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Contributing Editor James A. Martin offers tools, tips, and product recommendations to help you make the most of computing on the go.
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News: Satellite Owners Get Hot

The drama of the defective Toshiba Satellite 5005 series notebooks entered its second act with the recent filing of a class-action lawsuit. The suit claims Toshiba America knowingly hid a design bug that caused the portables to overheat and shut down, and that the company's efforts to fix the glitch only made matters worse. The suit focuses on the Satellite 5005-S504 and Satellite 5005-S507 computers' inability to dissipate heat generated by their 1.1-GHz Pentium III desktop processors.

Several other computer makers, Dell and Gateway included, have introduced notebooks that use desktop processors as a way to boost performance inexpensively.

Tip: A PIII Notebook May Be the Way to Go

Want a notebook that has all the latest bells and whistles? Then a Pentium 4-M notebook is your best bet. But they're expensive and can actually be slower than comparably equipped PIII-M portables. So if you can do without cutting-edge features, pick up a PIII-M notebook for $1500 or less.

For more recommendations, see our "Buyers' Guide to Notebook PCs."

Tip: Quick Notebook Comparisons

PCWorld.com has redesigned its product charts, making it much easier to get an at-a-glance look at rankings.

With the "Top 15 Notebook PCs" chart, for instance, you can view each computer's main specs, star ratings, and reviewers' comments, and often the latest prices from our Product Finder, all on one Web page. You also can create your own comparison charts by clicking a box next to each notebook you want to compare. Other product charts are available for PDAs and mobile phones.

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