Business Alternative from Asus. The Taiwanese manufacturer Asus should be a name for many who are interested in computers. Mainboards, graphic cards, EeePC and gaming notebooks are only a few fields with which the name is connected. The Asus B80A presents itself to us, untypically and therefore exotic, as a born-and-bred business notebook in a dying out 14.1" format. Can the newbie take it up with the established competition from Lenovo, HP and Dell or has Asus overtaken themselves in this area and won't find the link despite all effort?

A good, cheap alternative, or maybe just cheap? With their current netbook boom, Eee PC and co have proved many critics wrong. Many people want to use cheap, portable netbooks, with minimal hardware, as a mobile office. Due to this high demand, the netbooks are a growing trend. The HP 6735s belongs to this "trend", as it is cheap, portable, and it offers an interesting mix of connections.

The Original. Acer fielded the A110L Netbook last summer. These 8.9" netbooks were originally shipped with Linpus Linux Lite. Later on, devices with XP were offered. The tested notebook came with pre-installed Linpus Linux, but was tested with Windows XP Home 32-bit as operating system. This review will clarify in how far the AOA110-Aw is in accordance with out criteria and under which circumstances changing to Windows XP is possible.

Big, light, and beautiful Whilst a little late, Apple has finally put the 17 inch MacBook Pro into the new Unibody Aluminium case with the Nvidia MCP79 Chipset. Unusually, this lightweight laptop has an irremovable 95 Wh Li-Pol battery, which nonetheless achieves a battery life of up to 8 hours. You can find out just how the high-end notebook gets on in the review right here.

"Don’t call it a netbook!" Sony launches a "PC system" of a special kind with the Vaio VGN-P11Z. The manufacturer demanded that it's not a netbook in the press release. "Don't call it a netbook!" it was declared then. It certainly belongs in the league of the mini-notebooks, optically and from its proportions. The reserved connectivity and the display size are attributes, which suggest a netbook. Even the built in hardware is partly identical to that of a netbook. Why then, not simply call this device a netbook?

Low-Cost Notebook with pitfalls. 500,- Euro…too expensive? 400,- Euro…too expensive? Then how about a HP 550? At 369,- Euro MSRP, Hewlett Packard has given the HP 550 FU408EA a clear place on the market and shows that even the cheapest entry-level offering should be mobile. In the following review we determine where HP has cut back and which tasks the bargain notebook is suited for.

Business Device from Tradition. As Value Line models are thought for private users, under the name "ThinkPad" devices are found for professional use. The T-series tries straddling between performance, power efficiency and portability besides a row of other ThinkPad chain. Read more to find out how successful the tested T400 (Type: 6474-19G, also known as NM819GE) takes this challenge.

1660 Grams of Gaming. What was practically unthinkable at the arrival of the Geforce 9600M GT graphics card is now no longer a problem. LG packs this Nvidia performance-oriented mid-range graphics card into a compact 13.3" enclosure and as a result creates one of the highest performing compact Multimedia notebooks. Even if the P310 was introduced as a business laptop, gamers will arguably show the most interest in it.

This time we review a Toshiba laptop that was classified within the consumer notebooks segment only due to the fact that it is equipped with a glare screen. Namely, it is generally a clone of Tecra A10 notebook with a modified configuration. As we've gathered, the primary aim for its to designers was to make this notebook energy efficient.

Netbook +/- The NC20, the successor to the popular NC10, has just been released by the Korean producer Samsung. The netbook has a 12 inch display, and uses, contrary to the general trend, a CPU and an integrated graphics chip from VIA. In this review, we will compare the Nano U2250 to the Intel Atom chip, and give an in-depth evaluation of the NC20.

Size matters.Not only in the gaming sector but also in professional CAD/CAM applications does performance play an important role. Obviously, the performance-independent expectations of users on an adequate notebook differs considerably from gaming devices, which is why the leading business notebook manufacturers have their own series for this target group in their repertoire. The Thinkpad W700 with a Quad-Core CPU and Quadro FX 3700 graphic is the flagship device from Lenovo.

The KHLB2 is the latest barebone by Compal, a Taiwanese ODM notebook manufacturer. As it is a so called whitebook, it will be offered by many resellers under different names, e.g., in by Germany Schenker as mySN MG6 or by Deviltech as Fire 9060. The present model is equipped with an ATI HD 4650 and a brand new LEDbacklit screen with 16:9 aspect ratio.

