If there's one thing that might take your mind off your financial woes, it's some good old-fashioned fragging. And Asus is happy to oblige by offering the most affordable full-fledged gaming notebook that we've ever tested. The G51Vx-RX05, sold ...

A Power Control Panel option in the G51Vx-RX05 lets you overclock the CPU by up to 150MHz. That's a 7.5 percent boost, which amounted to around five percent of additional performance in our CPU-centric benchmarks: Using the so-called "Extreme turbo" ...

The guts of the Lenovo IdeaPad S12 are virtually identical to the IdeaPad S10 that we reviewed back in 2008-1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU, 1GB DDR2 RAM, 160GB HDD, and integrated Intel GMA950 graphics. The difference is the body. At 11.4 inches wide, ...

You'd be amazed how much difference a screen with decent resolution makes

In our August 2009 ultraportable notebook roundup we fell hard for Toshiba's Portégé R600-the lightest, sleekest ultraportable notebook we'd ever tested. At $2,150, however, that notebook isn't cheap. This month we tested Toshiba's more affordable ...

In looks, the two machines are quite different. While the R600 wowed us with its silver, svelte stylishness, the A605 looks more commonplace. Inside and out, it's adorned with that shiny black plastic you see everywhere these days, which looks really ...

Lenovo's X200s has qualities we've come to expect from a ThinkPad-and that's a good thing. Its magnesium alloy chassis is wrapped in the line's signature matte black finish, making for a notebook that feels sturdy and looks serious. And at 11.2x8.25x1 ...

Lenovo's X200s offers the ThinkPad line's trademark TrackPoint navigation, but no touchpad

If you think of HP's 2530p as a strapping workhorse of an ultraportable, Toshiba's R600 is like a stylish, sophisticated cousin-and we were quickly smitten with its charms. The R600 shares much in common with Toshiba's R500, but with improvements to ...

Despite its wafer-thinness, the R600 is equal to its peers in features

Fujitsu has been a pioneer in the notebook category, dating back to its P2000, one of the first ultraportables to feature an optical drive. In this roundup, however, the standard Fujitsu set is better implemented by its competitors. At 10.75x8.25x1 ...

At two pounds, 13.8 ounces, the P8020 is light but feels well-constructed, although there's some flex to the body and display cover. The entire unit is matte black, save the glossy black lid. Fingerprints on this surface are of course inevitable, but ...

For several months we've been talking about what a great value Gateway's P-7811 FX gaming notebook was (reviewed October 2008). So we were anxious to see how the update to that model, the P-7808u FX, holds up. At first glance, "update" seems too ...

(May 2009), Gateway's graphics solution shows its age. When faced with a more graphically intensive title like UT3, the P-7808u FX mustered a score of 64fps compared with the Extreme M1's 114fps-and it would no doubt fare worse in more modern titles

Normally, aesthetics are a secondary part of a notebook review, but Toshiba forces the issue with the Qosmio X305's wild design. Seriously, the lid's audacious three-tone, metallic-red paint job alone is enough to challenge the interest of a potential ...

With its crazy bright-red coloring and curvaceous design, the X305 will likely repel conservative types

We're unabashed fans of HP's Touch-Smart desktop machines, so we were really looking forward to getting our digits on the new technology in a convertible touch-screen notebook PC. But our eager anticipation only made the reality of the TouchSmart tx2 ...

Outstanding touch screen ; excellent handwriting recognition

Heavy for an ultra portable ; loud under load ; poor performance ; expensive

You can use the TouchSmart tx2 as a conventional notebook PC or rotate its 12.1-inch screen 180 degrees, lay it flat, and use the machine's tablet functionality. The 1280x800 touch screen uses active digitizing technology and supports the use of ...

While there are plenty of notebooks that can lay claim to stylishness, whether it's with a sleek, metallic chassis or a trendy graphic enveloping the chassis, the Lenovo ThinkPad T400s foregoes the fashionable aesthetics in favor of comfort, ...

Lightweight and sturdy build ; ergonomic keyboard ; good on-the-go performance

Isn't as light as ultraportables ; SSD can be persnikety with some apps

Whether its benchmark scores are those of a sports car is another thing entirely. Our gaming benchmarks proved that the T400s is strictly a work and productivity machine. As far as photo editing and video encoding go, the ThinkPad surpassed our zero ...