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Light Laptops Group Test
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Dave Bayon
on May 7, 2008
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Laptop
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ultraportable
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notebook
Portability is key for these light laptops. We test six featherweights from just $1486 to more than $2500.
Products in this Group
Asus U6S-2P025G
MSI PR200
Sony VAIO VGN-SZ56GNB
Toshiba Satellite U300
Acer TravelMate TM6292-302G16N
HP Compaq 2510p
With laptops now routinely packing the necessary punch for pretty much all everyday tasks, many of us are beginning to question the need to lug around heavyweight machines. Carrying three kilos on your shoulder is more punishing than it at first seems, so we’re increasingly looking towards lighter models, both for convenience and style.
To this end, this month we’ve rounded up six of the latest and best light laptops in a variety of shapes and sizes. All we asked of manufacturers was that their offerings must weigh no more than 2kg including the battery, and they sent us a fascinating blend of laptops, from a genuine 1.4kg ultraportable right up to slightly larger – but still portable – pocket powerhouses.
There’s a choice of sizes, with 12.1 and 13.3in screens in the group, and even the tiniest come with dual-core processors, 1GB of RAM and an integrated optical drive. The average hard disk size now seems to be an incredible 160GB, and several laptops even include attractive bonuses such as draft-n wireless modules.
Prices range from an extremely attractive $1486 up to more than $2500, and the victorious laptop this month proves you don’t have to break the bank to get portability, power and eye-catching style rolled into one. Read on to find out which notebook won, but with so many budgets covered be sure to look beyond just the award winners when making your choice.
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May, 2008
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