Samsung's aptly priced workhorse

Fairly powerful internals, eSATA port, chargeable USB port, battery life meter, decent gaming performance, value for money pricing

Fingerprint magnet, No Wi-fi 802.11n support, keyboard may not be comfortable for all

This notebook makes the Macbook Air feel like a value for money alternative!

Unique jaw-dropping design, ultra-thin and lightweight, sturdy finish, excellent keyboard, removable battery, good screen, external optical drive and 500GB portable drive part of the package

Highly expensive, inconvenient function keys, low battery life, no appealing hardware upgrades as compared to the original Adamo and its competitors

Dell's entry into the 14-inch thin and light laptop segment

Slim and lightweight, good looks, ATI Radeon HD 4330 graphics, HDMI

Grainy webcam video quality, average battery life despite high claims, expensive as compared to competition

Styled brilliantly with plenty of ergonomic features

Good gaming performance, comfortable keyboard, doesn't heat up much, stylish design, good pricing

Strictly average battery, slightly heavy

A well priced notebook that performs well too

Good looks, slim, lightweight, comfortable keypad, HDMI, battery life, Windows 7 Home Premium, optical drive, price

Slightly underpowered

HPs new DV6 offers great multi-media performance at a good price

Good performance, solid build, great gaming performance, attractive price, good feature set

CPU heats up a lot on load, poor battery life

Boasts of 1366x768 resolution on a 10.1-inch screen

Lightweight, comfortable keypad, good ergonomics, higher resolution screen

Low battery life, keyboard is a little cramped

Incredibly slim and light notebook

Incredibly slim design, excellent build quality, brilliant display, comfortable backlit keyboard, multi-touch trackpad, superb performance for its size

Only one USB port (placed in an inconvenient location), expensive

We take the the upgraded MacBook for a spin

Dull display, sharp around the edges, no memory card reader, only two USB ports

Driven by performance

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9300 (2.53 GHz), 4GB RAM, NVIDIA GTX280 1GB SLi, stealth mode (hybrid graphics), 2 x 500GB HDD RAID, 17-inch 1200P CCFL screen, Blu-ray/DVDRW ODD, BIOS processor multiplier 16x, HDMI & display port, great looks, good build

Weight, not much performance jump after overclocking, Expensive