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Jason's Notebook Reviews

Laptop/Notebook Computer Reviews

Buying a notebook computer is an expensive and time-consuming undertaking. Having bought several for myself through the years, I find that it is important to read as many independent reviews as possible about the models being considered. I have gathered a number of reviews here which I have found useful, and hope they may be useful to you too!

General Notebook Reviews

ReviewFinder.com	Notebooks and Laptops Section
Maven/BusinessWeek	Notebook Ratings
PC Magazine 1998 Notebook Review	Good review of many notebooks
Computer Review - Laptops and Notebooks Section	Collections of user-submitted reviews
CNET.COM Notebook Reviews	C\|Net's Notebook Reviews
Yahoo	Laptop Computer Reviews

Lightweight Notebooks

CNET Ultralight Roundup	Great comparative review of ultra light notebooks including Sharp Actius PC-A150, Sony VAIO PCG-505TX, Toshiba Portege 3020CT
PC Magazine Ultraportables	Excellent Review of Ultralight Windows notebooks and Windows CE machines
CNET.COM	Ultralight notebooks
Computer Shopper	ZDNet's Lightweight Notebook Reviews
E.P. Brown's Portable Computing Center	Review of Sony 505G and comparisons with Thinkpad 560.
Dynamism.com	Comparison chart of lightweight notebooks
CNET.COM	Sharp Actius A100
CNET.COM	Toshiba Portege 7000
PC Magazine	Toshiba Portege 7000 8/4/98
CNET.COM	Micron GoBook
WebReviews.com	Micron GoBook
Byte Magazine	IBM ThinkPad 560 Review
CNET.COM	IBM ThinkPad 560 Review 6/4/96
PC Magazine	IBM ThinkPad 560E Review
Computer Shopper	IBM ThinkPad 560E Review 12/97
Computer Shopper	review of IBM Thinkpad 560X
PC Magazine	IBM ThinkPad 560X Review 11/4/97
PC Magazine 1998 Notebook Review	IBM Thinkpad 770ED, 380XD, 600, 560X Section
ThinkPad 560Z Review	PC Magazine

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