Besides the identical case and a partially identical display, only the implemented graphics hardware from AMD and ATI is different. You can get it starting with about 700 euro. Interested?
AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-52 | ATI Radeon Xpress X1200 | 15.40" | 2.7 kg

Enlarge your Notebook! Connect a keyboard, a mouse, and a display to your dock and turn your notebook into a desktop computer.

Compact Middle Class. Mostly the user's demands on a notebook are rather indifferent. The notebook should have something of everything and especially the price should be interesting. The Sony Vaio FZ21E is one of these notebooks, which scores points first of all because of its interesting price - performance ratio. Furthermore, its design is aesthetically pleasing.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 | NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT | 15.40" | 2.8 kg

Sony and graphics… Besides a number of fine, small notebooks with LED display and elegant carbon fiber cases, Sony also offers at least one interesting series in the fields of desktop replacement notebooks, the AR models. Though big, these are aesthetically pleasing and score points especially by their bright display. Regarding video performance, Sony forges ahead anyway for a long time.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 | NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT | 17.10" | 3.9 kg

Pretty One. In the meanwhile most manufacturers know also a nice look of a notebook contributes to its success. The current HP Pavilion series covers a series of pretty notebooks, including even an elegant looking 17 inch desktop replacement notebook, the dv9580eg. Also the notebook specifications spark interest in it, even more, because of its reasonable price.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 | NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS | 17.10" | 3.6 kg

Business by Sam-Sung Even if Samsung advertises the X65 as business notebook, the good equipment with Geforce 8600M GS with GDDR3 memory might also make this notebook interesting for multimedia enthusiasts. Also the beautiful design and the high quality of workmanship of this notebook bear comparison with competitor notebooks.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 | NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS | 15.40" | 2.5 kg

Topseller? Late, but, finally we got the new 15 inch Inspiron 1520 notebook by Dell for a review. It is the successor of the 6400 series and a beginner's multimedia notebook. A variety of different configurations are available, so, the Dell Inspiron 1520 can even be enhanced to a professional multimedia notebook.
Intel Core 2 Duo T5250 | NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS | 15.40" | 3.3 kg

Master Shogun. Gaming enthusiasts will remember Toshiba's Satellite P100 series, which elated about one year ago with Geforce 7900 GS video card. The Satego X200 is the new top gaming notebook of Toshiba. The X200 is equipped with a Geforce 8700M GT, an up-to-date video hardware, and so very powerful. Furthermore, it comes with an excellent Harman/Kardon sound system. The provided second hard disk is another bonus.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 | NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT | 17.10" | 4 kg

The components of the Alienware Area-51 m9750 thrill gamers: Especially the two Geforce 7950 GTX in SLI-mode and the solid state disk as system hard disk stand for excellent performance. But, also the equipment is brilliant. There are ports for a surround sound system, a 200 GB data hard disk, a TV card, which are even not standard in 17" notebooks. The following comprehensive review explains, whether the Alienware can really set new standards.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7400 | NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI | 17.00" | 4 kg

The outside's fine but underneath? Varnish and Leather. Something special came in our editorial office, the Asus U1F. Beginning with the nice package, an external drive, a Bluetooth mouse in a cloth bag to a supplement battery. But, the 11,1" small notebook did not only impress with accessories. The leathery palm rest areas are also one of the highlights of this completely designed piece. However, how does this Asus notebook rate in the main criteria? This is covered by the following review.

p as in Performance... Soon after the Thinkpad T61 series also the T61p serious was launched. They are in general based on T61 models, but trimmed for performance, so, that they meet evenhigher performance demands (NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M). These notebooks, which are especially liked by designers and 3D design engineers, are of course also equipped with a proper display, in our case with a WUXGA panel with a resolution of 1920x1200 pixels.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 | NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M | 15.40" | 2.8 kg

