Well priced, with a robust chassis and touchscreen option that make it a good choice for classroom use, and any one else wanting a netbook that's a little bit different

A striking laptop that’s incredibly portable and has good battery life. But the screen is a big disappointment

Dell’s latest business model is another superb outing for its recently released Latitude E-series. It’s not cheap, though

Great for executives on the move thanks to size and decent battery life, but the missing optical drive disappoints

Great for executives on the move thanks to size and decent battery life, but the missing optical drive disappoints.

A good first stab at the semi-ruggedised laptop market. It isn’t up to the tough standards of others, though.

Small but perfectly formed, the D420 has hours of battery life and loads of features and great ergonomics.

Fast, well built and superbly featured - our business laptop of choice.

Powered by a 1.6GHz mobile Pentium processor, featuring dual-band 802.11a/g wireless capability and sporting a 15.4in wide-screen display, the Dell D800 represents the best of the Latitude series of notebooks. At around 3.3kg, it is not light, nor is it thin – but is complemented by an exceptional finish and a solid set of technology.

Great design and build quality are coupled with a stunning nine-hour battery life, and it’s affordable too

Slightly less sturdy than previous Dell models we have seen, the D500 is finished in attractive silver bezel housing, the keyboard is comfortable to use and offers all the functionality of standard-sized desktop keyboards.

Samsung’s new Flash disk can extend battery life and boost performance – at a price

Easy to use and performed well, but falls short in key areas

Absolutely jam packed with features, this notebook isn't your run-of-the-mill basic-function productivity laptop. At every turn we found hardware above and beyond the call of duty including a 64MB FX5200 graphics card, sexy widescreen display, 80GB hard disk drive and DVD-RAM/DVD-R/RW slot mounted drive for all your backup and home movie-making needs. A hybrid somewhere between legacy continuation and dismissal, this notebook features three rear-mounted USB 2.0 ports and parallel connectivity.

A good laptop for business, with superb design touches but some unfortunate omissions.

After taking the CPD-E200 for a run on our testbed we felt like the caveman who found fermented honey and declared this is good!

This notebook was designed from the ground up with business and security in mind, and it succeeds.

One of the cheapest Vista SSD notebooks we've seen yet, though we're surprised by the benchmark results.

An incredibly light and practical notebook for frequent travellers, but not without its quirks.

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