Lenovo's third 3000-series notebook released this year, the new V100, aims to satisfy the needs of mobile business customers with its trademark Lenovo Care tools, fingerprint security and sub-2kg form factor.
Serious battery misers may still find love in Sony's new G series product with its similar specs, although for the asking price you could buy yourself an S6311 and a couple of extra batteries.
The E8010H provides the connectivity that even lower-end desktops cannot match. The E8010H would have attained perfection provided it were lighter and cheaper.
Even the lowest-end notebooks on the market these days sport DVD-ROM drives, so why shouldn't you just plump for a notebook to meet your portable DVD watching needs?
There's nothing worse than setting up your home office, only to have the kids destroy the lot with an errant game install, virus infection or jam covered keyboard.