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.
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Dell XPS M1210
When: June 2006 Worth: €1300
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. |
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Fujitsu Siemens LifeBook Q2010
When: June 2006 Worth: €4000
Read the full article » Rear-ending its competition, the LifeBook Q2010 from Fujitsu Siemens measures in at exactly 1 KG, complete with a scratch-prone piano black finish and built-in UMTS and HSDPA support. Other features include Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g and Bluetooth 2.0, a 1.2 GHz Intel Core processor, 60 GB of storage and a fingerprint reader, as well as a 12.1-inch widescreen display. Read the full article » |
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Apple MacBook
When: May 2006 Worth: €1100 - €1500
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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ASUS S6F
When: May 2006 Worth: €2500
Aiming for luxury lovers, ASUS' new S6F ultraportable merges a 11-inch widescreen display with a genuine leather cover available either in camel or dark chocolate; a 1.6 GHz Core Duo processor; 1 GB of RAM and a 100 GB hard drive. Weighing in at a mere 1.4 KG, the notebook also boasts tri-mode Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g and Gigabit Ethernet, and will ship with both a standard an an extended battery, the latter of which is double the capacity of the former. |
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Sony VAIO VGN-TX2 XP
When: April 2006 Worth: €2500
Read the full article » Smallest and lightest among Sony's VAIOs, the VGN-TX2 XP offers a starting weight of 1.24 KG which includes a Dual Layer DVD+/-RW drive and an LED backlit, 11.1-inch widescreen display.Claiming up to 7.5 hours of battery life running on previous-generation Pentium M chip, the ultraportable also contains a 80 GB hard drive, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and a carbon fibre chassis. Read the full article » |
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