Business goes Gaming – This could be the slogan which Asus could use to advertise the V1S. Intel Core 2 Duo T7300, NVidia GeForce 8600M GT, 160GB hard disk: Is this a business notebook? Absolutely, because it is also complemented by Centrino-Pro functions: Intel Active Management Technology, TPM Security Chip, fingerprint reader, docking port. Together with eSATA-port, Modular Bay and movable 1,3 Mega Pixel camera, this should be the perfect notebook. Does it keep its promise? The following user review should clarify it.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 | NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT | 15.40" | 3 kg

The Zepto Znote 6625WD is, because of a Core 2 Duo processor and 8600M GT video card with 512 MB video memory, a powerful 15.4" notebook by the Danish company Zepto. In the following review you can read how "maati" one of our forum user liked this notebook.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 | NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT | 15.40" | 2.7 kg

Function follows Design? The Toshiba Satellite U300-114 is a classical subnotebook with 13,3" display and good looking design. A Core 2 Duo T5450, 2GB main memory and a 160GB hard disk provide sufficient power for office and Internet. However, games should not be tried with the integrated video card. The following review uncovers whether this Toshiba notebook is a good companion or whether it only looks good with its glossy display cover and LCD.
Intel Core 2 Duo T5450 | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 | 13.00" | 2 kg

Petit noir. Not only is the Joybook S31's look appealing. It also seems to be useful right from the very beginning. The matte black case should be free from any visible signs of wear. It is a small and light notebook, so, you can easily tell that the intended focus group are business travelers.
Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 | 13.30" | 2.1 kg

With the official arrival of the Sony Vaio notebooks to Poland, one of them, FZ11M, raised hope, because Sony is a respected brand in Poland. However, Sony provided contrary to the advertisement only 64MB of VRAM. Nevertheless, Micheal (known as kaaz in our forum), thinks that it is a nice machine for office and multimedia tasks, because of its reliability good workmanship, and quiet operation...
Intel Core 2 Duo T7100 | NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT | 15.00" | 2.7 kg

Hit of the summer. The Compal FL90 notebook is one of the VBI (Verified by Intel) notebooks. Performance and hardware were considered far more important than the look. Of course, also the price has to be reasonable. The Compal FL90 meets these requirements very well. Although, it might not look as elegant as 'brand notebooks', it is excellently equipped, e.g., with a GeForce 8600M GT video card.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 | NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT | 15.40" | 2.7 kg

Office Professional. Besides the big 17 inch series HP also offers a new series of compact 15 inch notebooks. One of these is the HP Compaq 6710b. Equipped with Core 2 Duo CPUs and integrated Intel X3100 video cards, the 6710b is a reasonable beginner's notebook of this series. This article provides further information beyond detailed hardware specifications.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 | 15.40" | 2.8 kg

Quadro Business Power. Also Hewlet-Packard reacted to the progress in CPU development and especially also to new video cards with the development of a new business series. The powerful 17" class is today represented by the HP Compaq 8710p and also the 8710w. Equipped with the new-generation Core 2 Duo processors and a NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M video card this notebook provides top performance, also for 3D applications. More about how this notebook rates in our tests, can be read here.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 | NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M | 17.00" | 3.4 kg

Santa Rosa at work. The Tecra M9, presented in May 2007, utilizes the new Santa Rosa technology and is a mobile computer for businessmen. Being equipped with a 14-inch matt screen, and weighing only a little more than two kilos, it should be ideal for hardworking businessmen. Furthermore, it's equipped with an up-to-date powerful Core 2 Duo T7500 processor.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 | 14.10" | 2.4 kg

Wonder of Connectivity. While some other notebook manufacturers shift a plus on ports to optionally available docking stations, Fujitsu-Siemens provides an alternative with the Celsius H240. The H240 directly provides a variety of interfaces, among others also a serial and a parallel port. A matt 15.4“ WUXGA display with a resolution of 1920x1200 pixels ensures overview.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 | ATI Mobility FireGL V5200 | 15.40" | 2.7 kg

