Gateway's new P-6860 laptop is a preconfigured model in the company's FX line, which is geared toward gamers and other heavy users. It's an excellent computer to take with you on the road, provided you'll be using it to it's fullest potential; otherwise, a less powerful, less expensive model might b

Hewlett-Packard's mainstream Pavilion dv6700t laptop computers are solid notebooks that are available at very reasonable prices. The baseline dv6700t retails for around $600, although you'll need to spend a little more if you want to make your machine the sort of powerful, versatile computer that wi

Apple is good at redefining existing products, and with the MacBook Air, it has redefined thin-and-light laptop computers. Weighing in at just 3 pounds and measuring just a hair over .75 inches thick when closed, the Air is extremely thin and impressively light. There are smaller laptop computers ou

Toshiba's Satellite U405 laptop computers aren't quite thin-and-light ultra-portables, but these notebooks are definitely easier to carry around than many of their mainstream brethren.The U405s feature a 13.3-inch widescreen display, so their screens are definitely on the smaller side; they do, howe

Toshiba's Satellite A305 laptop computers are mainstream machines that are designed to handle light gaming and multimedia at an affordable price. We took a look at the S6834 iteration of the A305 line, which offers a fairly impressive set of components at a fairly low price point.For starters, this

Just because a portable computer is thin and light doesn't mean that can't have great power. Take, for example, Lenovo's ThinkPad X60. This ultraportable computer weighs just around three pounds, yet is powered by an Intel Core Duo processor and features a decent set of components for its svelte fra

You can always count on Sony to introduce the next big style. Take, for example, their new portable computer, the VAIO UX series. It's almost not fair to call these systems "laptops" as they are so tiny, yet they're more robust and powerful than a PDA or other handheld computer.A lot of ve

Dell's M1710 systems are the mid-range of their beefed-up XPS portable computer lines. These laptops offer excellent performance and great components, yet aren't quite as expensive nor as heavy as their big brothers, the M2010 systems. The M1710 systems start out at $2,299 powered by a 2GHz Intel Co

Lenovo's 3000 V series of portable computers are ultra-portable machines that still manage to deliver high-end performance. That is because they're powered by Intel Core Duo processors which feature twin execution cores on a single chip. The baseline 3000 V100 ships with a 1.66GHz Intel Core Duo T23

Toshiba's Satellite P10526022 portable computer is an excellent desktop replacement system with a large, beautiful screen, great core power and a nice array of components. But even though it holds its own against a lot of desktop machines, the P105 starts out at just seven pounds, so it's still quit