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Four ultralights
By Stephanie Bruzzese
(1/14/02)
(1/14/02)
Is the scarf your sister gave you this holiday season making people point and laugh? Wondering what to do with the five Shrek DVDs you received? Take it all back and treat yourself to one of these ultralight notebooks. Compaq, Fujitsu, NEC, and Sharp have pulled out all the stops with this batch of unique machines. Each falls within the standard ultralight weight range of about three pounds. Yet they sacrifice much less than their predecessors did, featuring larger screens, wider keyboards, and more expansion ports than ever before.
All four of the systems also overcame a typical ultralight obstacle: poor battery life. Although they don't have big batteries on their side, these notebooks do have the advantage of two power-saving processors made especially for ultralights: Transmeta's Crusoe chip automatically adjusts its power output according to each task, and Intel's low-voltage version of its mobile Pentium III conserves every drop of battery life. If you can live with some of the trade-offs, we give you the go-ahead to spend some of your green on one of these systems.
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Compaq Evo N200
This Evo is a lean, mean traveler's machine.
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Fujitsu LifeBook P Series
This laptop sports the same excellent chassis as its Japanese cousin, the Loox.
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NEC Versa DayLite
Shun the sun no more with the DayLite's transreflective screen.
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Sharp PC-UM10
This Sharp is the skinniest laptop we've seen.
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Stephanie Bruzzese is a freelance writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area and a regular contributor to CNET Hardware.
