A stylish ultra-portable laptop for business use - and with a fantastic battery life

A low-cost laptop, but unfortunately cuts too many corners

Great office performance, but the poor graphics and build are too pronounced

An ultraportable laptop that converts into a tablet, but has limitations

Great performance for the price and some highly useful features

A highly-portable powerhouse but we found overall build quality to be mixed

Modern laptops display incredible variety in terms of raw power. From the humble netbook (such as the Asus Eee PC 1005PE) to the beefiest gaming rig (like the MSI GT640), the difference in performance is often astonishing

Superb portability and performance with the latest low-voltage Intel processor

Decent performance, but a lack of software support for the touchscreen

A highly portable machine that provides ample power and a great battery life

Fujitsu's new netbook has a lot of competition to stand up to