NOTEBOOKS
Name Price Rating Comment Screen RAM HD MM Supplier Tel Issue Page no Additional comments, notes
Intel
P75
Adams Technology ACCURA 5000 £2,449 lllmmm Excellent power management. Col DSTN 8Mb 645 Mb sound card Adams Technology 0161 877 8822 10 62
Dual Pentmedia I-586 Series PT5000 £2,399 lllmmm Expensive. Includes removable display. Col TFT 8Mb 324 Mb sound card Dual 01223 576622 10 64
Ergo Pentathlon P75 TFT £2,495 lllmmm Neat, well integrated but poor P75 performer. Col TFT 8Mb 543 Mb 2x,16 Ergo 01159 749494 17 63
IBM Thinkpad 755CX SVGA £5,025 llllmm Almost worth it for the hire res SVGA screen alone. Col TFT 8Mb 520 Mb none IBM 0345 727272 11 98
Mitac 5021 £2,598 lllmmm Poor performance, and badly lit screen, but fair value for money. Col TFT 16Mb 810 Mb 2x, 16 Mitac 01952 207200 19 113
NEC 4000C £3,350 lllllm Swift performer. Good keyboard, screen and mousepad. Col TFT 8Mb 540 Mb 2x,16 NEC 0181 993 8111 15 86 recommended
Opti Pantera £2,140 lllmmm A good performer. Col DSTN 8Mb 323 Mb sound card Opti 0181 507 1818 10 64
Panasonic CF-41 PT64 £5,199 llllmm Impressive multimedia machine. Heavy, though. Col TFT 16Mb 644 Mb 16-bit sound Panasonic 0500 404041 10 66
Polar Explorer 7200 £2,099 lllmmm Fine performance but poor display and ugly design Col DSTN 8Mb 518 Mb 16-bit sound Polar Technology 01625 858577 17 68
Samsung Sens 800 £1,935 lllmmm Poor pointing device and average performance. Col DSTN 16Mb 540 Mb docking Samsung 0181 391 0168 16 104
TI TravelMate 5000 £3,999 llllmm Almost flawless, and keenly priced. Col TFT 8Mb 772 Mb sound card Texas Instruments 01932 780753 10 76 value
Toshiba CS 100 £1,695 llllmm Top notch specs and strong connectivity options. Col DSTN 8Mb 520 Mb none Toshiba 01932 828828 18 93
Toshiba Satellite Pro 400CDT £3,695 lllllm Good screen, keyboard and design. Competitively priced. Col TFT 8Mb 650 Mb 4x,16 Toshiba 01932 828828 12 116 recommended
Toshiba Satellite Pro 400CS £2,425 lllllm Good performance, long battery life. Col DSTN 8Mb 770 Mb 4x,16 Toshiba 01932 828828 17 74 value
Toshiba T4900CT £3,995 llllmm Odd keyboard layout. Col TFT 8Mb 771 Mb sound card Toshiba 01932 828828 10 78 value
Toshiba 4900CT £5,745 llllmm High performance no compromise notebook. Col TFT 16Mb 772 Mb none Toshiba 01932 828828 5 99
Viglen Dossier P5 SD £2,449 lllmmm Good power saving, thorough manual. Col DSTN 8Mb 504 Mb 16-bit sound Viglen 0181 758 7000 10 78
Zenith Z-Note MX P75 DSTN £2,199 lllmmm Good basic system. Comfortable design. Col DSTN 8Mb 540 Mb none Zenith 01756 702800
P90
ACI 7600 Pentium £2,299 lllmmm Low priced, good performance, integrated sound. Col TFT 8Mb 324 Mb sound card ACi 0161 929 9444 10 62
AJP 7690T £2,199 lllmmm Impressive system performance and good battery life. Col TFT 8Mb 324 Mb sound card AJP 0181 452 9090 10 63
Compaq LTE 5100 £4,480 llllmm Robust and fully featured. Needs another 8Mb RAM. Col TFT 8Mb 810 Mb 4x,16 Compaq 0990 134456 16 102
Dell Lattitude XPI-P90T £3,399 lllllm Excellent screen, good keyboard, impressive charge life. Col TFT 8Mb 810 Mb none Dell 01344 720000 12 106 recommended
Fujitsu ICL Ergo Lite S90CD £3,595 llllmm Excellent modular design but slow performance. Col TFT 16Mb 510 Mb 2x,16 Fujitsu 01344 472000 16 109
Gateway Solo P90 £2,699 llllmm Fair performance for the price. SVGA Active matrix 8Mb 720 Mb 2x,16 Gateway 2000 0800 462000 14 126
HP Omnibook 5000CTS £4,630 llllmm Speedy but expensive. Lacking in extras. Col TFT 16Mb 1.2Gb none Hewlett-Packard 01344 369222 17 90
Opti Pantera P90 £2,995 llllmm Fairly well specified but poor performance. Col DSTN 8Mb 360 Mb 16-bit sound card Opti 0181 507 1818 6 99
