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Are you looking for a light weight and ultra-thin, high performance laptop? Then you ought to try the new DELL XPS 14z series laptops. Dell boasts on the super sleek design which is in line with the apple’s small screen MacBook pro.

Design:
The moment you look at the 14z notebooks, you will notice an impressive change in the design from older dell laptops. Although the screen size is just 14 inches, the trim around the screen borders and the HD feature makes you feel you have not compromised on the excellent visual treat for convenience.

Technical specification:
The 14z machines come with 2nd gen Intel core processors with i5 and i7 variants. It supports up to 8GB DDR3 memory for high performance computing. For all those gamers, there is good news and bad news. The NVIDIA GeForce 520M 1GB with optimus video card is supported as an upgrade from the Intel HD graphics 3000. Well this was the good and the bad news is, the 3D raw channel manipulation (CHOP’s) is not that good with the above card. The 8-cell battery prismatic battery life ensures long standby time of up to 4 hours in optimal conditions.

Cons:
· Although the notebook comes with better keyboard design, the overall frame is not very solid and gives you a plastic handling experience. The touch-pad that supports all multi-touch patterns but it is a bit oversensitive sometimes.

· The resolution of the screen (1366 x 768) could have been better as the competing models like mac book pro (1440 x 900) and sony vaio 13.3 inch laptops (1600 x 900) come with better pixel configurations.

· There are only two USB ports.

Comment:
The Dell xps 14z laptops has to offer more pleasure than problems.

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.