Laptops

BUDGET: LESS THAN $1500 Value-packed notebooks for price-sensitive shoppers

Laptop Of Luxury

Small is often beautiful in the land of notebooks, writes Bill Bennett. Apple iBook G4 12-inch Price: $1899 Rating: **** 1/2 BenQ Joybook 3000 Price: $1899 Rating: *** Dell Inspiron 5150 Price: $2199 Rating: **** Fujitsu LifeBook P5020 Price: $4299 Rating: ***** IBM ThinkPad X40 Price: $2699 Rating: **** 1/2 Toshiba Portege R100 Price: $3960 Rating: **** Toshiba Tecra M2 Price: $2915 Rating: *** 1/2 HP Pavilion zt3011 Price: $3799 Rating: *** 1/2 Acer Aspire 2001 WLMi Price: $2599

Talk Cheap For Lions And Pies In Build-up

As always, quote and counter-quote from the combatants in the AFL grand final are being portrayed as vital psychological warfare. However, so trivial are the points being scored by the Brisbane and Collingwood camps this week, it seems the only real objective is to fill reporters' notebooks.

Watch Out For High Speed Notebooks

HANKER for a notebook PC with near-supercomputer power? Stand by for the first notebooks to feature Intel's high-performance Pentium processor - previously reserved for the most powerful desktop machines. Toshiba and IBM will be among the first companies to announce Pentium- powered notebook comp