Evergreen. Whoever thinks that the launch of the Lenovo Thinkpad T61 consigned the Thinkpad T60 to history errs. The T60p has some qualities which are still not matched by the brand-new T61. A special feature of the reviewed notebook is that it was retrofit with a 15" FlexView UXGA display, which provides first-class overview by a resolution of 1600x1200 pixels and, furthermore, all-time stability to the vantage point.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7600 | ATI Mobility FireGL V5250 | 15.00" | 2.8 kg

Allrounder. Asus also little by little utilizes the new Intel Santa Rosa technology. The F3 series, a 15.4 inch multimedia series, which is very popular, because of its very good price/performance ratio, is a hot favourite for the change to the Santa Rosa technology. The Asus F3SC is passable equipped with a T7100 CPU and a Geforce 8400M video card.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7100 | NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G | 15.40" | 2.9 kg

The Samsung Q45 Aura T7100 Damali is top equipped with 200 GB hard disk, 2 GB main memory and Nvidia Geforce 8400M GS with 256 MB. It takes the lead of the 12.1" class. It seems to be a real insider tip, because of its real dumping price, good equipment, good looking design. Unfortunately, Samsung follows the new trend, which should actually be boycotted. Just read more about it in this review.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7100 | NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS | 12.10" | 2 kg

All-Rounder. Time and again various manufactures produce really interesting notebooks. The Pavilion dv6598eg by HP should be one of them. The smart design, which also won a design award, covers a Geforce 8400M GS video card, which is just fit for gaming, a T7300 CPU, 2 GB main memory and a big 200GB hard disk. Is there anything more to be desired? Maybe watching TV? - No problem a DVB-T tuner is also provided.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 | NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS | 15.40" | 2.7 kg

Nice Looking with weaknesses. Subnotebooks by Sony are always interesting. Be it, because of the bright and super slim LED displays, or simply, because of the beautiful Sony look, Sony notebooks have loyal fans. They like them especially, because of the outstanding mobility of these very light notebooks, not to mention the display. Here you can read, why the Sony TZ11XN does not only score high.
Intel Core 2 Duo U7500 | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 | 11.10" | 1.2 kg

Silent cry for performance... Finally, it's available! After supply difficulties we were finally provided with a Dell Inspiron 1720. However, the big brother of the Dell Inspiron 1520 is at the time of writing "only" available with Geforce 8600M GT video power. Still, the big case and the spacious fans, are ready for really powerful gaming video cards.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7100 | NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT | 17.00" | 3.9 kg

The Lenovo IBM Thinkpad X61T is a compact mobile notebook with tablet functions. It's light magnesium case and the good battery runtime qualifies it for students, who need to browse the Internet, take notes, and copy pictures by using the pen. Furthermore, it is also not fit for up-to-date games, because of an integrated video solution and a processor with low-energy demands. So, it makes it easier to concentrate on the lesson.
Intel Core 2 Duo L7500 | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 | 12.10" | 2 kg

Off-the-Shelf Notebook. The Amilo Pa 2510 is a reasonable beginner's notebook. Equipped with an AMD CPU its tries to match with the huge number of notebooks equipped with Intel CPUs. Thereby, the Amilo Pa 2510 is especially interesting, because of the new AMD M690V chip set. Though the Amilo is equipped with an ATI X1200 video card, this video card does not have any advantages regarding performance compared to Intel's new integrated video card, the GMA X3100. Overall, the Pa2510 is worth consideration, because of its low price.
AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-50 | ATI Radeon Xpress X1200 | 15.40" | 2.7 kg

Everyday's Business. Step by step Dell equips all its notebooks with Santa Rosa technology. Of course, also the Latitude business series goes Santa Rosa, first and foremost the D830. The classical 15.4 WXGA office notebook scores especially high by a robust magnesium case and good equipment. The advantages of the D830 compared to its predecessor, the D820, can be found in this review.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7700 | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 | 15.40" | 3 kg

Design meets Performance. One is already nearly used to the first-class design of Apple Notebooks. Ever since they are also equipped with Intel CPUs and it is possible to run them under Windows, they are true competitors to comparably equipped notebooks. As expected the MacBook Pro scores also high. This elegant notebook is really powerful, because of a T7700 CPU and a NVidia Geforce 8600M GT video card. So, gaming is possible with a Mac - „Sounds strange, but is true“.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7700 | NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT | 15.40" | 2.4 kg

