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Top 15 Notebook PCs

A Toshiba laptop offering a DVD-RW/-R drive premieres at the top of the chart.

By Kalpana Narayanamurthi, PCW Print   

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At long last, notebooks are arriving armed with DVD burners, and the first such model to land on our chart is the new power Best Buy, the Toshiba Satellite 5205-S703. Not only is the 5205-S703 one of the best multimedia notebooks we've seen in a while--for instance, its FireWire port lets you download video to create your own DVD movies--but it's faster and better-equipped than the former, longtime Best Buy, the IBM ThinkPad T30.

In sixth place on the power list, the MicronPC TransPort T1000 has a good head for business and a great design.

In seventh place sits Dell's Latitude C640, updated with a 2-GHz Pentium 4-M chip. Dell hasn't changed this reliable business line much in nearly five years.

On the value side, Gateway's capable 450S edges the Dell Inspiron 4150 out of the top spot. Close behind them is the third-place Toshiba Satellite 1415-S173, a Celeron-equipped system with standout features for a $1399 notebook. In fifth place, Compaq's Evo N1015v offers a 13.3-inch screen and almost 4 hours of battery life for $899. The A31, a basic notebook in IBM's ThinkPad A Series of desktop replacements, snags sixth place.

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