Not a stylish machine, but it’s good value, well built and boasts surprisingly impressive battery life

Like Volvos of old, Lenovo was a solid, reliable and unexciting name. Up until now. The business-masters have turned out a very desirable, stylish and powerful laptop.

Great ergonomics are let down by a few mediocre components and limited portability. But some features will tempt many.

A new way forward for ultraportables, combining an incredible low weight with unrivalled ergonomic excellence

In a world filled with gorgeous Sony, Apple and even Dell laptops, a sober, matte black machine aimed at consumers has to be truly special to turn heads. The IdeaPad Y430 is a well-built Centrino 2 machine that lacks nothing in the way of features, speed or value

While many ultraportable laptops, like the Toshiba R200 go all out to get size and weight to an absolute minimum, a great deal of usability is often sacrificed – the X505 is impractically small for constant daily usage while the R200 has limited battery sizes.

A notebook fortress to equip your workforce with confidence, but sub-par performance.

Well built and with astonishing battery life to boot. It’s pricey but decent value.

Durable, powerful and packed with security features. A phenomenal ultraportable.

Great looks, superb build quality and a world beating software package. It would threaten the A list if it were just a little cheaper.

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

This impressive ultraportable fills a narrow but significant niche between the MacBook Air and Lenovo X300

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

Reasonable performance, great features and good battery life all make this a decent business ultraportable. But Lenovo’s X60 is better.

Dell's long awaited entry into the Eee-class notebook market is a top effort, though not perfect.

NEC’s contribution to the ultraportable market is tougher than most, but it still struggles against the competition

Looks and feels good, but performance is more super Aguri than Scuderia.

The ability to build a fully updatable, portable and offline personal web makes this a useful tool For home and Business users

You've seen our first impressions, now here's our full review. Good-looking, usable and keenly priced but, for now at least, poor performance and battery life give the Eee the edge

We've put both mini-notebooks through their paces, and while Linux fans may disagree, the winner is clear.