Acer goes gaming? We had the chance to review one of the currently most popular and most discussed notebooks, the Acer 5920G. Its specification is very interesting: Core 2 Duo T7300 with 2.0 GHz, NVidia Geforce 8600M GT, 2GB main memory and 200GB hard disk. Is there anything left to be desired? Maybe a brand-new Acer case with interesting design? - Here it is!
Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 | NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT | 15.40" | 3.2 kg

Thinkpad in plastics If you'd like a Thinkpad, but are put off by the high price, you could consider the Thinkpad R series. Although made of plastics instead of magnesium alloy, the well-known Thinkpad qualities have been retained unchanged. The case is a little fatter than the usual magnesium case, but regarding robustness it is hardly inferior than the one of the T-series.

Innovative elegance. Toshiba's Protégé R400 provides leading edge design and functionality. Designed in cooperation with Intel it is a very light 12'' widescreen Tablet PC with LED back-lighted screen. It is the first notebook with automatic e-mail synchronization notifying the user in real time on a special display located at the computer's front side. Interested in an innovative Tablet PC? - Please read on.
Intel Core Duo U2400 | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 | 12.10" | 1.7 kg

Turion CPU. The HP Pavilion dv9074cl's performance is alright. Because of a high clocked AMD Turion CPU and fast memory chips, its performance is comparable to notebooks with lower clocked Intel processors.
AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-56 | NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 | 17.10" | 3.5 kg

Beauty Notebooks of the Pavilion dv9000 are bigger dv6000s, which we already reviewed some time ago. Despite of powerful, energy-demanding components, it is extraordinary slim.
Intel Core Duo T2300 | NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 | 17.10" | 3.5 kg

Small, still powerful. Toshiba M100 is a prime example of a 14 inch notebook. We were especially interested in it, because it is equipped with a very potent ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 video card.
Intel Core Duo T2300 | ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 | 14.10" | 2.5 kg

Old School. After one got used to all these notebooks with wide screen and mingles with these all the time, the exactly 15-inch Toshiba in 4:3 format seems quite weird. This impression recedes only after some time. It's really strange, just a little while ago all laptops were like that.
Intel Core Duo T2400 | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 | 15.00" | 2.6 kg

Hard work. Usually office notebooks are not went easy on, on the contrary, they have to faithfully serve their user every day. The reviewed Tecra A7, a representative of the most reliable business notebook class, was apparently worn and already creaked somewhat during handling. Nevertheless, we were quite astonished by this computer's stability. How to explain this apparent contradiction? Well, please read the following article.
Intel Core Duo T2400 | ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 | 15.40" | 2.7 kg

Thinkpad - Next Generation. Lenovo continues the IBM Thinkpad's success story the T61. The Santa Rosa chip set provides brilliant performance and is the only proper equipment for well-known business notebooks. Not only the inner parts where improved, also the case was further advanced. Especially the also formerly very good robustness scores very high again.

G1 Gaming reloaded. The Asus G1 series, the 15 inch gaming notebooks, are offered as G1S, further improved and updated with new technology. An Intel T7500 CPU and a Geforce 8600M GT video card make it fit for current DirectX 10 games, and, furthermore, impress by an outstanding performance increase.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 | NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT | 15.40" | 3.2 kg

Te | cra The Tecra series is Toshiba's answer to the demand for robust and durable business notebooks. Tecra introduces a lot of innovations, which, although not visible from outside, provide a lot of reliability and user-friendliness. Also the hardware of the new Tecra A9 is interesting, because it is based on the Santa Rosa platform.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 | 15.40" | 2.9 kg

Mobile Cinema. If you are willing to spend a little more on a subnotebook, Sony has an interesting offer for you: the TX5. Despite of its low weight of only 1.2kg and its small dimensions the stylish TX5 provides you with a bright concise display in 16:9 format and, furthermore, a DVD drive. Thanks to the noble 7800 mAh battery, you can even enjoy watching films away from your desk.
Intel Core Solo U1500 | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 | 11.10" | 1.3 kg

