There's something kooky about Alienware. It's the kid at school who threw balled-up paper around during maths lessons, but then quietly snuck off to read up on relativity at lunch time. The Alienware brand says 'late-90s raver', but the Alienware components and price-tag say 'I'm deadly serious about my PC'.
The Asus W3 sits comfortably between being a home-office laptop and a low-end gaming machine. It'll fly through Excel spreadsheets and 
With the ThinkPad X41 tablet, Lenovo has added tablet functionality to one of the best ultraportable notebooks on the market, the ThinkPad X41, without compromising on the screen quality or the security. At £1,515 (as of July 2005), this tablet's price is similar to that of convertible tablet competitors with faster hardware, but the ThinkPad X41 tablet's balance of portability, performance, and security make it one of the best convertibles on the market.
The sad truth about small laptops is that shaving off size and weight typically means sacrificing performance and features. The IBM ThinkPad X40 is an exception. At a mere 1.2kg -- IBM's smallest laptop ever -- it combines true ultralight portability with all the right expansion, connectivity, and battery options for the business traveller. It's much sleeker than IBM's other ultraportable, the ThinkPad X31.
Shopping for a tablet is a little like packing for an extended camping trip: every ounce of creature comfort you throw in the bag weighs on your performance and endurance. The Toshiba Portege M200 offers a nice balance of features that lets it successfully walk the line between ultraportable notebook and tablet PC. Mobile technology, like hiking, is all about balance.