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

A good-looking, ergonomically excellent laptop with a wealth of multimedia capabilities for home users.

An impressive attempt at a good-value portable PC, but the ergonomics let it down.

A decent compromise between OCR value and features – especially as you can upgrade from the Sprint version.

A decent notebook but too expensive for the features on offer.

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

Dell’s first foray into using AMD processors is a modest performer, but fair value.

A decent machine with plenty of power, but it’s not earth shattering in terms of features and value.

A remarkably tough machine that will endure almost anything thrown at it, although this comes at a price.

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

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.

Solidly built and packed with features, HP's flagship nx9420 is a very good notebook.

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