Old hand. The Lifebook S series bridges the gap between powerful 15 inch multimedia notebooks and very portable 12 inch notebooks. If notebooks of the first class are too big for you and of the other class too small, you are likely to find your notebook in the 14 inch class. Among other FSC notebooks the FSC S7110 competes in this notebook category.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 | 14.10" | 2.1 kg

G2P once again. After first impressions of the Asus G2P at the CeBIT, the opportunity to take a closer look at this notebook in our laboratory and make comprehensive measurements of the display and the emissions, was provided. Here you can read how Asus' flagship gaming notebook scores in our tests and what you can expect besides a striking design.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7400 | ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 | 17.00" | 4.4 kg

The FSC Amilo Xi 1554 is very powerful and capable of replacing a desktop. The high-resolution display and the DVI-I out with HDCP support also make it HD-ready.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 | ATI Mobility Radeon X1900 | 17.00" | 4 kg

They are among us... A long time ago, first reports about the new Intel chip set including new CPUs and video cards appeared in our news. Now time has come. We may report about: "Santa Rosa" built-in in the Samsung R70 with Intel Core 2 Duo T7100 CPU and NVIDIA Geforce 8600M GS video card. You can read here what can be expected from the new multimedia class.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7100 | NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS | 15.40" | 2.7 kg

Intermediate. The Dell Latitude D620 is - as the name implies, an intermediate notebook between the Dell D420, a very mobile 12 inch subnotebook, and the D820, a standard 15 inch business notebook. Its 14 inch display provides a good overview at still restricted dimensions, and is also available with a resolution of up to 1440x900 pixels.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 | 14.10" | 2.3 kg

Close to the Limit. Currently the demand for notebooks is in general high, but, especially the market for reasonable beginner notebooks booms. Of course all manufacturers intent to put effort into this market segment, and place really reasonable notebooks in this segment, because the sales volume is high. This is also true for the well-known manufacturer Asus, who offers the X51R at a retail price of about 600,- Euro. Read here, how this low-cost notebook differs from the rest of the Asus series.
Intel Celeron M 520 | ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 | 15.40" | 2.7 kg

Professional for journeys - with display weakness. Presumably designing a really good subnotebook is one of the most challenging tasks of mobile notebook development. It is essential to design a robust and light notebook which faces at the same time sufficient power and good battery runtime. Lenovo's preconditions are good, because of the recently acquired, first-class knowledge of IBM. As usual you can read about the Thinkpad X60s' capabilities at notebookcheck.net.
Intel Core Duo L2400 | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 | 12.10" | 1.3 kg

Minimalist. The Dell D420 is one of the smallest and most mobile notebooks of the current Dell product lines. In the contrary to its competitors, Dell equipped the D420 with a WXGA display, which clearly contributes to the overview on the 12 inch display. The U2500 Core Duo processors combines good performance and low energy demand.
Intel Core Duo U2400 | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 | 12.10" | 1.5 kg

Big Business light. Also in the business segment there is a trend for 17 inch desktop replacement notebooks. They are appreciated because of their high-resolution displays and the possibility to choose more powerful hardware components which in turn enable the notebook to replace a desktop PC, as the name already implies.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7400 | ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 | 17.00" | 3.3 kg

Security First. Among its huge product range Hewlett-Packard also offers 14 inch models of the "Balanced Mobility" market segment. The HP nc6400 is not the most recent model, but this is only a subordinate aspect of high-quality business notebooks. Properties like a robust case, user-friendly input devices and comprehensive security mechanisms are far more important and durable.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7400 | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 | 14.10" | 2.3 kg

Play your Game! The G1 is the 15 inch version of the Asus G series, which was especially designed for gamers. As required for a gaming notebook the G1 is regarding hardware well-equipped and strikingly designed.