The Emperor's new clothes. Even though the Eee PC from Asus probably has the highest profile among the mini-notebooks, the title of the most sold netbooks goes to Acer with the Aspire One A110. With this however, the staff for the 10 inch follow-up model, the Aspire One D150, is set especially high. Particularly the competitors have lined up well with numerous models in the 10 inch category

Flat, handy – mobile? Samsung designed the X360 series in view of mobility. The device is light, compact and focused on typical office applications. Read more to find out, how this 13.3 inch notebook with a reflective screen and energy saving Intel Core 2 Duo SU9300 Processor cuts off in our tests.

Ambivalent Newcomer. Alike nearly all big and small manufacturers also Lenovo has various netbook models, which have to assert themselves in the highly competitive market, in its product range. The competition pressure is high, the margins are small and the commonly used Atom platform gives only little leeway to get ahead in performance. Launched rather late, the Lenovo Ideapad S10e tries to attract potential buyers by a stylish look and some smart ideas.

Gaming Allure. When looking for a compact gaming notebook, given the often restricted graphics card performance in the 15" market, there is a big risk of just giving up. The fact that the Geforce 9600M GT so commonly provided can be outdone, even in this mid range of machines, is proved by MSI with its GT627. Equipped with a Geforce 9800M GS graphics card, this compact laptop can handle even the most recent gaming titles with ease.

Color up your life.Toshiba wants to pep up the dismal world of notebooks with color with its new Portégé A600 business devices. The new series combines reliability and stability of the notebooks till now with a trendy outfit. According to Toshiba this combination is being asked for always more frequently from businesspeople. How this very promising straddle cuts off in the end will be seen in the following test report with numerous evaluations.

Minimize me. Just announced, already reviewed by Notebookcheck. In this article we present you an in depth review of the new high end mobile graphics card, the Nvidia GeForce GTX 280M and compare its performance to the AMD Mobility Radeon HD 4870.

With a lot of hot… At the same time nVidia launched the Geforce GTX 280M graphic cards, the barebone manufacturer Clevo introduces the M980NU notebook. Thereby this 18.4 inch desktop replacement notebook is able to host most up-to-date hardware, e.g., the mobile quad-core processors from Intel or up to two of the new GTX 280M graphic cards in SLI connection. We had the opportunity to take a closer look at a first pre-sample.

Infusion Reloaded. Following the Asus M50V, the much anticipated M70V finally became available but will it be able to compete with other well known manufacturers? The “inner workings” of the M70V distinguishes itself from its predecessor, the M50V model, by being built with a Core 2 Duo P8600 with 2.4 GHz. However, even with a 17-inch screen, the M70V has been downgraded to 1440x900, compared to the M50V’s 15-inch screen displaying 1680x1050 pixels.

Netbooks? No thanks! Mini-notebooks, as before, define the image of the current retail charts. Therefore it can't be excluded that even die-hard business users won't come into temptation in view of the partly very low acquisition price. With high requirements on for instance input devices or ports, most mini-notebooks do not look particularly good, though. Lenovo wants to fish with the ThinkPad X200s exactly in this target group for customers.

The Neverending Story… After all the Eee PC models Asus has released since a year (Eee 701, Eee PC 901, Eee PC 1000H, Eee PC S101), the trend continues without stop. The Eee, as father of the mini notebook hype, is still very popular. Furthermore, the evolution of the mini notebooks, which also the Eee PC series has gone through, is easily traceable.

Gentle, yet brilliant entertainer. Now, we got hold of the second representative of the new Dell Studio XPS series for a review. The Studio XPS 16 alias Studio XPS 1640 offers with a 16'' inch display, alternatively in 720p HD or 1080p full-HD resolution, a solid equipment for multimedia applications of all kind. Especially the model with higher resolution panel, which the first time utilizes RGB-LED technology in 'edge-to-edge'-design already known of the new MacBooks, deserves closer attention.

Not everything that shines is gold… but what if it is? The design, or to be more precise, the surface of the laptops with the high gloss finish, is the same for all the new notebooks from Asus. We had the chance to take a closer look at the new models from Asus, like, for example, the Eee T91, the S101, the Lamborghini VX5 and the new W90 gaming machine and here is what we found.

Crossfire for Everyone. Even if the idea of two graphic cards in one notebook was primarily reserved for high performance bolides, gradually you find models with a dual graphic solution in low priced starting devices. Theoretically, the Crossfire technology from ATI makes it possible to operate two different GPUs parallel to one another. In the following review, you can read of which use the combination of two HD3470 graphic cards are.