8 Jun, EU Edition Road warrior on the lookout for a capable yet lightweight laptop with a battery life that doesn't make you break down and sob mid-flight? Here are five of the best ultraportables available right now. More...
2 May, World Edition You don't get PCs smaller than this: the 14-oz OQO 01+ boasts Windows XP Tablet PC 2005 on a 5-inch touch screen, a 30 GB hard drive, thumbboard, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. A review by Jørgen Sundgot. More...
15 Mar, World Edition From Fujitsu Siemens' ultralight LifeBook Q2010 to offerings from Sony's VAIO range, BenQ's new Joybook and the LG TX Express; here are the best ultraportables of CeBIT 2006. More...
31 Jan, World Edition Honey, have you seen my laptop? Jørgen Sundgot makes a frantic bid at retrieving Toshiba's miniscule libretto U100 ultraportable in time for his deadline. Maybe it's in the other pocket? More...
15 Jan, World Edition No larger than an oversize paperback, Fujitsu Siemens' LifeBook P1510 convertible ultraportable tablet has Jørgen Sundgot slobbering like he's rarely done before. More...
10 Jan, World Edition These itsy bitsy laptops skimp on size but not performance; the ASUS W5F joins Sony's VAIO TX2 and SZ - the latter of which also comes in a Premium edition claiming up to 7 hours of use. More...
27 Sep, EU Edition At under 2 KG, Sony's new VAIO S5 ultraportable integrates a 13.3-inch widescreen display with up to 120 GB of storage, a Dual Layer DVD drive and up to 2 GHz processor. More...
15 Sep, World Edition The new VAIO TX series of ultraportable notebooks from Sony blends advanced specifications with a carbon fibre laminate chassis, X-black 11.1-inch widescreen LCD and DVD+/-RW drive. More...
25 May, World Edition The TravelMate 3000 is Acer's slimmest and lightest ultraportable to date, featuring a 1.73 GHz processor, up to 2 GB of RAM, 12.1" widescreen and a 60 GB hard drive. More...
10 May, EU Edition A 10.6" widescreen compliments 1 or 1.1 GHz processors, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g and up to 80 GB of hard drive space in the lightweight Averatec 1000 Series. More...
Sacrificing power on the altar of mobility, Fujitsu Siemens has obviously been forced to cut a few corners to render the LifeBook P1510 as small as it is. A slightly dated chipset, modest hard drive speeds and a maximum of 1 GB of RAM limits the potential of this tablet convertible to productivity applications - a test for which it passes with flying colours. The P1510 is a superb choice for the road warrior for whom brain matters more than brawns; hopefully, the former will have earned him or her the wallet needed to allow for its acquirement. More...
As impressive as the Toshiba libretto U100 is from a technological point of view, an admittedly superb screen and a cramped keyboard prevent the exploitation of its full potential. Good performance, better battery life and excellent connectivity make the U100 a solid choice for light productivity work on the go, whilst the whopping 60 GB hard drive alleviates the need for lugging its dock to play DVDs for entertainment - but prospective buyers should keep in mind the extent to which they will be able to use the features for which they pay. More...
Despite its considerable technological prowess, the OQO 01+ makes a spectacular fall between two chairs. As compared to high-end business phones, the added functionality on offer is too restricted by poor data entry, a mediocre screen and limited battery life to justify the added bulk and hefty price tag. Meanwhile, converting the unit into a full-blown laptop is a cumbersome process which leaves the user with far less horsepower than a comparably priced laptop. This is an expensive executive toy - albeit a resoundingly impressive one. More...
Expanding ASUS' offering of ultraportables, the W7V offers a glossy 13.3-inch widescreen display with graphics powered by a Nvidia GeForce Go 7400 chipset. CPUs, meanwhile, range from Intel's T2300 through T2600 of the Core Duo variety, while the laptop holds a maximum of 1 GB of RAM. A Dual Layer DVD drive is integrated to provide entertainment and offload the choice of 60 through 120 GB hard drives available. Also: tri-mode Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR, a 1.3 Megapixel camera and a TPM chip.