Business Mate. You'll quickly find out that the Travelmate series by Acer is designed for business customers. However, single notebooks of this series still differ a lot regarding quality and equipment. The Travelmate 6465 is thereby one of the high-quality models and convinces by good equipment and robust workmanship, which of course has an influence on the price.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 | ATI Mobility Radeon X1300 | 15.40" | 2.9 kg

17 inch Flounder. Samsung is proud of building the smallest, flattest, and lightest notebooks - and rightly so. But even the challenge of designing a 17 inch notebook with adequate performance, does not means for Samsung to put the parts into a 5 cm case. On the contrary, the M60 by Samsung teaches us that also big DTR notebooks might have an elegant appearance.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 | NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS | 17.10" | 3.2 kg

Multimedia for Everyone. Among other Acer notebooks which were exhibited at the CeBIT, we would also like to present the Aspire 5114 to you. The Aspire 5114 is basically interesting, because it provides multimedia equipment, is fit for current games and this all for an absolutely low price - a mobile Core 2 Duo processor and an ATI X1600 video card just under 1000.- Euro.
AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-56 | ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 | 15.40" | 3 kg

Emozione Italiana. What Ferrari is for Acer, Lamborghini is for Asus - a calling card regarding design and technology. This is consequently put into practice by Asus. Its noble designed case (genuine leather inlays) together with the integration of up-to-date hardware is the leading force of the whole product range.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7400 | NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700 | 15.40" | 2.8 kg

Scuderia Acer. It's common that various manufacturers aspire to cooperations with noble brands in order to polish up the own image. Acer tries to attract possible customers and reach expensive notebook brands by its Ferrari 5005 and terms like "Power to take the lead".
AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-60 | ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 | 15.40" | 3 kg

Gaming light. Asus copes the high demand for gaming notebooks by offering the Asus G1 and Asus G2 series. We visited the CeBIT in Hannover this year again and reviewed notebooks which might be interesting for you - among others the Asus G2.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7600 | ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 | 17.00" | 4.4 kg

Heavy Equipment. The Dell M90 is a strongman. First of all it has a robust and scuffproof case out of aluminium and composite materials. Additionally, it is equipped with a Core 2 Duo CPU and a really powerful NVIDIA Quadro FX video card, the master for CAD among NVIDIAs Geforce video chips.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 | NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M | 17.00" | 3.9 kg

Savings Champion. The Dell Latitude 131L is at the time of writing the most reasonable notebook of Dell's Latitude Business series. You get a robust 15.4 inch notebook for less than 1000.- Euro, which is well capable of handling all the daily office demands.
AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-50 | ATI Radeon Xpress 1150 | 15.40" | 2.8 kg

Messenger of the Gods. You feel like they already offered the same notebook? You are completely right. Still, the brand-new X2300 video card of ATI, the harbinger of the long expected new video card generation, induced us to look closer at the A8JR once more.
Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 | ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 | 14.10" | 2.5 kg

Basic version Besides the well-known Inspiron and XPS series, Dell also offers the Latitude series for business, but also private customers. The notebooks of this series feature special security mechanisms and robust cases out of magnesium. This should make the notebook's use reliable for hard business work.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 | 15.40" | 2.9 kg

Compaq(t). Are you looking for a small high-quality secondary notebook? The HP Compaq nc4400 could attract you. This 12" subnotebook features a robust case, hoch-quality input devices and misses out an optical drive and therewith is even smaller and lighter. A Core 2 Duo CPU provides sufficient power.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7400 | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 | 12.10" | 1.8 kg

Rhinoceros. The Z series of the Think Pad series provides the advantages of a wide screen display and is optimized for business use. The notebook should prove its usefulness by the help of high-quality components and a robust reasonable case. How it actually performs, you can read here.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 | 15.40" | 3 kg

Trend Denier. Apart from notebooks with wide screen display hardly any other notebook models are available this time. You will just come across the nearly already unusual XGA panels at office notebooks. The decision for wide screen or not, depends on the planned usage and is also a matter of taste.
AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-52 | ATI Radeon Xpress 200M | 15.00" | 2.7 kg

