The good Excellent keyboard Acceptable battery life Some designs are quite striking The bad One button touch-pad Black version looks pretty ordinary Some system instability issues Design The box for the MSI Wind U135 promises "One Million Dazzling Stars", not that it contains superheated balls of gas. They'd burn the cardboard box quite badly

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MSI Wind U135

The good New Intel Atom processor Excellent build quality The bad Some basic options can quickly drive up the price Small touch pad As the sequel to one of our favourite all-round netbooks, the HP Mini 5102 has some pretty big shoes to fill. It wasn't HP's choice in components that we liked about its business line 10-inch system — after all, most 2009 netbooks shared a very uniform set of parts — it was the overall design and build quality of the netbook we liked.

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HP Mini 5102

The good Dual-core Atom processor Solid gaming graphics for a netbook Large screen Affordable for its features The bad Awkward touch pad Mediocre battery life Two trends have hit the netbook world recently: new Atom processors, and the spread of the Nvidia Ion GPU to finally give tiny Atom-powered notebooks some graphics muscle. Though the Asus Eee PC 1201N doesn't use a new "Pine Trail" Atom N450 processor, it instead has a rarely used dual-core Atom at its heart

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Asus Eee PC Seashell 1201N

The good Excellent keyboard Lots of included AV software It can be very, very pink Sony is honest about the battery life The bad It can be very, very pink Honesty about the battery life means it's not very good Design Sony sells the VPCCW15FG in three colours.

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Sony Vaio VPCCW15FG

The good Good productivity and graphics performance Slot loading drive Good keyboard The bad Ordinary battery life Design Samsung's not a brand that you'd naturally associate with notebooks, and its efforts to date have been a bit mixed. The Q320 is a basic enough looking notebook of moderate size (326.0x228.5x33.2mm) and weight (2.2kg), making it semi portable with a bag.

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Samsung Q320

The good Decent keyboard Low asking price Simple style The bad Ordinary style Heavy Poor battery life Design The rush for the latest, greatest, thinnest, most powerful laptop — sometimes with optional attachment for opening horses' hooves — often leaves more ordinary fare by the wayside. In pretty much every respect, Samsung's R519 is that kind of laptop. The latter ordinary fare laptop, that is, before you go getting all excited

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Samsung R519

The good Above average speakers Excellent battery life SU7300 processor should cover most needs Multi-touch touchpad The bad No gigabit Ethernet Some of the bundled software isn't as slick as it could be Design and features Asus' UL30A follows in the footsteps of the U80V , with a piano black exterior, chiclet-styled keys and a minimalist but attractive design. One mark of difference though is the lid, in a subtle black brushed aluminium, bringing the standard up a small notch more

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Asus UL30A

The good Great value HDMI output The bad Some build and design issues Poor battery life if you don't upgrade Design and features Dell's Inspiron 13z has a pleasing, compact form that tapers slightly towards the front, making it easy to lift and carry. While the subtly rounded bottom and sides are made of a fairly robust matte plastic, our review unit came with a glossy black top that was prone to picking up fingerprints. This laptop features a 13-inch, glossy, 1366x768 display and the requisite webcam at the centre top of the screen bezel.

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Dell Inspiron 13z

The good More powerful than a netbook for a little bit more cash Price point is well placed Decent resolution and keyboard size The bad Vent on the left-hand side Touch pad is small Design and features The mid-point between a netbook and a full-sized laptop, the 11.6-inch P3110 might appeal to those who wish to spend a little more money to get a bit more grunt, but still want to keep things portable. Coming in red, black or silver, the P3110 weighs 1.6kg and features an Intel Pentium SU4100 — a dual-core, 1.3GHz chip.

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Fujitsu LifeBook P3110

Dell's Adamo brand of notebooks emphasise design as well as mobility, and its latest offering seems to have an abundance of both. But will breaking tradition help the Adamo XPS trump the MacBook Air

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Dell Adamo XPS