Ultimate Notebook Reviews

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 info

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With the rising popularity of the small 9" budget / ultra-portable notebooks flooding the market, computer maker Dell has jumped on board too, with the 2 pound 5.5 ounce Inspiron Mini 9.

Powering this mini-notebook is a 1.6GHz Intel Atom Processor (N270) with a 533MHz front side bus and 512K of cache memory. It is robust enough to run Windows XP Home (for an additional $50), but works best with Ubuntu Linux version 8.04. The Inspiron Mini 9 comes stock with half a gigabyte of DDR2 RAM, that is upgradeable to 1GB.

Acer Aspire One

The Acer Aspire One netbook is a cute little 8.9" ultra-portable notebook for those on the go a lot and like to travel light. It weighs a mere 2 lbs 5.0 ounces with dimensions of 9.75" x 6.625" x 1.28", and is slowly becoming an staple to every woman's purse. The Aspire One is making a big splash in the industry with its very affordable price tag of under $350, which is quite a bit less than the closest competitors.

Dell Inspiron 13 info

With a base price of under $700, the new Dell Inspiron 13 (1318) seeks to tap into the average consumer market of busy students. As the number 13 foreshadows, the Inspiron 13 is a mobile 13.3" notebook and presents itself as another viable 13" notebook option alongside the XPS M1330. In fact, the new Inspiron 13 has more in common with the XPS product line and differs from the rest of the old Inspiron line of notebooks such as the 1525 and 1420.

With the release of the Lenovo T500 came the T400 ThinkPad, which is the 14.1" little brother of the T500. As the three digits following the "T" suggest, the T400 also belongs to the new generation of ThinkPad notebooks succeeding the old T61 group of computer systems. Many similarities exist between the Lenovo T400 and T500, although there are key differences to help choose between the two new ThinkPads.

Attention business users: feast your eyes on Lenovo's newest iteration to the ThinkPad T series of notebooks – the T500. At the heart of the new three digited ThinkPad is an Intel Core2 Duo processor with Intel Active Management Technology (iAMT), which allows for securing the notebook remotely. The ThinkPad T500 works in tandem with up to 8GB of DDR3 RAM.

Lenovo T500 ThinkPad

Entertainment enthusiasts, technology historians, and the general public at large should be interested in the new Sony VAIO FW 139E/H. This notebook cruises its way into the history books as the first notebook with an extra-wide 16.4" display screen with a native 16:9 aspect ratio, and a high 1600x900 resolution. The record-breaking screen also features XBRITE HiColor technology with an XBRITE-ECO option for those environmentally-friendly users.

Sony VAIO FW (139E/H)

Dreaming of a tablet notebook that is extremely fast? Look no further than the HP Pavilion tx2500 – the latest addition to the tx2000 series of touch-screen notebooks. At the core of the tx2500 is the dual core AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-80 2.1GHz mobile processor, and 1GB of DDR2 RAM. It's recommended that you upgrade up to 4GB of RAM for super-smooth rendering and multi-tasking.

HP Pavilion tx2500

You might remember the Eee PC mini notebook that received high praises when it first entered the market in 2007. Well, the Asus Eee PC 900 is an improvement over that highly affordable notebook and is destined to continue impressing its users.

Asus Eee PC 900

The name "Lenovo" has become synonymous with its main ThinkPad product line that it purchased from IBM in early 2005. Although ThinkPad's aren't known to be very stylish or aesthetically pleasing, Lenovo has added a new product line of more attractive notebooks through their IdeaPad series. Despite still having a (relatively) bulky look and feel, the IdeaPad U110 is a credit to their new vision, with cleaner lines and glossy reflective surfaces.

The new Dell XPS M2010 is a revolution: closer to a laptop than a desktop, but still unable to be fully classified into one or the other, its design is truly unique. With a fold-out 20” display which can turn 180 degrees, a detachable Bluetooth keyboard, the best components and an array of media tools such as a pop-up DVD player and built in microphone and webcam, this computer is still very expensive at a base price of $3500.