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Asus G73JH is a powerful notebook for gamers. This monster laptop is equipped with a Core i7 processor, 8GB of RAM, and the most powerful mobile video card available, the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870. The G73JH comes with a 17.3-inch LED-backlit screen with a full HD (1920×1080) resolution. The display is very nice. The G73’s keyboard is backlit and looks good in the dark. This allows you to see keys and type in the dark. The G73 is a top-notch performer because of its high-powered components, simply one of the best gaming laptops currently. Though its powerful CPU runs, the cooling system is perhaps also one of the best on gaming laptops. Not only does this notebook handle heat well, but it also makes little noise.

Lenovo ThinkPad T410 offers the shiny matte-black chassis and palmrest, and still uses the strong and highly visible stainless steel screen hinges. The bottom has a user-access panel to let users install more RAM or a wireless card without tearing apart the notebook, but this is the weakest part on the entire notebook at the same time. The screen and its display are good. Horizontal viewing angles are better with colors staying accurate even from steep angles. Ports and features are great: 4 USB ports, VGA-out, DisplayPort-out, combo audio jack, modem, LAN, FireWire-400, optional eSATA, as well as an optional SmartCard slot. The noise, the pitch of the fan, could be annoying.

Lenovo ThinkPad X201 is a super-portable laptop, great for business use.  Though it is the best to carry it anywhere (it weighs only 3.95lb), its keyboard size is not small. This may be good for some people to type on, but the palmrest is probably too short to support your wrist.  Among the same 12-inch laptops, this is built very tough. However, the display is not too great in color saturation and contrast though this is rather common downside to most business notebooks.

The Lenovo G550 laptop features a 15.6-inch 16:9 aspect ratio widescreen display and an Intel Core 2 Duo processor. The G550 offers constant WiFi, Ethernet and optional Bluetooth connectivity. The keyboard is well laid out, and easy to type on.  Its build is simply durable and tough. It is a kind of laptops you can take it with you anywhere.  Thermal performance of the G550 is also  very good.

The Dell Studio XPS 16 is built with a nice design over all. Its keyboard is also easy to use. The performance is quite powerful.  Intel Core Duo p8600 offers great performance in video encoding as well as the 4GB of DDR3 system RAM is enough to meet most needs. The combination of the price and its capability makes this one of the best 16-inch laptops currently.