Samsung Sens 800 £2,299 llllmm Good performance, excellent display, but poor battery life. Col TFT 8Mb 810 Mb none Samsung 0181 391 0168 17 68
Toshiba Portege £3,550 lllllm Compact yet powerful. Great screen. Idiosyncratic keyboard. Col TFT 8Mb 720 Mb none Toshiba 01932 828828 11 96 recommended
Toshiba Tecra 700CT £4,995 llllmm Heavy but packs genuine power. SVGA screen superb. Col TFT 16Mb 4x,16 Toshiba 01932 828828 16 110
P100
Dell Lattitude XPI-P100SD £1,699 lllllm Up to the minute features, good performance and excellent battery. Col DSTN 8Mb 540Mb 16-bit sound Dell 01344 720000 22 124 recommended
Dual HiNote Ultra II CTS5100 £3,427 llllmm An excellent example of notebook technology but low battery life. Col TFT 16Mb 1.08Gb 16-bit sound Ideal Hardware 0181 286 5000 22 130
Dual Pentimedia II PT5500 £2,500 lllmmm Capable multimedia portable. Col TFT 16Mb 323 Mb 4x,16 Dual 01223 576622 17 62
Mitac 5024 £1,453 lllmmm Reasonably made at a good price, but poor performance. Col TFT 8Mb 810 Mb option Mitac 01952 207200 24 150
Tadpole P1000 £5,910 llllmm Exceptionally well built, disappointing battery life. Col TFT 32Mb 773 Mb 16 bit sound Tadpole 01223 428200 10 66
Tadpole P1000 £8,885 lllmmm Unusually robust and generally well made. Col TFT 64Mb 810 Mb 16 bit sound Tadpole 01223 428200 9 86
P120
Carrera Explorer £3,088 llllmm A powerful multimedia machine but it sucks battery life. Col TFT 16Mb 1.3Gb option, 16-bit sound. Carrera 0171 830 0486 21 118
Compaq Armada 4120 £2,640 lllllm Sturdy and fast, with great battery life and good performance. Col DSTN 16Mb 1Gb option Compaq 0990 134456 24 147 recommended
Compaq LTE 5200 £6,875 lllmmm Highly configurable, but weedy graphics set. Col TFT 24Mb 1.35Gb docking Compaq 0990 134456 18 94
Hi-Grade Notino P120M £2,475 llllmm Fast, but poor PCMCIA support, short battery life, and heavy. Col TFT 16Mb 810 Mb 4x,16 Hi-Grade 0181 591 9040 17 63
Olivetti Echos P120E £3,474 lllmmm Reasonably robust, with a nice screen and acceptable keyboard. Col TFT 16Mb 1.2Gb 4x,16 Olivetti 0800 447799 23 131
Pico Mobile Professional £2,379 llmmmm Terrible battery life, and below average performance. Col TFT 16Mb 810Mb 6x,16 Pico Direct 01483 202022 23 134
TI TravelMate 5200 £3,710 lllmmm Good design but performance is only average. Col TFT 16Mb 1.2 Gb docking Texas Instruments 0181 875 0044 19 108
Toshiba Tecra 700CT £4,995 llllmm Poor keyboard and weighty, superb screen. Col TFT 16Mb 1.2Gb option Toshiba 01932 828828 16 110
P133
ACI Amethyst 133 £2,499 llllmm Flawed display and poor printer control. Col DSTN 16Mb 540 Mb 4x,16 ACi 0181 830 1958 17 60
ACI Amethyst 133 £2,915 llllmm Chunky. Good screen and integrated CD-ROM drive. Col DSTN 16Mb 540 Mb 2x,16 ACi 0181 830 1958 14 127
AST Ascentia P50 £2,834 lllllm Well built multimedia capable notebook but lacking ram. Col TFT 8Mb 810Mb 4x,16 AST 0990 611611 22 129
Dell Latitude XPi £2,749 llllll Well designed, high performance, and competitively priced. Col TFT 16Mb 810Mb none Dell 01344 720000 20 101 excellence
HP Omnibook 550CT £4,775 llllmm Unimpressive screen and keyboard, and expensive. Col TFT 16Mb 1.3Gb option, 16 Hewlett-Packard 0990 474747 23 133
Sharp PC-9070 £3,795 lllmmm Well built and a good configuration, but expensive and slow. Col TFT 16Mb 1.0Gb 6x,16 Sharp 01345 125387 25 155
Toshiba Tecra 720CDT £5,395 lllllm Excellent features, enormous display and solid design. Col TFT 16Mb 1.13Gb 6x,16 Toshiba 01932 828828 24 148
P166
AJP 54-166 £2,423 llllmm Nimble, but let down by dismal battery and severe design faults. Col TFT 32Mb 1.2Gb 6x,16 AJP 0181 452 9090 25 156

Last Update: 11/10/96

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