Red Dot Winner. The LG S1 Notebook is really well designed and impresses by its elegant simplicity as well as by its good workmanship. Because of a Core 2 Duo and ATI X1600 the LG S1 is also technically interesting.
Intel Core 2 Duo T5600 | ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 | 15.40" | 2.9 kg

Vaio Vista. The Vaio FE41Z is in general similar to the FE31, still it is interesting because of its very bright display using dual lamp technology, and its stylish design, and last but not least because of the brand-new Windows Vista. The performance of the Geforce 7600 (GT?!) under Vista arouse our interest, too.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 | NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 | 15.40" | 2.8 kg

Solid Basics. The Hewlett-Packard Compaq nx7400 is optimized for office use and has a solid and robust case. Current versions of this notebook can regarding performance by all means rate high, because of their Core 2 Duo processors.
Intel Core Duo T2400 | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 | 15.40" | 2.6 kg

Quadratic. Handy. Good? The Samsung X60 attracts by its angular and slim design. Especially the magnesium case impresses. What about the rest of the properties of this multimedia notebook? We take a close look at this elegant 15.4 notebook.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7400 | ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 | 15.40" | 2.5 kg

BIG Business. Sure, you are familiar with the following problem: You start lots of applications, among them possibly a graphical application with lots of toolboxes and the display gets so filled, that a clear view gets completely lost. This problem can be either resolved by an external monitor or by a HP Compaq nw9440 with powerful graphics and high-resolution, non-reflecting 17 inch display.
Intel Core Duo T2600 | NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M | 17.00" | 3.5 kg

Satellite a half. The Satellite U200 is a high-quality and beautiful 12.1 inch subnotebook, which is willing to accompany its user everywhere and convinces through robustness (magnesium case) and its very low weight of only 1.9kg . In oder to increase the data security the notebook is equipped with a shock save hard disk and a fingerprint reader.
Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 | 12.10" | 1.9 kg

White Christmas? Yes - for all those who obtain the Sony Vaio VGN-N11M office notebook. Sony's white beginner's notebook among Dualcore notebooks has to prove its technical qualities in the following reviews.
Intel Core Duo T2050 | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 | 15.40" | 3.1 kg

Workaholic. The Alienware S-4 m5550 is a powerful notebook - No, actually the notebook with the highest performance, which passed our reviews so far. How does this work? Core 2 Duo T7600 2.3 GHz, 2GB RAM Dualchannel and a 80GB 7200 revs Hdd. On the contrary, only the Geforce 7600 seems to be a little old.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7600 | NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 | 15.40" | 3.2 kg

Economist. The Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Pro V8210 Office Notebook demonstrates that not all business notebooks need to be exorbitant. So, also private user can afford robust workmanship and comprehensive configurations of a business notebook.
Intel Core Duo T2300 | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 | 15.40" | 2.8 kg

Executive Assistant. Hewlett-Packard Compaq nc8430 is a high-performance business notebook, which has besides calculation power also graphical power, because of its ATI X1600 video card. A non-reflecting display, first class input devices and a fingerprint reader complete the offer.
Intel Core Duo T2300 | ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 | 15.40" | 2.8 kg

Small but powerful. Small, light, yet powerful, these attributes go best with Asus A8Jp. More and more user choose very mobile notebooks, but still they won't forego computational and graphical power. This is Asus' solution: A8Jp.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 | ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 | 14.00" | 2.5 kg

Business light. The Satellite Pro A100 series cover Toshibas Business beginner's notebooks. The durable notebook with good equipment and even a X1600 video card of ATI is available at a reasonable price. This makes the notebooks besides for business customers also interesting for private users.
Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 | ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 | 15.40" | 2.9 kg

A wolf in sheep's clothing. After Apple changed the processors of its notebooks to Intel CPUs, in more detail to Core Duo processors, their elegant white notebooks are also offered with Core 2 Duo CPUs. The 13“ MacBook became a muscle men wearing a ballet dress.
Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 | 13.30" | 2.4 kg