Improving on the VGN-SZ series, Sony's new VAIO VGN-SZ2 notebook standardizes on 1 GB RAM, also offering a choice of Core Duo processors, a 13.3-inch widescreen display and more at a mere 1.68 KG.
At 1.1 KG, LG's TX Express manages to stay lightweight while integrating DMB-T support for watching TV on its 12.1-inch widescreen display - itself optionally powered by a Nvidia GeForce Go 7300 graphics chipset with up to 256 MB of TurboCache. Relying on previous-generation Pentium M processors, the ultraportable also offers up to 2 GB of RAM and up to 60 GB of storage. More...
From Fujitsu Siemens' ultralight LifeBook Q2010 to offerings from Sony's VAIO range, BenQ's new Joybook and the LG TX Express; here are the best ultraportables of CeBIT 2006. More...
The first ultraportable to carry the Ferrari brand, Acer's Ferrari 1000 packs plenty of power with a choice of dual-core AMD Turion 64 X2 processors, up to 2 GB of RAM and up to 160 GB of SATA enabled storage. The 12.1-inch widescreen display of the unit is powered by an ATI Radeon Express 1150 chipset with 256 MB of memory to call its own, while the laptop foregoes an optical drive in favour of a 5-in-1 media reader. Other highlights include a 1.3 Megapixel camera and a bundled Bluetooth VoIP phone.
An ultraportable for power-hungry road warriors, Dell's XPS M1210 comes with the usual selection of top-of-the range Core Duo processors, up to 4 GB of RAM and up to 120 GB of SATA storage. Add an optional Nvidia GeForce Go 7400 card with 256 MB of dedicated video memory for the 12.1-inch widescreen; a DVD+/-RW optical drive; tri-mode Wi-Fi; Bluetooth; and the ability to have the notebook delivered with Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, and you should be maxed out in more than one way.
Despite a form factor which matches its modest 12.1-inch widescreen, Toshiba's Satellite U200 ultraportable manages to pack Core Duo processors up to the T2600 mode; up to 4 GB of RAM; and up to 120 GB of storage in the shape of a 5,400 RPM SATA drive. A mere 1.4 inches thick and starting at 4.1 pounds, buyers also get tri-mode Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR, a 6-in-1 media reader, a Dual Layer DVD-RW drive, fingerprint reader and an integrated Intel GMA950 chipset for powering graphics.
Closely related to HP's Compaq nc4400 ultraportable, the tc4400 is a tablet edition which among other traits sports a 12.1-inch XGA display and a selection of Intel Core Duo processors. Starting at 2.1 KG, the system maxes out at 2 GB of RAM, while hard drives are available in either 60, 80 or 100 GB sizes spinning at 5,400 RPM. Wireless connectivity is provided by tri-mode Wi-Fi, while Bluetooth is optional; the integrated optical drive of the nc4400, however, has vanished into thin air.
Offering a more powerful alternative to the company's Compaq nc2400 ultraportable, Hewlett-Packard's 1.77-KG nc4400 retains the 12.1-inch widescreen display of its lesser sibling but adds Core Duo processors up to 2.13 GHz in speed. Hard drive capacity gets a boost and is available from 60 to 100 GB, while the maximum amount of memory receives a bump to 4 GB. Tri-mode Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 and Gigabit Ethernet remain unchanged, but the nc4400 gains a S-Video port and an extra USB 2.0 port.
Replacing the venerable PowerPC-powered iBook, Apple's MacBook line marks the maker's complete transition to Intel Core Duo processors. Available in black or white and in three editions, the initial portfolio shares a 13.3-inch widescreen display with integrated graphics, 512 MB of RAM, tri-mode Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR; other specifications vary, such as the 60 to 80 GB of storage, 1.83 to 2 GHz processor speed and either DVD-CD/RW or DVD+/-RW/CD-RW combo drives.
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