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NOVEMBER 12, 2001

TECHNOLOGY -- WHAT TO BUY -- COMPUTERS
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Laptops: Power and Portability

BusinessWeek asked analysts in TechTV's testing lab to sort through portable
computers to find the machines that give the best performance for the price.
Here, in order of preference, are their picks.


DIMENSIONS WEIGHT SPECIFICATIONS W x D x H (POUNDS) PRICE (INCHES)

DESKTOP REPLACEMENT

DELL LATITUDE Mobile Intel Pentium III-M 13.0 x 7.7 $3,284 C810 1.13 GHz; 256 MB; 48 GB 10.9 x 1.8 dell.com

HP OMNIBOOK Mobile Intel Pentium III-M 12.8 x 6.2 $3,791 6100 1.13 GHz; 256 MB; 30 GB 10.4 x 1.4 hp.com

GATEWAY SOLO Mobile Intel Pentium III-M 13.3 x 8.0 $2,628 9550 1.13 GHz; 256 MB; 30 GB 11.3 x 1.7 gateway.com



MOBILE WORKHORSE

COMPAQ EVO Mobile Intel Pentium III-M 12.1 x 5.5 $2,394 N600C 1.06 GHz; 256 MB; 20 GB 9.8 x 1.2 compaq.com

DELL LATITUDE Mobile Intel Pentium III-M 12.5 x 5.8 $2,508 C610 1.2 GHz; 256 MB; 10 GB 9.9 x 1.4 dell.com

WINBOOK X1 Mobile Intel Pentium III 11.6 x 5.2 $2,199 winbook.com 1.0 GHz; 320 MB; 20 GB 9.4 x 1.1



THE SKINNY

DESKTOP REPLACEMENT

DELL LATITUDE Loads of power and features galore: C810 Big screen, hefty hard drive, and dell.com built-in wireless all packaged with blazing performance.

HP OMNIBOOK The lightest of the desktop replace- 6100 ment models packs plenty of power. hp.com One downer is the price. You're paying plenty to shave an extra pound or two off your shoulder.

GATEWAY SOLO It's heavy, but take a look at that 9550 huge 15.7-inch display and gateway.com expansive hard drive. It packs lots of power for the price.



MOBILE WORKHORSE

COMPAQ EVO Light and powerful, with battery life N600C pushing four hours. A great com- compaq.com panion for a traveling exec who doesn't want to skimp on performance.

DELL LATITUDE Excellent bang for the buck and C610 the best graphics capabilities of any dell.com mobile workhorse. Integrated wireless keeps you connected on the road.

WINBOOK X1 At 5.2 lb., the X1 is easy on the winbook.com shoulder. It also has loads of RAM standard and a DVD/CD-ROM combo drive. An excellent value.







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